'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
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Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived Tuesday as President Obama prepared to welcome him with a careful mix of firmness and warmth befitting the leader of a nation that is at once the largest U.S. rival and most important potential partner.
A passenger plane briefly lost radio contact with air traffic controllers when the pilot turned to the wrong frequency as he approached Washington, leading to the scrambling of fighter jets and the evacuation of the U.S. Capitol, federal officials said Saturday.
Thousands of members of every branch of the military spend years and sometimes decades in the Washington area in locations such as Andrews Air Force Base, Fort George G. Meade, Fort Belvoir and Marine Corps Base Quantico.
Karl Lewis was introduced to BMW's Isetta before he entered his teenage years.
Three months from today, Pope Benedict XVI's Alitalia flight will touch down at Andrews Air Force Base to begin what may be his only papal visit to the United States.
A dilemma faced by Congress in its consideration of defense legislation is what balance to seek in funding both near-term and over-the-horizon technologies for the protection of the United States homeland, our armed forces overseas and our allies. The Senate and House Armed Services Committees have made a first cut on this issue, specifically with respect to funding of U.S. missile defense programs. Both panels have reduced funding for the Airborne Laser (ABL), as well as funding for a missile defense site and radar in central Europe. Such actions are wrongheaded and must be reversed.
A dilemma faced by Congress in its consideration of defense legislation is what balance to seek in funding both near-term and over-the-horizon technologies for the protection of the United States homeland, our armed forces overseas and our allies. The Senate and House Armed Services Committees have made a first cut on this issue, specifically with respect to funding of U.S. missile defense programs. Both panels have reduced funding for the Airborne Laser (ABL), as well as funding for a missile defense site and radar in central Europe. Such actions are wrongheaded and must be reversed.
