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Lt. Cmdr. Matt Billings and petty officer Vekisha McCall of the Navy Operational Support Center in Bangor prepare to release two wreaths into the Kenduskeag Stream during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Dec. 7, 2015, in Bangor.
President-elect Donald Trump wants to clip the wings of a new Air Force One, saying the customized 747 is too expensive. "The plane is totally out of control," Trump told reporters Tuesday morning.
Vice-President Joe Biden says that some of the economic proposals under discussion as a new administration prepares to enter the White House are the same ones that led to "this God-awful recession of eight years ago." Speaking at Georgetown University on financial regulation, Biden says banks and other financial institutions knew they had a backstop in the form of the American taxpayer, so they took excessive risks.
Dec 5 The U.S. Army's denial of an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline, after permitting and legal obligations were followed, sets an uncertain precedent for new projects despite President-elect Donald Trump's promise to support energy infrastructure. The decision came after months of protests by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and others who said the line could desecrate tribal grounds, or a spill could contaminate drinking water.
To me, the biggest ignored story of 2016 is the fact that the Russians helped elect Donald Trump as president. The Democratic National Committee's emails were hacked by Russians.
In a story Dec. 4 about an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it would not grant the easement. The Army issued the decision to not approve the easement at this time.
EXCLUSIVE: The 'arrogant' man behind illegal artist enclave where at least 33 died in fire checks into a hotel - as friends claim he LAUGHED at warnings that squalid commune was a DEATH TRAP Gunman storms into DC pizzeria and fires into the air as part of his 'investigation' into pizza-gate conspiracy theory claiming that Hillary Clinton abused children there Why caveman in us makes yo-yo diets fail: Changes in our diet convince our brains to store extra fat because food supplies are unreliable High school algebra teacher calls off her wedding after she 'had sex with a 16-year-old student on a park bench after he wrote down his Snapchat username on a test paper' Victory! Dakota Access protesters WIN as the feds block oil pipeline that was to be built next to Native American land - kicking off wild celebrations in Standing Rock Now for Italexit! Europe hit by new anti-establishment revolt ... (more)
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former prisoner of war who's accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, is asking President Barack Obama to pardon him before leaving office.
BELMAR -- The borough police department is continuing to investigate after a car was found parked on the Route 35 bridge early Saturday, though the search of the water around the span remains suspended Sunday. The car was found unoccupied at 2:45 a.m., prompting a search of the river by air and sea that included local and county authorities, New Jersey State Police and U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday.
US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former prisoner of war who's accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, is asking President Barack Obama to pardon him before leaving office.
Annie Mabus smashed a bottle of sparkling wine from a Denver vineyard against the Navy's newest attack submarine Saturday, christening it the USS Colorado as the vessel joined a fleet expected to number more than 300 ships by 2019. The 377-foot-long Colorado is the 15th in the Virginia class of attack submarines, each costing $2.7 billion.
As it turns out, according to a number of those who served with him, the more than 3 million civilian and military personnel of DoD can expect a well-read history buff with a strategic mind, a senior man who is not above talking to even the most junior personnel, and a sometimes gruff, opinionated leader who isn't afraid to tell it like it is. Business Insider spoke with a number of people who served with Mattis, and gathered up other anecdotes, to understand what the former four-star general is really like when he's in charge.
Maybe President-elect Donald Trump thought he "looked the part"; he surely does, with ramrod-straight posture and a short, military-style haircut. Perhaps Trump was won over by the nickname "Mad Dog."
The Republican-led House is pushing ahead with a $611 billion defense policy bill that prohibits closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, forbids the Pentagon from trimming the number of military bases and awards U.S. troops their largest pay raise in six years. Lawmakers are scheduled to vote Friday on the legislation, which authorizes military spending for the fiscal year that started Oct. 1. The defense bill includes an agreement that prevents the Defense Department from forcing thousands of California National Guard troops to repay enlistment bonuses and benefits they received a decade after they signed up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan.
U.S. President Barack Obama is poised to block a Chinese company from buying Germany's Aixtron SE, people familiar with the matter said, which would mark only the third time in more than a quarter century that the White House has rejected an investment by an overseas buyer as a national security risk. The president is expected Friday to uphold a recommendation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. that the sale of the semiconductor-equipment supplier to China's Grand Chip Investment GmbH should be stopped, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the details aren't public.
The outgoing US ambassador urged people to focus on today's "inspiring" links between airbases such as RAF Lakenheath and their communities as he highlighted their important role in the UK's relationship with his country. Matthew Barzun, who was speaking to journalists just over five weeks before he returns to the US following the election of Donald Trump, highlighted the community bonds between US men and women in uniform and the communities they live in.