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☆ Biden Administration Sending More Military Support for Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Pentagon said Sunday it would provide the Israeli Defense Forces with equipment and weaponry, including munitions. That will be in addition to sending the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and other naval assets to the eastern Mediterranean in response to the crisis in Israel. The Pentagon, in a statement, did not detail what kind of munitions it would send, but said some materiel could arrive as early as Sunday. The U.S. maintains some weapons stocks inside Israel.

Persons: Gerald R Organizations: Pentagon, Israeli Defense Forces, Ford Locations: Israel, U.S

☆ U.S. Defense Chief Speaks With His Israeli Counterpart
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart Sunday to say that the U.S. was sending an aircraft carrier strike group and several squadrons of fighter jets to a location near Israel "to strengthen the U.S. military posture in the region," the Pentagon said. It was the second call between Austin and Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant in as many days. The carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, and its accompanying ships as well as the jets should arrive later this week, the Pentagon said earlier Sunday. The U.S. said it also plans to send Israel equipment, including ammunition.

Persons: Lloyd Austin, Yoav Gallant, Gerald R Organizations: Defense, Israeli, Pentagon Locations: U.S, Israel, Austin

Israel battered Palestinians with air strikes in Gaza on Sunday, with hundreds reportedly killed on both sides. Austin also added that the United States will provide munitions to Israel, and that its security assistance will begin moving on Sunday. Austin said he ordered moving a carrier strike group closer to Israel, which includes the Ford carrier and ships that support it. The United States on Sunday said that Saudi-Israel normalization efforts should continue despite the latest attack. Blinken labeled the attack on Israel as a "terrorist attack by a terrorist organization."

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☆ The US is sending its most advanced aircraft carrier and its heavily armed strike group to Israel's coast and will supply the country with more weapons and ammo
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The United States is moving one of its carrier strike groups to the coastal waters of Israel. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "In addition, the United States government will be rapidly providing the Israel Defense Forces with additional equipment and resources, including munitions," Austin said. As Insider reported Saturday, an extended war could further increase demand for the same NATO-standard artillery shells used by Ukraine.

Persons: Lloyd Austin, Gerald R, Ford, Austin, — Organizations: Israel . Defense, Service, Defense, Ford Carrier Strike Group, United, Israel Defense Forces, NATO, US Locations: States, Israel, United States, Gaza, Palestinian, Ukraine

☆ U.S. is sending a carrier strike group closer to Israel and will begin supplying munitions
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Courtney Kube | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. military is moving an aircraft carrier strike group and military aircraft closer to Israel as a show of support, and will also begin supplying Israel with munitions and other military supplies immediately, said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Austin said Sunday afternoon that he had directed the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to go to the Eastern Mediterranean. The group includes the carrier, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, and four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. "In addition, the United States government will be rapidly providing the Israel Defense Forces with additional equipment and resources, including munitions. The U.S. is also working through plans for a possible non-combatant evacuation — helping Americans get out of Israel, according to the officials.

Persons: Lloyd Austin, Mark Milley, Austin, Gerald R, Arleigh Burke Organizations: Defense, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Ukraine Defense Contact, Pentagon, Ford Carrier Strike Group, Ticonderoga, U.S Air Force, United, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Ukraine, Washington, U.S, Israel, United States, States

“I think there's great concern about the state of our democracy at this time,” said Mark Updegrove, CEO of the LBJ Foundation, which supports the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. Those organizations all support presidential libraries created under the Presidential Library Act of 1955, along with the Eisenhower Foundation. The push for the joint statement was spearheaded by Daniel Kramer, executive director of the George W. Bush Institute. “America is experiencing a decline in trust, social cohesion, and personal interaction.”Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama who is now CEO of the Obama Foundation, said the former president supported the statement. “This is a moment where we could all come together and show that democracy is not about partisan politics,” she said.

