The invasion of Iraq 13 years ago by an American- and British-led coalition was “unnecessary” and Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein represented “no imminent threat” to Britain or the Western powers, according to a long-awaited official report into Britain’s involvement in the Iraq War. The inquiry led by John Chilcot, a former top British civil servant, […]
WASHINGTON—Majority Republicans on a U.S. congressional investigating panel are faulting the country’s military for failing to respond to a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya to prevent a 2012 terrorist attack that killed four Americans. The panel’s chairman, Congressman Trey Gowdy, said Tuesday, “No U.S. military assets were ever deployed to Benghazi” despite the orders of […]
Beginning May 31, 2016, the Alutiiq Museum will honor all active duty military and their family members with free summer admission. This is the seventh year the museum has extended this gesture of respect to America’s service men and women, as part of the program, Blue Star Museums, a national effort to support American troops. […]
JUNEAU—Governor Bill Walker Monday congratulated Representative Gabrielle LeDoux and the House Judiciary Committee on the passage of House Bill 126, “an Act relating to the administration of military justice.” This bill created a new Alaska Code of Military Justice (ACMJ). The new ACMJ is based primarily on the federal Uniform Code of Military Justice, the […]