“It's all about providing the president options against a broad series of contingencies. And in this respect, I am in favor of continuing to assess and evaluate the SLCM-N," the Pentagon's No. 2 general said.
Convicted felon Jeff Fortenberry has never been held accountable for abusing the power of his office to hunt down and threaten the jobs of people who criticized him with a joke.
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Published: 10 May 2021 12:56 PM BdST
Updated: 10 May 2021 12:56 PM BdST In an undated image provided by the US Mint, a rendering of coins celebrating the writer and poet Maya Angelou, left, and the astronaut Sally Ride will be issued next year as part of the US Mint’s American Women Quarters Programme. US Mint via The New York Times
Writer and poet Maya Angelou and astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, are the first women who will appear on a series of quarters to be issued by the US Mint over the next four years.
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Updated Jan. 24 at 8:50 a.m. ET.
Senate confirmation hearings can get a little heated. But Pete Buttigieg, President Biden s high-profile nominee for secretary of transportation, got a reception that was downright warm. You know what the hell you re talking about, and that s pretty damn refreshing, said Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., when he got a chance at the mic at Buttigieg s hearing on Thursday.
The senators on the Commerce Committee, including many Republicans, embraced Buttigieg s background as the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and appreciated his willingness to dive deep into granular policy issues at the hearing.