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A Washington state mayor scolded an LQBTQ+ activist who was outraged that the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag was allowed to fly over City Hall but the Pride flag was not. Newcastle Mayor Robert Clark was berated by activists at a public hearing Tuesday night as citizens of the city — about 12 miles from Seattle — were upset over the council’s decision last year to stop the Pride flag from being flown at City Hall during Pride Month. Toward the end of the three-hour session, an activist stood in front of the council and called Clark “disgusting” and...

Ukraine entered 2023 filled with hope. Its forces had just secured enormous battlefield and strategic victories, first at Kherson and then Kharkiv, recapturing much lost territory from the Russian invaders, and Western capitals seemed increasingly confident that victory could be at hand.By the end of January, European and American leaders were no longer talking about whether to send Western main battle tanks, but how many and when. Britain led the charge, confirming that the formidable Challenger II would be sent to Ukraine, and putting intense diplomatic pressure on Washington and Berlin to follow London’s lead. Both duly buckled. With tanks...

According to a report this morning from the Associated Press, President Bush's nomination of Major General Robert T. