Two minutes before midnight on Tuesday evening, the leader of the free world issued a veto threat through his Twitter feed.
President Donald Trump, using a racial slur, threatened to veto the Defense Authorization Act if it includes language to change the names of military bases named for Confederate generals.
The Confederate generals were enemies who killed hundreds of thousands of American troops to defend slavery. Continue reading.
“Why hasn’t anybody called me or my ex-wife to settle us?” asked Erik Hendriks, the father of the late Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks.Amid reports of intelligence about possible Russian bounties for Taliban fighters who kill Americans in Afghanistan, the father of a Marine who died in a roadside bomb attack there last year wants answers.
Erik Hendriks’ 25-year-old son, Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, was among three Marines who were killed in the bomb attack on a convoy outside Bagram Airfield.
Hendriks said he learned about reports of the possible payments to Taliban-linked militants in a call from a reporter Monday. Continue reading.
