Saudi Arabia Friday appeared determined to look on the bright side a day after President Biden used his first major foreign policy speech to announce an end to U.S. military support and arms sales for the oil-rich kingdom’s campaign in neighboring Yemen. Mr. Biden on Thursday denounced the Saudi-led campaign against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels …
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Acting Air Force Secretary John Roth and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown launched a comprehensive review into base safety and security protocols across the service after a man was able to breach security measures at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and board a C-40 Clipper transport aircraft Thursday. The Department of the …
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Here’s what’s happening Thursday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY: – The Pentagon will deploy more than 1,100 troops to five vaccination centers in what will be the first wave of increased military support for the White House campaign to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. President Joe Biden …
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JERUSALEM (AP) – The International Criminal Court said Friday that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, potentially clearing the way for its chief prosecutor to open a war crimes probe into Israeli military actions. The decision was welcomed by the Palestinians and decried by Israel‘s prime minister, who …
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Even before COVID-19 killed more than 136,000 nursing home residents around the country, infection prevention and control was a major problem at community centers operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a just-released report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. About 9,000 military veterans per day in fiscal year 2019 received either short …
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