by Catherine Buchaniec | Mar 18, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-Brunswick, called on the Senate this week to pass comprehensive legislation expanding health care access for U.S. service members and veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while deployed at overseas military bases....
by Catherine Buchaniec | Mar 15, 2022 | National Security
Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: Name one U.S. military conflict after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The world stood still in the hours following...
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by Catherine Buchaniec | Mar 11, 2022 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) — Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines rejected Russia’s claims Thursday that Ukraine has biowarfare labs. That came during the second of two hearings this week on Capitol Hill focused on the intelligence...
by Catherine Buchaniec | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Living, Urban Indian Healthcare
For Melodi Serna, 44, serving in the military is a family tradition. Her great grandfather served in World War I, her great aunt in World War II, her grandfather in Korea, and her great uncle in Vietnam, she said. “Then it was my turn,” said Serna, who is...
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by Catherine Buchaniec | Mar 7, 2022 | Featured, Politics
A convoy of truckers from around the country converged on the Capital Beltway outside Washington on Sunday to protest vaccine and mask mandates, continuing to rally behind the movement even as its demands have been undercut by the rollback of COVID-19 restrictions in...
