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A U.S. Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimanded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a group of his senior advisers Wednesday after some in the group laughed and talked near the solemn memorial following a Veterans Day ceremony. "All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times," the sentinel called out, stopping his patrol to face the group as they departed. read more
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House Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort to impeach Pete Hegseth, rejecting allegations that the defense secretary had repeatedly violated the constitution through his handling of the Iran war and other conflicts globally. Top Democrats announced their support for the resolution, but Republicans moved to kill it by referring it to the judiciary committee. Their motion succeeded on Tuesday, by a 211-204 vote, largely along party lines. Massie was the sole Republican to oppose the motion, along with all Democrats.
My dad was afraid he was going to miss the second world war, was turned down at the Army, so at 16 he lied about his age to get into the Air Force.
But the war had ended a few months later as he trained to fly. He then became a Navigator on one of the huge new planes built for the massive number of dangerous flights that were the Berlin Airlift, and flew missions into the city.
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Amazing stats on what the US and UK did to save the people of Berlin, and how Russia finally gave up trying to stop it.
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