With President Joe Biden’s inauguration complete, thousands of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., will soon start heading home — some as early as this weekend. Arrangements are being made for 15,000 of the 25,600 Guard soldiers and airmen in D.C. to return home over the next 10 days, officials said. “Some might not be …
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Members of Congress voted to grant Lloyd Austin a waiver to lead the Pentagon despite being out of uniform for less than the seven years required by law, setting the stage for him to be confirmed as defense secretary as early as Thursday night. House members approved the move in a vote of 326 to …
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SAN DIEGO (AP) – In the days before Joe Biden became president, construction crews worked quickly to finish Donald Trump’s wall at an iconic cross-border park overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which then-first lady Pat Nixon inaugurated in 1971 as symbol of international friendship. Biden on Wednesday ordered a “pause” on all wall construction within a …
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President Biden plans to seek a five-year extension of a nuclear arms treaty with Russia that expires in just two weeks, one of the president’s first major foreign policy tests. The negotiations over New START are complicated by Mr. Biden’s vows to punish Moscow for the recent SolarWinds hack and tensions with the Kremlin over …
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The Army was investigating what caused the death of a soldier at a base in Kuwait this week. The soldier, who has not yet been publicly identified, was found unresponsive Wednesday at Camp Arifjan, the Army said. “We send our heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased,” U.S. Army Central said in an emailed …
