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A supporter of LGBT rights holds up an 'equality flag' on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, during an event held by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass. in response to President Donald Trump's declaration that he wants transgender people barred from serving in the U.S. military 'in any capacity,' citing 'tremendous medical costs and disruption.' (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

High court lets military implement transgender restrictions

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people while court challenges continue.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump greets Col. Dawn C. Lancaster, Commander Air Force Mortuary Affairs, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, as he arrives to pay tribute to the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria as their remains are returned as Chief Master Sgt. Danielle M. Hirvela, Chief Enlisted Manager, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, second from left, and Chief Master Sgt. Anthony W. Green Command Chief Master Sergeant, 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, (left), watch. Following Trump are Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, (right). (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

President Trump travels to Delaware paying tribute to Americans killed in Syrian attack

Trump was paying tribute to the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria this week as he set off to Dover Air Force Base for the return of their remains.

7 years ago

President Trump called for a beefing up of existing defenses, such as the Aegis ashore system pictured. In addition, he called for research into new advanced concepts.
(Mark Wright/Missile Defense Agency)
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Politics & Policy

Trump unveils ambitious missile defense plans

Critics were quick to point out that meeting this goal would cost many billions of dollars.

7 years ago

Minetta Metz (right) and Danielle Spencer (left) at the Veterans Multi-Service Center. (Jennifer Lynn/WHYY)
Community

Philly women veterans celebrate five years of sharing and caring for each other

The Women's Center at the Veterans Multi-Service Center in Old City Philadelphia celebrates five years of helping female veterans adapt to civilian life.

7 years ago

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A security force member walks outside a shuttered restaurant Thursday in Manbij, Syria, the site of a suicide attack that killed more than a dozen people, including four Americans, a day earlier. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. (Delil Souleiman /AFP/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

How strong is the Islamic State in Syria?

The extremist group is still believed to have thousands of fighters who have gone underground.

7 years ago

An explosion damaged a restaurant in Manbij, Syria, Wednesday, shown in a screengrab from the Kurdish Hawar News agency, or ANHA. (ANHA/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. troops killed by blast in Syria; Islamic State claims responsibility

American troops were killed in an explosion in northern Syria, the spokesperson for the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State says.

7 years ago

 U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn.
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Cape May County officials encourage Coast Guard families to apply for government assistance

Cape May County officials want local U.S. Coast Guard employees to know that there's assistance available to them as the partial federal government shutdown continues. 

7 years ago

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S. soldier, left, sits on an armored vehicle behind a sand barrier at a newly installed position near the front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. An American military official said Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 that the U.S.-led military coalition has begun the process of withdrawing troops from Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
Politics & Policy

U.S. official says withdrawal from Syria has begun

After conflicting statements about a timeline for Trump's decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, the process has begun with the removal of some military cargo.

7 years ago

(U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer Patrick D. Kelley)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Shore congressman introduces bill to fund Coast Guard during government shutdown

A freshman Shore congressman has introduced a bill that will fund the U.S. Coast Guard during the ongoing federal government shutdown.

7 years ago

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Austin Renforth (center) went with his Iraqi counterpart, Lt. Gen. Jalil Jabbar al-Rubaie (center left), for a tour of Baghdad's most crowded neighborhoods on Friday.
(Mootaz Sami/AP Images for NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

A U.S. commander went for a rare stroll in Baghdad. Many Iraqis just shrugged

Sixteen years after the United States and its coalition partners invaded Iraq, most Iraqis still blame the U.S. for disbanding the Iraqi army and the civil war that followed.

7 years ago

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, (right), talks with his Chief of Staff Onyx Lorenzoni during a cabinet presentation ceremony at the presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. (Eraldo Peres/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Brazil’s Bolsonaro sees threat in Russia, considers hosting U.S. base

Brazil is open to hosting a U.S. military base to counter Russian influence in the region, the South American country's new far-right president said.

7 years ago

In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump makes a statement on the possible government shutdown before signing criminal just reform legislation in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. Nancy Pelosi and Trump both think they have public sentiment on their side in the battle over a border wall. That theory will be put the test this week when the new House Democratic majority led by Pelosi gavels into session with legislation to end the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & Policy

Timetable of Trump’s pullout from Syria being questioned

President Donald Trump abruptly announced in mid-December that he was withdrawing 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria.

7 years ago

Guards of honor carry a photo of Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq, Kandahar police chief, at his burial ceremony in Kandahar in October. (AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

What 3 deaths among thousands tell us about Afghanistan in 2018

U.S. combat troops have been in Afghanistan for nearly double the time they were in Vietnam. And the war has touched generations of Afghans.

7 years ago

In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 photo, Michele Fitzpatrick, a retired lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard, poses for a photograph at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Female veterans, both current and former service members, were more likely to vote in the 2018 midterm elections for Democrats than Republicans, 60 percent to 36 percent, according to data from VoteCast. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Politics & Policy

Military women, female veterans are shifting away from GOP

Long seen as a bastion of support for Republicans, the face of the U.S. military and its veterans is changing — and perhaps too is their political bent.

7 years ago

Richard Overton had been the oldest living veteran of American wars. He died Thursday.
NPR
Community

Oldest American World War II veteran dies at 112

The United States has lost its oldest World War II veteran. Richard Overton, who fought overseas in a segregated unit, died Thursday at age 112.

7 years ago

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