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December 5, 2021

 

Bob Dole: Senator, soldier, veterans’ advocate; ‘an individual of extraordinary will’ “It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep,” according to a statement from the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. “At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years.” READ MORE

Navy and Army picking up hotel tab for those forced out of Hawaii homes by tainted water The Army and Navy have been trucking in water to the affected communities, as well as setting up makeshift showers and laundry facilities. READ MORE

WWII veteran, Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98 Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98. READ MORE   Reaction to Bob Dole’s death from US dignitaries, veterans U.S. dignitaries and military veterans are mourning former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, a World War II veteran and former Republican presidential candidate who served in Congress for 36 years. Dole, who had stage 4 lung cancer, died Sunday at age 98, according to his wife, Elizabeth. READ MORE   Russia says US spy planes threaten civil aviation over Black Sea According to Russia’s civil aviation agency, two passenger planes had to divert and change altitude because a NATO surveillance plane crossed their routes and ignored signals from Russian air safety authorities. READ MORE

Broad overhaul of military justice system being sidelined in favor of narrower focus on sexual assault A widely popular proposal to force sweeping changes in how the military prosecutes felony crimes is likely to be left out of this year’s defense authorization bill, according to people familiar with the matter, ending for now what advocates called watershed legislation for equal justice in favor of a competing plan that focuses more narrowly on sexual assault and related offenses. READ MORE   Austin says US will counter China’s ‘disturbing’ activities One way to counter China’s military modernization, growing nuclear capabilities and technological advances is to strengthen U.S. alliances in the region, Austin told a security conference in California on Saturday, fresh from a visit to South Korea. READ MORE   North Korea heads into ‘tense’ winter: Closed borders and food supplies in question Winter is typically a volatile time in North Korea, which struggles with chronic food shortages. What makes this year especially concerning, say analysts who follow North Korea, is the country’s closure of its borders since early 2020, even with critical trading partner China. READ MORE   80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor brings end to victim-identification program On Dec. 7, the 80th anniversary of the attack that plunged the United States into World War II, the last of the remains that could not be identified will be reburied in Honolulu’s National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific known as the “Punchbowl.” READ MORE   ‘A series of broken promises’: How the Spokane VA became testing ground for new health record system More than a year after a test of a new electronic health record system began in October 2020, a Spokesman-Review investigation found that problems continue to threaten patient safety and have left employees at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane exhausted and demoralized. READ MORE   80th Pearl Harbor Remembrance events include solemn ceremonies, live underwater dive The National Park Service and Navy Region Hawaii, with the support of Pacific Historic Parks, will host a series of events through Thursday as part of the 80th National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration. READ MORE

 

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