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Maggie Ybarra

Maggie Ybarra

mybarra@washingtontimes.com

Maggie Ybarra is a former military affairs and Pentagon correspondent for The Washington Times.

Articles by Maggie Ybarra

Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Michele Leonhart speaks in Arlington, Va., on July 26, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House members denounce DEA administrator

Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee banded together Wednesday to express that they have "no confidence" in the Drug Enforcement Administration's top official.

April 15, 2015
Terence Wright, of North Charleston, South Carolina , pays his respects at the scene where Walter Scott was killed by a police officer Saturday, after a traffic stop in the city. Former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager is being charged with Scott's murder. (Associated Press)

Walter Scott: S.C. police release dash cam tape

Several states are looking to hire independent panels to oversee the implementation of police reforms and lawmakers are also considering legislation that would force police to don body cameras in the wake of another instance where a white officer killed an unarmed black man.

April 9, 2015
Pro-police demonstrators protest outside the Ferguson Police Department Sunday, March 15, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Justice Dept., Ferguson seek common ground on police reform

The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has spent three days discussing with community groups and individuals in Ferguson, Missouri, the outcome of an investigation and evaluation of the city's police department.

April 1, 2015
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Obama commutes drug sentences for 22 federal prisoners

President Obama commuted the prison sentences of 22 people convicted of committing crimes associated with drug deals gone awry — a decision that sparked public criticism from advocates who say the government is not doing enough to exonerate victims of a broken prison system and others saying it is giving criminals too much leniency.

March 31, 2015