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Nov. 2, 2017 - Cubic Corporation today announced that its Cubic Global Defense business division received a contract award, valued at $11.5 million, from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command to support the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Systems Support effort. During the six-month period of the contract, Cubic will provide training in Marine warfighting skills; command post exercises; battle staff training; mission rehearsal exercises; command, control, communication and computers mobile training; in addition to combat simulation ranging from individual to joint and combined staffs training.
Purdue University is among 11 U.S. research institutions recently highlighted for their successful research programs funded by the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative . The recognition was included in a report released by the Supporters of Agricultural Research Foundation .
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Then-interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile confers with then-Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid . The former interim head of the Democratic Party just accused Hillary Clinton's campaign of "unethical" conduct that "compromised the party's integrity."
Michael Brennan's nomination for a lifetime appointment as a judge on a federal appellate court whose jurisdiction includes Wisconsin is tainted in ways that should make Wisconsinites wary. The U.S. Constitution grants the president power to nominate federal judges "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientist nominee, Sam Clovis withdrew his name from consideration Wednesday amid revelations that he was among top officials on the Trump campaign who was aware of efforts by foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to broker a relationship between the campaign and Russian officials. Court documents unsealed Monday revealed that Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in early October to making false statement to FBI investigators about his contacts with foreigners claiming to have high-level Russian connections.
The National Museum of the United States Air Force will commemorate Veterans Day by offering visitors a special opportunity to interact with more than 25 veterans who will be stationed at aircraft throughout the museum as part of the "Plane Talks" program 10:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11. Included among the veterans scheduled to be on-hand are a retired crew chief and flight nurse, as well as navigators, pilots, and engineers who have flown on aircraft such as the A-24, AC-130, B-25, B-58, C-47, C-123, C-124, C-130, C-141, F-4, F-22, F-89, F-101, F-105, HU-16, HH-3, KC-97, RF-4, SR-71, T-39, UH-P1 and VC-137C .
President-elect Donald Trump is applauded by his children, from left, Eric, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. ahead of a news conference in Trump Tower in Manhattan on Jan. 11, 2017. On Wednesday, Rep. Adam B. Schiff , the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, released a list of Twitter accounts identified as being linked to Russians seeking to meddle in the 2016 election.
Passengers on a Delta flight from Los Angeles, California to Detroit, Michigan got more than they bargained for after two strangers on the plane started having sex. Now the couple could face misdemeanor or felony charges, and their case is under FBI investigation.
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on tax policy with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday in Washington. WASHINGTON >> House Republicans would preserve the popular retirement account for middle-class Americans while limiting a cherished deduction for homeowners in a sweeping tax cut plan unveiled Thursday that would add $1.5 trillion to the nation's debt.
Sam Clovis, a former Trump campaign official who is now linked to special counsel Robert Mueller's federal probe into Russia's interference in the presidential election, is withdrawing his nomination to be the Agriculture Department's chief scientist. Clovis's decision comes just days after court filings indicate that he may have encouraged President Trump's campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to set up meetings with Russians for the Trump campaign.
Attendees at The Obama Foundation Summit were treated to an array of performances at the conclusion of the event that was put on by former president Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. With the two-day leadership summit taking place in Chicago, Chance The Rapper was among those to grace the stage on Wednesday .
In this Nov. 30, 2015 photo, Federal Reserve Gov. Jerome Powell talks with others before a Board of Governors meeting at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. Two senior administration officials said Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, that Powell is President Donald Trump's choice to succeed Janet Yellen.
This combination of photos shows, top row from left, Hillary Clinton, the logo of the defense contractor Lockheed Martin, and former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky; middle row from left, tanks at a military parade in Kiev, Ukraine, former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington; bottom row from left, former Secretary of State John Kerry, former NATO Supreme Commander Wesley Clark and Maria Alekhina of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot. These people and organizations were among the thousands targeted by the hacking group Fancy Bear, which disrupted the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Donald Trump vowed a more "unpredictable" foreign policy when he campaigned for president. Mission accomplished, if the mood in Asia ahead of his first presidential trip to the region is any indication.
FILE PHOTO: The billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc. John Kapoor, exits the federal court house after a bail hearing in Phoenix, Arizona , U.S., October 27, 2017. REUTERS/Conor Ralph Insys's billionaire founder John Kapoor was arrested on charges that he participated in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe Subsys.
In Call With Times Reporter, Trump Projects Air of Calm Over Charges - President Trump projected an air of calm on Wednesday after charges against his former campaign chief and a foreign policy aide roiled Washington, insisting to The New York Times that he was not "angry at anybody" Michael Flynn Followed Russian Troll Accounts, Pushed Their Messages in Days Before Election Former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn followed five Twitter accounts based out of the Russian-backed "troll factory" in St. Petersburg - and pushed their messages at least three times "You Can't Go Any Lower": Inside the West Wing, Trump Is Apoplectic as Allies Fear Impeachment - After Monday's indictments, the president blamed Jared Kushner in a call to Steve Bannon, while others are urging him to take off the gloves with Robert Mueller.