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Fire Breaks Out On Russian “Admiral Kuznetsov” Aircraft Carrier at the Barents Sea port of Murmansk.
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“At least two people unaccounted for. Images show Russia’s only aircraft carrier engulfed in smoke.”
A blaze has broken out aboard Russian Navy’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, that is currently at the Barents Sea port of Murmansk for repair works. According to the latest reports by RT.com six people have reportedly been injured, two sailors and one worker are listed as missing,...
Erdogan says Turkey will never declare ceasefire in northern Syria
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“President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump that Turkey will never declare a ceasefire in northeastern Syria and that it will not...”
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump that Turkey will never declare a ceasefire in northeastern Syria and that it will not negotiate with Kurdish forces it is fighting in its offensive into the region. Turkey pressed ahead with its offensive against the...
FOX News Turkey's Syria invasion: Member of US Special Forces says, 'I am ashamed for the first time in my career'
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“"The Kurds are sticking by us," the Special Forces source stressed to Fox News. "No other partner I have ever dealt with would stand by us."”
A member of U.S. Special Forces serving alongside the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria told Fox News' Jennifer Griffin on Wednesday they were witnessing Turkish atrocities on the frontlines. “I am ashamed for the first time in my career,” said the distraught soldier, who has...
3 suicides in 1 week by sailors from aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush
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“Bailey said these are the third, fourth and fifth crew member deaths by suicide in the last two years.”
The deaths by suicide of three sailors serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush last week have led the ship's commanding officer to urge his crew to come together and help shipmates in need. The three unrelated deaths by suicide occurred while the ship has been in dry dock at...
The Navy is the US military's fattest service branch, new Pentagon report reveals
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“"The high prevalence of obesity in the US poses a serious challenge to recruiting and retaining healthy Soldiers,"”
The US Navy is the fattest branch of the US armed forces, with an obesity rate of 22 percent, a new Department of Defense report revealed. While the Navy has a problem, it isn't the only service getting fat. Obesity is on the rise across all the services. The Air Force came in at 18.1 percent,...
Scaramucci: GOP may need to replace Trump for 2020
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“"We are now in the early episodes of 'Chernobyl' on HBO, where the reactor is melting down and the apparatchiks are trying to figure out whether to...”
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci told Axios Sunday that Republicans may need to find a candidate to replace President Trump in 2020. "We are now in the early episodes of 'Chernobyl' on HBO, where the reactor is melting down and the apparatchiks are trying to figure...
An entire airport came to a halt to honor the remains of a returning Vietnam veteran
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“"Our Southwest Airlines family is honored to support his long-hoped homecoming and join in tribute to Col. Knight as well as every other military...”
When Bryan Knight was 5 years old, he said goodbye to his father at an airport in Dallas, Texas, just before he was sent off to the Vietnam War. That was the last time he saw his father. A few months later, US Air Force Maj. Roy A. Knight, Jr., 36, went missing in action. The pilot was leading...
As Trump visits El Paso, his campaign still hasn't paid bill for February rally
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“Donald J. Trump for President Inc.'s now outstanding $569,204.63 balance due is about 63% of the city's contingency budget for the entire year. ”
The last time President Donald Trump visited El Paso -- for a political rally in February -- his campaign racked up a big bill, one it still hasn't paid. It has been six months since Trump held the “Make America Great Again” rally in downtown El Paso that cost the Texas border city nearly a...
‘We’re like Thelma and Louise’: Republicans shrug at deficits under Trump
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“Under the 2011 Budget Control Act, $822 billion was set to be cut from federal spending between fiscal 2013 and 2021. But if this week’s deal...”
In 2011, with the nation still climbing back from the Great Recession, Republicans threatened global markets by refusing to raise the federal debt limit unless President Barack Obama and the Democrats agreed to steep across-the-board spending cuts for years to come. Eight years later — and $7.7...