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☆ Sen. Tommy Tuberville argues the Navy is 'too woke' because 'people are doing poems on aircraft carriers'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Sen. Tommy Tuberville says the US Navy is too woke, citing a poetry night on an aircraft carrier. "It is absolutely insane the direction we're headed in our military," Tuberville told Fox News. "Secretary [Carlos] Del Toro of Navy, he needs to get to building ships, get to recruiting, and he needs to get wokeness out of our Navy," Tuberville said Wednesday evening on Fox News. AdvertisementAdvertisementSecretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and Sen. Jack Reed at an industry conference in Newport, Rhode Island on August 28, 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The service chief of any service has two full-time jobs already.

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☆ Low-wage parents can help their kids avoid poverty for decades if they get this one tax credit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Earned Income Tax Credit reduced the likelihood of being in poverty, new research shows. Children exposed to the EITC at early ages were less likely to receive public assistance, such as WIC, as adults. It shows how policies that help keep children out of poverty can have benefits for decades after. How the tax credit can be restructured to assist those who need the benefits the most, though, is murky. These findings suggest, though, that the tax credit improves economic outcomes of both the EITC recipients and their children, as the authors found evidence that these effects drive up income mobility.

Persons: Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan's Gerald R, Michelmore, Nicardo McInnis Organizations: IRS, Service, National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Michigan's, Ford School of Public Policy, Dynamics, California State University Locations: Wall, Silicon, Northridge

☆ On its first deployment, the US Navy's newest aircraft carrier makes historic visit near NATO's northern frontline with Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford arrived in Oslo for a port call on Wednesday. The Ford is the first US aircraft carrier to visit Norway in 65 years, according to the US Navy. During a major NATO exercise in late 2018, USS Harry S. Truman became the first US aircraft carrier to sail into the Arctic in nearly 30 years. Rick Burgess, called it "an honor, joy, and thrill to visit Oslo and show our cherished partner the Navy's newest class of aircraft carriers." USS Gerald R. Ford in the Oslo fjord with Norwegian navy vessels on May 24.

☆ After a 35-year break, the US Navy is building frigates again, and it has a lot of catching up to do
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Fincantieri plans to lay the keel of that ship, USS Constellation, this August. It will be the US Navy's first frigate since the retirement of its last Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in 2015. FrigatesUS Navy first-in-class frigate USS Oliver Hazard Perry in late 1977. Though not intended to operate alone against enemy capital ships, frigates are now primarily used to support destroyer squadrons and carrier battle groups by performing escort, anti-submarine, anti-air, and limited anti-surface missions. US Navy guided-missile frigate USS Curts in a dry dock at a shipyard in California in January 1982.

☆ China says its newest aircraft carrier will be able to launch 'new-type aircraft'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Jack Lau | South China Morning Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Chinese navy currently operates two aircraft carriers. Neither carrier features the Fujian's signature catapult system, which allows planes to launch more frequently and carry more fuel and munitions. Despite plans for the navy to gain the ability to operate globally, the CCTV report only referred to operations in domestic waters when saying that China would build more aircraft carriers. "But due to China's vast oceans, the demand cannot be met with only three aircraft carriers — the Liaoning, Shandong and Fujian. Therefore, new aircraft carriers are bound to be built in the future."

☆ The US Navy's Super Hornets are having trouble keeping up with the rest of the military's fighter jets
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

F/A-18E/F Super Hornets have mostly replaced F/A-18 Hornets as the US Navy's carrier-based fighters. The Super Hornet — which includes the single-seat F/A-18E and the two-seat F/A-18F — made its maiden flight in 1995. Super Hornet availability is now about 41% compared to about 26% for the Hornet, whose readiness dropped sharply at about the 25-year mark. But the CBO asked a more specific question: How did Hornets compare to Super Hornets at a similar age? Was the discrepancy caused by Super Hornets flying more hours than Hornets?

