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Veterans group: Pentagon broke agreement to reopen database
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Pentagon has reneged on its agreement to reopen a vast records database that helps service members who are appealing a less-than-honorable discharge, a veterans group said Tuesday. The National Veterans Legal Services Program said the Defense Department has failed to make public...
Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, moving the president closer to fulfilling a signature campaign promise in an election year but sparking criticism about potential for fraud, waste...
Tech-starved government seeks industry's best, brightest
Denver (AP) — In this post-impeachment era of divisiveness and deadlock in the nation’s capital, Uncle Sam has a message for top U.S. technologists: I Still Want You. A Washington-based nerd strike force called the U.S. Digital Service is seeking private-sector coders, programmers and software...
Editorial Roundup:
Omaha World Herald. February 13, 2020 The Nebraska Legislature has important oversight responsibilities The Legislature’s oversight of state agencies has proven valuable in the past, and a proposal for a special legislative committee to monitor conditions at the state’s juvenile offender facilities...
Esper says Taliban deal is promising but not without risk
MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that a truce agreement between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is not without risk but “looks very promising." Ahead of a formal announcement of the seven-day...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's wall claim is beyond 'redemption'
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, President Donald Trump told a rally that people who are in the United States illegally are paying for his Mexico border wall. It was the latest iteration of his effort to convince the public that Mexico is covering the cost, just as he promised...
US defense chief slams China as rising threat to world order
MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Saturday cast China as a rising threat to world order — saying the world's most populous nation steals Western know-how, intimidates smaller neighbors and seeks an “advantage by any means and at any cost.” A frequent critic of China,...
US service member dies in non-combat incident in Djibouti
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Pentagon has released the identity of a U.S. soldier who was killed Thursday in a non-combat-related incident in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti. A spokesperson says Pfc. Walter Lewark, 26, from Mountainair, New Mexico, died Thursday at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The incident...
Senate candidate in Arizona blasts military cuts for wall
PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration's plan to divert money from defense projects to build a wall along the Mexico border could hurt Arizona's military industry to pay for the barrier that isn't necessary, Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly said Friday. Kelly said the Pentagon's plan could hurt the...
Army: No investigation into Vindman
WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday there is no investigation into the Army officer who until last week worked at the White House National Security Council and was a key witness in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. McCarthy said Lt. Col. Alex Vindman has been moved...
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