CNN — Here’s a look at the death of Osama bin Laden. On May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces during an early morning raid at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. – Built in approximately 2006.– Significantly larger than other homes in the area, and worth a…
CNN — Here’s a look at the life of US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Birth date: August 8, 1953 Birth place: Mobile, Alabama Birth name: Lloyd James Austin III Father: Lloyd James Austin Jr., postal worker Mother: Aletia Taylor Austin, homemaker Marriage: Charlene Denise (Banner) Austin (early 1980s-present) Children: Reginald Hill (stepson); Christopher Hill…
Here is a look at the life of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of the alleged 9/11 co-conspirators. Birth date: March 1, 1964 or April 14, 1965 (both are used) Birth place: Kuwait Father: Father’s name unavailable publicly Mother: Mother’s name unavailable publicly Marriage: Wife’s name unavailable publicly Education: Attended Chowan College; North Carolina Agricultural and…
CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Paul Wolfowitzformer US deputy secretary of defense and former president of the World Bank. Birth date: December 22, 1943 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Paul Dundes Wolfowitz Father: Jacob Wolfowitz, statistician and professor of mathematics Mother: Lillian (Dundes) Wolfowitz Marriage: Clare Selgin (1968-2002,…
CNN — Here is a look at the life of General (ret.) Jim Jones, former National Security Adviser to President Barack Obama. Birth date: December 19, 1943 Birth place: Kansas City, Missouri Birth name: James Logan Jones Jr. Father: James L. Jones Sr. Mother: Charlotte Ann (Ground) Jones Marriage: Diane (Johnson) Jones Children: Four children…
Washington/Seoul CNN — The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to two US officials, and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations. The US warships are not intended to join the fighting in Gaza or take part…
CNN — Women serving in the US Army’s elite Special Operation Forces are facing significant discrimination including sexual harassment and sexism from their male counterparts and are having to wear ill-fitting equipment, according to a new study by the US Army Special Operations Command. The Women in Army Special Operations study, which was conducted in…
CNN — President Joe Biden said Thursday that Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is being “irresponsible” and jeopardizing national security by blocking military promotions over his objections to the Defense Department’s reproductive health policies. “I’d be willing to talk to him if I thought there was any possibility he would change position on this. He’s jeopardizing…
CNN — A United States Marine has been taken into custody for questioning after a 14-year-old girl who was reported missing was found at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, California, last month, authorities said. The girl was reported missing by her grandmother on June 13, according to the San Diego County…
CNN — Russian fighter jets harassed an American drone operating over Syria for the second time in two days, according to the US Air Force, a sign of increasing friction between the two countries in Middle East airspace. On Thursday, a US MQ-9 Reaper drone was conducting a mission against ISIS targets in northwest Syria…
