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January 15, 2024 | View in browser
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Austin released from Walter Reed after complications from surgery he kept secret
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from a hospital Monday after a two-week stay for complications from prostate cancer surgery that he kept hidden from White House and Pentagon officials.
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Ships and aircraft search for 2 Navy SEALs missing after mission to confiscate Iranian missile parts
U.S. Navy ships and aircraft combed areas of the Gulf of Aden for two missing U.S. Navy SEALs on Monday as details emerged about their mission to board and take over a vessel carrying components for medium-range Iranian ballistic missiles headed for Somalia.
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Houthi rebels strike US-owned ship off coast of Yemen in Gulf of Aden, raising tensions
Houthi rebels fired a missile, striking a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after they launched an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea.
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MLK Jr. holiday celebrations include acts of service and parades, but some take political turn
Communities across the nation celebrated the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday with acts of service, prayer services and parades. But with the November presidential election as a backdrop, some events took on an overtly political turn.
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Family, friends welcome home Nebraska National Guard soldiers from deployment to Germany
Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers returned Saturday from a 10-month overseas deployment to Grafenwoehr, Germany, as part of the Joint Multinational Training Group.
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Carrier Air Wing 8 returns to Virginia after 8-month deployment with USS Gerald R. Ford
Aviators from squadrons VFA-37 “Ragin Bulls” and VFA-213 “Blacklions” with Carrier Air Wing 8 reunited with loved ones during an emotional return home to Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., on Monday.
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Fake 911 report of fire at the White House triggers emergency response while Biden is at Camp David
A fake 911 call that the White House was on fire sent emergency vehicles to the complex Monday morning, when President Joe Biden and his family were at Camp David.
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Ukraine claims it shot down two Russian command and control aircraft in significant blow to Moscow
The Ukrainian air force shot down a Russian Beriev A-50 early warning and control plane and an IL-22 command center aircraft in a significant blow for the Kremlin’s forces, Ukraine’s military chief said.
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Hamas fights with patchwork of weapons built by Iran, China, Russia and North Korea
Iranian sniper rifles. AK-47 assault rifles from China and Russia. North Korean- and Bulgarian-built rocket-propelled grenades. Anti-tank rockets secretly cobbled together in Gaza. Hamas has amassed a diverse patchwork arsenal of weapons.
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Expect noisier skies near Nellis Air Force Base as Red Flag begins
The Air Force will be conducting its Red Flag 24-1 exercise Monday through Jan. 26, according to a Nellis Air Force Base news release.
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A former Israeli hostage fears for the women she left behind in Gaza
Agam Goldstein-Almog, 17, described the terror and confusion she endured over nearly two months as a Hamas hostage inside Gaza.
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