☆ The newest US aircraft carrier is heading for deployment after a decade of hard lessons the Navy says it should 'never' do again
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

USS Gerald R. Ford, the US Navy's newest aircraft carrier, will deploy in early May. USS Ford is the first carrier of its class and has an array of new and advanced technology. 'We should never do that again'An aviation boatswain's mate (handling) directs an F/A-18E aboard USS Gerald R. Ford in October. The final weapons elevator was completed in December 2021, with Rear Adm. James Downey, program executive officer for aircraft carriers, calling it "a significant milestone." "She's earned every certification she needs to deploy, and I fully believe that the aircraft carrier, her air wing, and her battlegroup are capable of defending themselves."

☆ The US Navy's newest supercarrier is underway with all its available airpower for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Navy's newest supercarrier, USS Gerland R. Ford, is underway with all its airpower. Johnson said the Ford's carrier strike group includes staff from Carrier Strike Group 12, Carrier Air Wing 8, and Destroyer Squadron 2. "Now, the strike group is initiating its final step in fully certifying as a combat-deployable warship. COMPTUEX will further demonstrate that our carrier strike group is a combat-ready naval force capable of conducting a full spectrum of integrated maritime, joint, and combined operations," he added. The Ford Carrier Strike Group is expected to deploy on its first full-length deployment sometime later this year.

☆ Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. president, is in hospice care
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Former President Jimmy Carter speaks to the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Georgia on April 28, 2019. Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia, a statement from The Carter Center confirmed Saturday. Jason Carter, the couple's grandson who now chairs The Carter Center governing board, said Saturday in a tweet that he "saw both of my grandparents yesterday. That's a staggering drop from when The Carter Center began leading the global eradication effort in 1986, when the parasitic disease infected 3.5 million people. I would not deserve to be your president," Carter said often as he campaigned.

In protests that followed the killing and the police sweeps, six people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism. In December, the same charges were filed against five people after law enforcement moved in to clear barricades and confront protesters. But in a number of states, including Georgia, domestic terrorism laws include a wide range of offenses outside those motivated by hate. The Atlanta Solidarity Fund said that the state of Georgia was trying to “set an alarming precedent” with the charges. “If they are successful, protesters across the country could be facing similar speech-chilling ‘domestic terrorism’ charges,'” it said in a statement this week.

☆ FBI director warns that TikTok could be exploited by China to collect user data for espionage
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

FBI Director Chris Wray said on Friday that he has national security concerns about TikTok, per AP News. Wray warned that China could use TikTok to collect user data for espionage operations, AP News said. He added that China could collect users' data for traditional espionage operations, the news agency reported. TikTok said in June that it started routing American users' data via US-based servers owned by Oracle, per The Verge. However, BuzzFeed News reported that US user data was still being repeatedly accessed from China.

But Wray said the FBI continues to be concerned about Chinese government “talent programs” that sometimes pay American professors through secret relationships. “At the same time, you also stated, as you’ve just done, that this effort isn’t about the Chinese people or Chinese Americans. But of course, Chinese Americans are part of the U.S. society that you believe needs to be mobilized against China. He also returned to talking about Chinese government operations that have targeted Chinese Americans. “We view Chinese Americans here as being with us.

☆ 5 NATO carrier strike groups, including the US Navy's newest supercarrier, are patrolling waters around Europe
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NATO carrier strike groups are patrolling waters around Europe. One of the five groups operating in the area is led by the US Navy's newest supercarrier. Bush and Gerald R. Ford, the service's newest supercarrier, the British Royal Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth, France's Charles De Gaulle, and Italy's ITS Cavour. The strike groups, which include not just carriers but their escorts as well, are carrying out routine patrol missions in the Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, and Mediterranean Sea. The Navy said in a Thursday statement on the carrier operations that each country has its own mission objectives and that it is not uncommon for multiple carrier strike groups to be deployed at the same time since NATO countries maintain a continued presence in waters around Europe.

☆ Michigan investigation into missing man Eric Lee Franks continues over a decade later
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Veronica Fulton | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +22 min

And he actually moved out to California for a while and worked on some small sets,” Chad told Dateline. Arndt told Dateline. Arndt told Dateline. “They've done a limited amount of checking or processing on that room years and years later,” Chad told Dateline. Arndt told Dateline.

