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General Explains Why We Stand for the National Anthem

A U.S. Army general explained to NFL players indirectly why Americans stand for the flag after widespread protests this weekend across the league. “It’s important to remember that our military is composed…
September 26, 2017

Boy Who Wrote Trump Gets to Cut White House Lawn

During his appearance with Frank in the Rose Garden, President Trump was asked for any reaction to the London terror attacks. “It’s a terrible thing,” he said. “It keeps going and going,…
September 16, 2017

US Drone Strike Kills 3 Suspected Terrorists in Pakistan

An American drone attack in a remote northwestern border region of Pakistan has killed at least three suspected militants and injured another, said tribal and local security sources. U.S. officials rarely acknowledge…
September 15, 2017

Trump Administration Seen Taking Harder Line on Iran

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to take unspecified action against Iran next month, expressing continued dissatisfaction with the 2015 nuclear agreement signed by Iran and a group of world powers, including…
September 15, 2017

IS Beheads 2 Afghans Accused Being American Spies

Islamic State terrorists have beheaded two civilian hostages in Afghanistan’s volatile eastern province of Kunar, officials confirmed on Thursday. Provincial governor Waheedullah Kalimzai told VOA on Thursday the incident took place two…
September 15, 2017

Strange Bedfellows: Jimmy Carter Defends Trump

President Donald Trump has an unlikely defender of his approach to immigration law: former president Jimmy Carter. Speaking to Georgia college students, the 39th president expressed optimism Wednesday that Trump might break…
September 15, 2017