WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama praised veterans of the Korean War at a ceremony Saturday marking the anniversary of the armistice, using their return to an apathetic America decades ago as a promise to better care for the generation returning from distant battlefields today. After three and an half years of fighting on the Korean […]
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North Korea military parades through Pyongyang
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers paraded through Pyongyang’s main square on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea’s adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th […]
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LePage criticizes Dems for military recruiter bill
AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage blasted Democrats this week for failing to approve a bill designed to ensure uniformed military recruiters have the same access to the state’s public schools as other college and career recruiters. The governor said Friday in his weekly radio address that “the Democrats’ blatant rejection of this bill […]
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Bill to allow uniformed recruiters into public schools falls short; Republicans say 19 Democrats flipped on votes
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers who are also military veterans were angered Tuesday when a host of their colleagues switched votes on a bill that would have required public schools to give recruiters in uniform access to school grounds. According to the Maine Department of Education, a handful of schools in Maine have disallowed uniformed recruiters but […]