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Jun 27, 2017

An annual Judiciary report on wiretaps showed a sharp divergence between federal and state courts, with federal courts reporting a 11 percent increase in authorized wiretaps in 2016, compared to 2015, and state courts reporting a 41 percent decline. Despite…

Jun 25, 2017

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- Enemy combatants lurking in tunnels have attacked U.S. troops throughout U.S. history, including during both world wars, Vietnam and more recently Iraq and Afghanistan. Detecting these secretive tunnels has been a challenge that has been…

Jun 5, 2017

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG) resumed strike missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, June 6. 170606-N-YL257-140 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 6, 2017) An F/A-18E…

May 17, 2017

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis yesterday met with Norwegian Minister of Defense Ine Eriksen Søreide at the Pentagon, where he praised the longstanding defense relationship between the United States and Norway, according to chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White.…

May 17, 2017

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Coalition and partnered Syrian opposition forces recently repaired a water well capable of producing more than 317,000 gallons of water a day in southern Syria, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials said today. Because the…

May 16, 2017

By Lt.j.g. Egdanis Torres Sierra Resolute Support Headquarters KABUL, Afghanistan — Thirty days after an attack on patients and medical staff at Kabul National Medical Hospital, a majority of the reconstruction work is complete. On March 8, a group of…

May 16, 2017

By Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeff Andrejcik 8th Fighter Wing KUNSAN AIR BASE — Six F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 35th Fighter Squadron here took off May 15 to support Buddy Wing 17-4 at Jungwon Air Base, South Korea. Three…

Apr 13, 2017

My fellow Americans, This is a season of great hope. This week, Jewish families across our country, and around the world, celebrate Passover and retell the story of God’s deliverance of the Jewish people. The story of the Exodus is…