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The capabilities in this announcement include: Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems; HAWK air defense systems and missiles; 105mm and 203mm artillery rounds; Puma Unmanned Aerial Systems; Laser-guided rocket system munitions; Support for training, maintenance, and sustainment activities.

The Poisoned Fruits of a Poisonous Deal* Silence is a true friend who never betrays.” ~Confucius There is no better friend to Communist China than the Bergoglio Vatican. During the nine years of this interminable regime, the Holy See marched in quiet lockstep with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his brutal CCP enforcers while Xi launched a strategic campaign of terror against Chinese Catholics and Christians. The destruction and persecution of Catholics continues unabated in mainland China, and now, the once free Hong Kong is now firmly in the CCP’s crosshairs.More threatening than religious structures to the Communists are...

Car maker draws more than $15 billion from credit lines, sees even bigger loss in the second quarterFord Motor Co. on Tuesday reported a wider-than-expected first-quarter loss and braced for steeper losses in the next quarter as the coronavirus pandemic continued to snuff demand for big-ticket items and kept factories closed. “I never had a business plan that was called pandemic,” Ford Chief Executive Jim Hackett said on a call after the results. “We just never imagined the economy turning off” like it has to curb the spread of the virus. Ford US:F lost $2 billion, or 50 cents a...

House OKs $2 billion more for 'cash for clunkers' After a surge of car sales drains the program's funds, legislation is rushed through to provide additional money. The Senate still has to act. By Jim Puzzanghera, Tiffany Hsu and Martin Zimmerman July 31, 2009 Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles -- The House today approved an additional $2 billion for the government's "cash for clunkers" program, moving unusually quickly to replenish the program after overwhelming demand from consumers left the initiative in danger of shutting down because of lack of funds. The 316-109 vote showed the strong bipartisan support for...

The Next Christianity   PHILIP JENKINS In looking back over the enormous changes wrought by the twentieth century, Western observers may have missed the most dramatic revolution of all. While secular movements like communism, feminism, and environmentalism have gotten the lion's share of our attention, the explosive southward expansion of Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has barely registered on Western consciousness. Nor has the globalization of Christianity — and the enormous religious, political, and social consequences it portends — been properly understood. Ever since the sexual-abuse crisis erupted in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church in the mid-1980s, with...

<p>Neal Easterbrook considers himself lucky for the number of deer he brought back to his Shelby Township home and the time spent with family during this year's hunting season.</p> <p>Easterbrook, who went hunting with his brother and father in Michigan's Thumb, bagged a 7-point buck and two does during the 15-day firearm season that concluded Sunday.</p>