Tuesday, March 7, 2023

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Republican senators challenging rationale behind new Pentagon abortion policies

Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led by Roger Wicker of Mississippi, have described the rules as “heavy-handed, far-left social policy.”

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Kremlin-backed fighters want greater African presence, AFRICOM boss warns

Russian mercenaries are looking for ways to expand their foothold in Africa, where their presence has added to instability in parts of the continent, U.S. Africa Command’s top general said.

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With the ‘modern American in mind,’ Air Force OKs neck and hand tattoos

The new version of the service’s dress and appearance standards policy allows tattoos up to 1 inch long on the hands and back of the neck, which were previously banned.

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Air Force inks deal with Boeing for new planes to manage air battles

The Air Force has awarded Boeing up to $1.2 billion to develop its latest airborne early warning and control plane.

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Iranian missiles seized on vessel in Gulf of Oman, British and US navies say

A British navy frigate aided by a U.S. Navy surveillance plane seized anti-tank missiles and other weapons aboard a vessel in the Gulf of Oman, officials said.

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Senator says Japan reneged on deal to release Navy officer from Yokosuka prison

Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, took to the Senate floor on behalf of a Navy officer imprisoned in Japan to accuse its government of backtracking on a deal to release the officer.

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‘Maverick or Goose?’: Caroline Kennedy goes supersonic in Australian Super Hornet

The U.S. ambassador to Australia had a “Top Gun” moment this week, doing acrobatics in a fighter jet over the Australian state of Victoria.

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VA Deputy Secretary Donald Remy stepping down April 1

Deputy Secretary Donald Remy has overseen the VA's rollout of a new electronic health record system, helped adapt VA care to the COVID-19 pandemic, and implemented a law Congress passed in 2022 that expands benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic hazards.

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California National Guard will help stranded, snowed-in residents in San Bernardino Mountains

Members of the California National Guard are set to arrive in the San Bernardino Mountains on Thursday afternoon to help people who have been trapped in their homes for several days by heavy snow.

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Blinken pressed Lavrov in rare but brief meeting at G-20 summit

Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a brief encounter with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of the Group of 20 meeting in India, their first in-person meeting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago.

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Number of imprisoned veterans concerns former defense chiefs

Two former Iraq and Afghanistan War-era defense secretaries are recommending that the government consider new ways to ensure that military service is taken into account when courts prosecute former service members.

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