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Month: May 2021

Soldiers who went missing on secret US military mission in 1962 to be honored with Maine memorial

The families of soldiers lost while taking part in a secret US mission during the Vietnam War have long wanted their relatives’ names included on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. Because of complexities surrounding Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 — which disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1962 — that hasn’t happened. But relatives

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Senate Republicans insist bipartisan infrastructure deal is possible while slamming size and scope of White House proposal

Several Senate Republicans insisted on Sunday that they were open to a bipartisan deal on a narrow infrastructure plan, despite slamming the size and scope of President Joe Biden’s massive infrastructure proposal. Biden unveiled a roughly $2 trillion dollar package in March that aims to improve the nation’s infrastructure and shift to greener energy over

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Cindy McCain on Afghanistan withdrawal: ‘The whole effort will be for nothing unless we do it correctly’

Cindy McCain said Sunday that if her late husband, Arizona Sen. John McCain, were alive, he would be watching the US’ approach to withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and warned that America’s longest war will have been “for nothing” if it’s not done correctly. “I’ve often thought what John would say right now, what he would

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