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Charles Young's legacy reminds us of the need to tell America's full story through our national monuments: Marsha Bayless Charles Young, the first African-American superintendent of a national park, is still celebrated at Sequoia National Park for building the first access road into the park. He's pictured here in 1903, seated center, with his crew.
Wednesday, Congressman Scott DesJarlais, M.D., a new member of the House Armed Services Committee , received his subcommittee assignments for the 115th Congress. Rep. DesJarlais will serve on the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, as well as the Readiness Subcommittee .
Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton tweets: 'What I'm thinking about today' Morgan Freeman on Trump: 'It feels like we are jumping off a cliff' Don't doubt Trump when it comes to the VA MORE on Tuesday tweeted that she is thinking about Khizr Khan, the father of a U.S. Army captain who was killed in Iraq, and an Iraqi interpreter who can reportedly no longer come to the United States due to President Donald Trump Clinton tweets: 'What I'm thinking about today' Report: State officials defy Spicer, send memo opposing travel ban NY attorney general joins ACLU lawsuit against Trump order MORE What I'm thinking about today: Khizr Khan: https://t.co/wrHK7IkBrG And a vet who fought with those now excluded: https://t.co/4LhNIT8xVo The tweet comes several days after Trump signed an executive order imposing a 90-day ban on nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries entering the United States.
On a snowy field in southwest Poland, U.S. tanks and troops gathered Monday to defend against a resurgent Russia that President Donald Trump wants to befriend. The troops -- part of the largest U.S. deployment to Europe since the Cold War -- plan to spread across eastern Europe, fanning into the Baltic nations, digging into Poland and also deploying to Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.
An executive order signed on Friday afternoon by President Donald Trump sparked a weekend of protests at major airports around the country, as immigration officials detained dozens of foreign travelers who had already been approved for travel to the United States, and a series of federal judges barred the feds from deporting those who had been detained. 1. Who are the people who have been stopped at airports? The people who have been detained are foreign travelers who did have valid documents to get into the United States.
An initial volley in a potential barrage of legal challenges to President Donald Trump's new restrictions on immigration came on Saturday on behalf of two Iraqis with ties to U.S. security forces who were detained at New York's JFK Airport. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the men are challenging the directive on constitutional grounds.
The video leaked by Chelsea Manning, titled Collateral Murder, depicted the killing of more than a dozen men, including two Reuters staffers, and the wounding of others, including small children. After overseeing the aggressive prosecution and near-seven-year incarceration of Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, President Obama - in one of his last acts in office - commuted all but four months of her remaining sentence but ignored the fact that he had taken no action on the war crimes that Manning revealed.
Since then, Snowden has been living in Russia where he was granted political asylum while wanted by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of violating the Espionage Act. Manning, who is currently imprisoned at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, has been incarcerated since her arrest in 2010 for turning over military and diplomatic information to Wikileaks.
For most Americans, Chelsea Manning has been a hero or villain based on how they view her decision to leak classified material. For transgender people, she has another dimension - serving as a potent symbol of their struggles for acceptance.
With a new president on the horizon, President Barack Obama has put his last week in office to important use. He's ordered the release of 1,400 federal inmates serving under minimum-sentencing laws.
DOD Strategic Capabilities Office Director Dr. William Roper observes a test flight of the Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle, or JTARV, also known as the hoverbike. The JTARV may one day make it possible for Soldiers on the battlefield to order resupply and then receive those supplies rapidly from an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle.
In a demonstration for Department of Defense officials on January 10, the US Army Research Lab flew the prototype of the Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle -- a specially designed quadcopter that may someday deliver supplies to soldiers on the battlefield. The electric-powered drone has been in development since 2014 , and it now works.
Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has been given leave to remain in Russia for another couple of years, authorities in Moscow have confirmed. Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry said: 'Snowden's residency in Russia has just been extended by another couple of years.'
Washington >> President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning on Tuesday, allowing the Army intelligence officer who leaked scores of classified documents to go free nearly three decades early. Manning, who will leave prison in May, was one of 209 inmates whose sentences Obama was shortening, a list that includes Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez-Rivera.
Donald Trump's pick to run the CIA took a tough stand against Russia on Thursday, distancing himself from the president-elect, who wants to warm relations with Moscow. Rep. Mike Pompeo, a four-term conservative Kansas Republican, spoke at his confirmation hearing before the Senate intelligence committee amid a testy standoff between Trump and the spy community over Russian activities during the president election.
CAE today announced that it has signed two long-term training services contracts with the United States Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force with a combined value of more than C$1 billion, including options. The contract with the U.S. Army is for rotary-wing flight training classroom, simulator, and live flying instructor support services for one year with eight one-year options until 2026.
Congress is reviewing a bill that aims to prohibit federal tax relief for wind energy projects located within 40 miles of an active military air base. The Protection of Military Airfields from Wind Turbine Encroachment Act would, if signed into law, incorporate revisions to the Internal Revenue Code that will prevent wind energy developers from pursuing renewable electricity production credit and energy credits, both of which provide tax relief, for projects within tens of miles from military airfields.
Under mounting pressure to free convicts as a last act, President Barack Obama is planning at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office in two weeks, but don't expect many famous offenders to make the list. The list of bold names appealing to Obama for compassion in his final weeks includes accused leaker Chelsea Manning, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Army Sgt.