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As Independence Day comes around again we should spend a few moments between barbecue and fireworks to think about the meaning of independence. The colonists who rebelled against the British Crown were, among other things, unhappy about taxation.
Protestors in orange jumpsuits and black hoods stood outside U.S. Southern Command in 90-degree heat Sunday, holding signs with phrases like "Close Gitmo now" and "I am still waiting for your humanity." Around 30 protestors marched from Trump National Doral to Southcom in a call to shut down the prison in Cuba.
The striggling commodities giant Noble Group has secured a 120-day extension for its USD 400 million credit facility from June 20, 2017. According to Reuters, Noble Group, has over 100 vessels on charter, confirmed that its lenders had agreed to push back a repayment deadline by four months and said it continued to be in talks with potential investors about the sale of an interest in the company or parts of its business.
WASHINGTON: A U.S. House of Representatives spending panel will vote on Monday on a US$192.5 billion budget bill that includes US$115 million to build permanent housing facilities for U.S. military personnel at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre even as the inmate population has fallen sharply. The House Appropriations Committee said in a statement on Sunday that the 2018 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs spending bill included funding to build two new barracks to house service members stationed at Guantanamo Bay.
My colleague Shakezula has already discussed this, but David Clarke's appointment assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security is a big enough deal to be worth more discussion. It is almost impossible to overstate how unfit he is for any law enforcement position, let alone one of the top federal ones: However, if the premature reports are true, Clarke's promotion to federal office would be a major affront to human and civil rights.
Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, was released from a Kansas military prison early Wednesday after serving seven years of her 35-year sentence. U.S. Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith told The Associated Press that Manning was released from Fort Leavenworth military prison, but that she couldn't provide any further details.
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Pfc. Chelsea Manning, who was known as Bradley Manning before transitioning in prison, was convicted in 2013 of 20 counts, including six Espionage Act violations, theft and computer fraud. She was acquitted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy.
Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, is due to be released from a Kansas military prison on Wednesday after serving seven years of her 35-year sentence. President Barack Obama granted Manning clemency in his final days in office in January.
Washington, DC: US President Donald Trump has ignited a political firestorm by firing FBI Director James Comey, who had been leading an investigation into the Trump 2016 presidential campaign's possible collusion with Russia to influence the election outcome. The Republican president said he fired Comey, the top US law enforcement official, on Tuesday over his handling of an election-year email scandal involving then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The night of the young guns! Gigi, Bella and Kendall battle it out to rule the red carpet as they join a host of stars at the Met Gala The hero truck driver who comforted a badly-burned dying woman while others took PHOTOS after her truck crashed and burst into flames The truth about diet and cancer: Top dietitian JANE CLARKE reveals what to eat to beat the disease Andrew Jackson 'would never let it happen!' Trump doubles down on his claim that the seventh president could have stopped the Civil War - if he hadn't died 16 years before it started Kim Jong-un accuses America of pushing him to the brink of nuclear war after 'two US bombers practiced bombing in North Korea' 'Troubled' Christian biology student knifeman stabs aspiring singer to death and wounds three others in terrifying stabbing rampage at the University of Texas Johnny Depp must undergo mental evaluation for 'compulsive ... (more)
In an April 26, 2017 photo released by the U.S. Navy, aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson sails the Philippine Sea escorted by Japanese destroyers. The aircraft supercarrier was headed toward the Korean Peninsula for an exercise with South Korea.
U.S. Navy via Flickr : PACIFIC OCEAN An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Golden Dragons of Strike Fighter Squadron 192 makes an arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson . A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter crashed into the ocean and the pilot ejected unharmed while on approach to land on the USS Carl Vinson , the aircraft carrier that was briefly confused to have been off the coast of the Korean Peninsula during North Korea's failed nuclear test last weekend, but wasn't .
In this May 16, 2012, file photo, released by the U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 3rd Class DonPaul Mitchell, left, assigned to the guided-missile submarine USS Georgia, instructs Ensign Tabitha Strobel, Georgia's main propulsion assistant, in a trainer at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia. With women now serving on submarines, future subs are being built to specifically accommodate gender differences including height, reach and strength.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament on Monday he approved the US stance on dealing with North Korea, while the government considers required actions if there is a flow of refugees from the Korean peninsula in case of an escalated conflict. FILE PHOTO - The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Pacific Ocean January 30, 2017.
A contrite Sean Spicer ditched his usual defiance Wednesday and asked the public to forgive him for remarks a day earlier in which he credited Adolf Hitler with refraining from using chemical weapons during World War II. "I made a mistake," the White House press secretary said during an appearance at the Newseum in Washington, where he was interviewed by MSNBC's Greta Van Susteren.
Lawyers who work at a camp at Guantanamo Bay filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that the Pentagon failed to properly investigate health hazards at facilities there that contain carcinogens. The lawyers, who work at the facilities for several weeks in a year, say the US Navy failed to follow up on reports of high cancer cases among young and otherwise healthy people who work at Camp Justice, the complex where they work on detainees' cases.
The Benghazi deceptions, the selling of the Iran deal, the Bergdahl trade - one 'expert' kept turning up to peddle falsehoods. usan Rice is the real version of Woody Allen's cinematic character Zelig, who in the movie of the same name popped up almost anywhere as an expert on anything.
He wasn't kidding. Now, as leader of the free world, he gets up in the morning and, long before receiving his intelligence briefing , he flips on cable news and starts tweeting.
Some of Donald Trump's boasts from the first weeks of his presidency were dashed by developments in recent days. For example, builders of the Keystone XL pipeline were let off the hook from a buy-American requirement that Trump had promised.