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I live in an area that has several active military airfields and a coast guard station.. Before the inauguration I would typically see at least 30 flights daily Since the inauguration I am only seeing or hearing 2 to 3 a day. Anyone else have a similar observation

The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a document signaling his administration's intent to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies, the latest in a series of major arms control and disarmament accords that are on the verge of collapse. Signed by 34 nations, including Russia, the treaty aims to increase international stability by allowing signatory nations to conduct surveillance flights over one another’s territories, to observe military installations and other areas. Some U.S. lawmakers and military officials have voiced allegations that Russia was conducting overflights of U.S. territory using advanced camera technology that were...

Our ‘willing coalition’ launches a pre-emptive strike against all of us By Pat Brosnan [Dublin, Ireland] -- DESPITE the charade witnessed in the Dáil yesterday, Ireland officially supports the US-contrived war against Iraq, which was launched 24 hours ago.Against the wishes of the overwhelming majority in this country, the “willing coalition” of Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats decided that Ireland would aid and abet a unilateral war campaign which is totally illegal. Because our Government is comprised largely of spineless, unscrupulous and unprincipled people, parliamentary democracy in Ireland died an inglorious death yesterday.But ever since they were re-elected, we...

Berlin (ddp) - Germany will also fulfil its alliance obligations in the event of a military conflict with Iraq. This also includes overflight and transit rights for Nato partners, the parliamentary state secretary in the Foreign Ministry, Kerstin Mueller (Greens) stated in the Bundestag in Berlin on Wednesday [18 December]. At the same time, she confirmed the government's position that Germany will not participate in a military action against Iraq. In the controversy over the AWACS missions, Mueller made it clear that Bundeswehr soldiers will stay on board these special aircraft as long as they are not involved in hostilities....