WASHINGTON - America's national farewell to George H.W. Bush began Monday as the 41st US president touched down on his final journey to Washington, where his remains will lie in state in the US Capitol rotunda. Bush died Friday at age 94, at his home in Houston -- "a very gentle and peaceful passing," in the words of his lifelong friend and advisor James Baker. Only the second president to see his son follow him to the Oval Office, Bush will be honored with 4 days of services and tributes in Washington and in Texas, where he will be buried Thursday. The high point of the commemorations will come Wednesday with a state funeral service at Washington National Cathedral -- the first presidential funeral since Gerald Ford died in 2006. Bush was a decorated World War II fighter pilot, former head of the Central Intelligence Agency, and vice president to Ronald Reagan before winning the White House. President Donald Trump -- who has often clashed with the Bush family -- has declared Wednesday … [Read more...] about News Late president Bush lands in Washington for final farewell
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Late president Bush lands in Washington for final farewell
WASHINGTON: America's national farewell to George H.W. Bush began on Monday (Dec 3) as the 41st US president touched down on his final journey to Washington, where his remains will lie in state in the US Capitol rotunda.Bush died on Friday at age 94, at his home in Houston - "a very gentle and peaceful passing," in the words of his lifelong friend and advisor James Baker.Only the second president to see his son follow him to the Oval Office, Bush will be honoured with four days of services and tributes in Washington and in Texas, where he will be buried on Thursday.The high point of the commemorations, planned with military precision by a Pentagon task force, will come on Wednesday with a state funeral service at Washington National Cathedral - the first presidential funeral since Gerald Ford died in 2006.Bush was a decorated World War II fighter pilot, former head of the Central Intelligence Agency, and vice president to Ronald Reagan before winning the White … [Read more...] about Late president Bush lands in Washington for final farewell
Burning in hell: Russian press sheds few tears for McCain
MOSCOW: Russian pro-Kremlin media pulled no punches on Monday (Aug 27) in condemning John McCain, who died of a brain tumour at the weekend, as Washington's "chief Russophobe".McCain, who died aged 81 on Saturday, irked Russia with his support for pro-Western leaders in ex-Soviet Georgia and Ukraine as well as his strong backing for sanctions over Moscow's annexation of Crimea."McCain became the chief symbol of Russophobia," Rossiya 1 television said, adding that he "couldn't stand Russia's independent foreign policy".McCain "adored war. If you haven't been killed yet, that's not McCain's fault. He tried," wrote pro-Kremlin tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda in a biting editorial.Accusing the former Navy pilot of lying about being tortured while being held prisoner during the Vietnam War, the popular tabloid concluded with the hope that McCain is now burning in hell."Senator McCain loved the flames of war. Let's believe he'll have enough flames where his soul is resting now," it wrote.Life … [Read more...] about Burning in hell: Russian press sheds few tears for McCain
The head of the US Coast Guard describes countering drug smugglers’ ‘free pass,’ facing Russia in the Arctic, and how to ‘think beyond the tyranny of the present’
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft, a 1977 graduate of the US Coast Guard Academy, assumed command of the 88,000-strong force on May 30, 2014, overseeing a military branch that patrols from Guam in the Pacific to Puerto Rico in the Atlantic and from north of the Arctic Circle to south of the equator. Business Insider sat down with Zukunft at the Coast Guard’s Washington, DC, headquarters at the end of December to discuss his time as commandant, how his approach to leading the service changed during his tenure, and how the force has adapted to new threats. The partial transcript below has been edited for length and clarity. Christopher Woody: The Coast Guard is a military branch but is also a member of the intelligence community. It has law-enforcement responsibilities, but it also does first-response and humanitarian efforts, and in its day-to-day activities it interacts with the public a lot. So that range of … [Read more...] about The head of the US Coast Guard describes countering drug smugglers’ ‘free pass,’ facing Russia in the Arctic, and how to ‘think beyond the tyranny of the present’
The Air Force has appointed a general to investigate why pilots keep having trouble breathing in the cockpit
Numerous Air Force planes were grounded in 2017 after pilots experienced symptoms of oxygen deprivation while in flight. Both Air Force and Navy planes have seen such incidents over the past several years, but military officials have struggled to find root causes for them. The Air Force has formed a headquarters-level team to take a force-wide look at the problem and recommend steps to reduce and eliminate them. After a spate of physiological incidents involving cockpit oxygen supplies last year, the Air Force has selected a general to lead a team investigating the episodes. Pilots flying several types of aircraft experienced symptoms of what appeared to be hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, which led to the grounding of some Air Force A-10 Thunderbolts, F-35A Lightnings, and T-6A training aircraft.“As part of the integrated effort to address physiological events, the Air Force is providing more resources to … [Read more...] about The Air Force has appointed a general to investigate why pilots keep having trouble breathing in the cockpit