OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDY, FRANCE — U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders paid tribute to World War II veterans at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany. In a speech at Omaha Beach on the coast of Normandy, France, Obama hailed the troops who […]
On the heels of a government investigation that found widespread problems with the health care given to America’s veterans, the head of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, General Eric Shinseki submitted his resignation to the White House after a meeting with President Obama, and it was accepted by the with “considerable regret.” President Obama […]
On Thursday, the same day the pro-Russian militants took control of the regional prosecutor’s office in the eastern city of Donetsk, Ukraine’s interim president Olexander Turchynov, in Kiev, reinstated the draft that includes all nonexempt Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 25. The military draft in that country was discontinued in 2010. This […]