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Troops on the border: ‘We have to adapt every night to every scenario’
For New Hampshire National Guard members deployed to the Texas border, securing 1 1/2 miles along the Rio Grande is logistically, emotionally hard.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin
Feds say Texas Guard is blocking Border Patrol from part of the border
The Justice Department says agents can’t access 2.5 miles of the border and a boat ramp in Eagle Pass.
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune
Federal watchdog to investigate Osprey’s safety record after crash
Lawmakers asked the Government Accountability Office to look into the fleet's history in December.
The military’s federal border mission set to continue into 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in June extended the mission through September 2024.
Pentagon eyes successor to Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract
"We are firmly committed to multi-cloud, multi-vendor," Pentagon CIO John Sherman said, "and this is what we’re going to be doing moving forward."
Lawmakers urge Air Force to shift fighters to guard, reserve squadrons
They worry that if A-10s at Guard bases in Maryland and Michigan retire without a replacement, those squadrons could lose their fighter missions.
60 years after JFK’s death, Kennedys forge new paths to public service
Several Kennedys hold positions in the Biden administration, including Joseph Kennedy III, grandson of Robert Kennedy, who is an envoy to Northern Ireland.
Mattis says vets at Jan. 6 Capitol riot ‘don’t define the military’
“There’s always someone that disappoints you. I’m reminded that Jesus of Nazareth had 1 out of 12 disappoint him.”
US seeks to ramp up munitions production for Ukraine, Israel
Secretary Austin outlined U.S. production constraints and made the case to Congress for more funds to ramp up munitions production for Ukraine and Israel.
Judge orders feds to stop cutting C-wire Texas Guard put up on border
State troopers and National Guard members placed concertina wire on the Texas-Mexico border in Eagle Pass. Border Patrol agents have cut through it.
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune
Settlement over Trump family separations limits future actions by feds
The federal government would be barred from immigration policies that separate parents from children for eight years under the proposed court settlement.
By Rebecca Santana and Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press