SAN DIEGO (AP) – For the opening salvo of his presidency, few expected Joe Biden to be so far reaching on immigration. A raft of executive orders issued Wednesday undoes many of his predecessor’s hallmark initiatives, such as halting work on a border wall with Mexico, lifting a travel ban on people from several predominantly …
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Army veteran Nicholas Giovannelli is suing to stop several companies from “exploiting his image for profit” after he found them selling posters featuring photos of him taken in Afghanistan many years ago. Giovannelli deployed twice and was medically discharged five years ago after suffering a traumatic brain injury and other wounds, his lawyer Craig D. …
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Dat Tran, one of the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ top experts in strategic planning and information technology, has been named acting head of the department as Denis McDonough, President Joe Biden’s nominee for VA secretary, waits for confirmation from the U.S. Senate. Tran currently serves as principal deputy assistant secretary for the VA Office of …
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President Joe Biden said the U.S. will engage partners and allies to meet tomorrow’s challenges in his first speech as commander in chief. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters broke into the …
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Just after Joe Biden became president at noon on Wednesday, the Pentagon announced the four people who will serve as acting secretaries of the Defense Department, Army, Navy and Air Force until the new administration names official nominees and completes the Senate confirmation process. David Norquist, previously the deputy defense secretary, is now the acting …
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