The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to serve as President Biden’s secretary of defense. The powerful defense panel also moved to approve a waiver that Mr. Austin is required to obtain to serve as defense secretary due to a rule that requires active duty service …

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As President Joe Biden was addressing the nation Wednesday after swearing in as the 46th U.S. president, a quiet moment was captured 110 miles away from the nation’s capital. A journalist with The News Journal in Delaware saw a lone person in a blue uniform kneeling over the grave of the president’s late son, Beau …

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The 26,000 National Guard troops stationed in Washington, D.C., were ready for anything, but Inauguration Day passed without them facing a single security problem. “There were no security incidents reported involving the National Guard,” according to a National Guard Bureau news release. The scene at the U.S. Capitol, where Joe Biden took the oath of …

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MENDON, N.Y. — The remains of three National Guard members killed in a helicopter training accident were recovered and were being transported from the western New York crash site Thursday, escorted by police and fire vehicles. The troops died when their UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter crashed in a farmer’s field in rural Mendon, …

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The U.S. Air Force is expanding its approved hairstyle options for female service members, allowing them to wear their hair in two braids or a single braid or ponytail that extends as far as the bottom of the shoulderblades, according to new guidance issued Thursday. Beginning next month, women can wear these styles as long …

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