☆ A fighter pilot's promotion shows how China's navy is learning from the US as its aircraft carrier fleet grows
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Minnie Chan | South China Morning Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The promotion of flying officers to command positions on China's carriers mirrors the US approach. A CCTV documentary highlights another similarity, with the Chinese navy now training its own pilots. "As a user of ship-borne weapons, I would share my [naval flight experiences] with comrades working in the equipment department and try efforts to improve our operational system, finding a better way to help China's aircraft carrier undertaking," Xu told a documentary on CCTV. The launch in June of China's third and most advanced carrier, the Fujian, has increased the demand for more outstanding carrier-based pilots like Xu. The new aircraft combat platform's electromagnetic catapults — similar to those on the USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier — means the PLA Navy will have to master a new launch and recovery system.

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to vote to subpoena former President Donald Trump, sources familiar with the committee's plans told NBC News Thursday. On his way to the hearing, Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters the panel had not yet ruled out a subpoena for Trump. He said at the start of the hearing that the committee would take a vote "based on new evidence." Thursday's hearing would once again place Trump at the center of plans to overturn the election, ultimately leading to the violence on Jan. 6, committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said in her opening statement. Several sitting and former presidents and vice presidents have also testified before congressional committees, including Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson and Gerald R. Ford.

☆ The US Navy's new high-tech aircraft launcher is being prepped for deployment on France's new nuclear-powered carrier
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The new carrier will have the same aircraft launch and recovery systems as the US's newest carriers. It is the latest development in France's ambition to build a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a project known as the Porte-Avions de Nouvelle Génération, sometimes called PANG, which translates to "New Generation Aircraft Carrier." Charles de GaulleFrench aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. It is the only non-US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world. Sailors prepare an F/A-18F for launch during testing with Ford's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System in January 2020.

☆ FOTO // Armata SUA testează un portavion provocând o explozie cu puterea unui cutremur de magnitudine 3,9
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaFOTO // Armata SUA testează un portavion provocând o explozie cu puterea unui cutremur de magnitudine 3,9O explozie înregistrată de institutul american de seismologie USGS ca un cutremur cu magnitudinea de moment 3,9 a fost de fapt un test prin care Marina americană a pus la încercare portavionul USS Gerad R. Ford. În felul acesta, armata americană a vrut să verifice în ce măsură portavionul USS Gerald R. Ford poate face față condițiilor de luptă, relatează BBC, potrivit Digi24. USS Gerald R. Ford este unul dintre cele mai mari și mai noi portavioave din lume. Este un mamut de peste 300 de metri lungime, aproape 80 de metri lățime, care poate transporta 80 de avioane F-35C. Este cea mai scumpă navă de război construită vreodată: a costat peste 13 miliarde de dolari.

Persons: Marina, ., USS Gerald R ., Gerald R ., Profimedia Organizations: Armata, Marina americană, Gerad, . Ford, USS, USS Gerald R . Ford, BBC, Gerald R . Ford Locations: Armata SUA, Statelor Unite

☆ The 25th Amendment has been used 3 times to relieve presidents deemed unfit to govern — each case involving physical health
▼ + stars: | 2017-10-12 | by ( Michal Kranz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The amendment has been invoked in this way only three times before, and coincidentally, each time has involved presidential colons. The 25th Amendment of the Constitution was passed in 1967 after fears about presidential succession after President John F. Kennedy's assassination. The first time this happened was on July 13, 1985, when President Ronald Reagan sent a letter directing then-Vice President George H.W. The first case occurred on June 29, 2002 when he invoked the 25th Amendment and allowed Vice President Dick Cheney to act as president on his behalf for two hours and five minutes. In both cases, Bush, like Reagan, had undergone colon-related procedures, but his were of a much more benign nature — they were routine colonoscopies.

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