President Obama and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel released statements honoring the sacrifices of U.S. servicemen, their families and the Iraqi people on Tuesday, the 10th anniversary of the the start of the war in Iraq. The rest of Washington is quiet.
Saying that the deadly attacks that took the lives of over 60 people on Tuesday were the "first Stage," that will be followed by "revenge," al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the more than dozen bombs that were detonated in Iraq. Another 200 were injured in the attacks.
The VPSO in Manokotak has been shot to death, a Manokotak man has turned himself in for the shooting.
The Department of Defense reports that seven U.S. Marines were killed at the Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada late Monday. Several others were injured in the fatal incident that occurred during a Live Fire Training exercise.