Defense
US test-launches intercontinental missile
The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea. Vandenberg Air Force Base says the Minuteman 3 lifted off at 6:27 a.m. PDT Wednesday. It later splashed down thousands of ...
VA hospital plans major renovation
The Veterans Affairs Montana Health Care System has announced plans for a major renovation of its hospital at Fort Harrison that could take up to 18 months and cost between $5 million and $10 million. The Independent Record reports (http://bit.ly/12uE0N6) work could begin as early as August on a new ...
North Korean leader sends special envoy to China
After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most important ally and a sign that he may be giving diplomacy a chance. ...
Iraqi premier orders army shake-up after attacks
Iraq's prime minister has ordered a shake-up of his military command after a weeklong spike of militant attacks that has killed nearly 300 people, by far the highest toll since the U.S. withdrew its forces in late 2011, an official said Wednesday. The shake-up will include commanders of divisions and ...
House panel seeks to curb military sexual assaults
Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found ...
Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog
The Vatican took another step Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announcing new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing. The report from the Financial Intelligence Authority showed the agency received six internal reports on suspicious transactions ...
7 Egyptian security men kidnapped in Sinai freed
Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the country's military spokesman said. The release, which followed a security buildup and a massive show of force by the military in northern ...
Expanded VA outpatient clinic in Beaufort to open
An expanded veterans' outpatient clinic at the Naval Hospital in Beaufort is ready to accept patients. The center, operated with the Ralph Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, opens on Wednesday. The new center will be able to serve about 1,200 more veterans. It includes a new primary care team ...
Kerry praises $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Wednesday with officials in Oman to discuss their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American manufacturer Raytheon. Kerry met with the Arab country's defense minister, a day after discussions with Oman's sultan. Kerry thanked them for their decision to ...
Details of the Senate immigration bill
A look at the 867-page immigration overhaul bill approved Tuesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee: ___ BORDER SECURITY —The bill sets goals of surveillance of 100 percent of the border with Mexico, and catching or turning back 90 percent of would-be crossers. —Within six months of enactment of the bill, ...
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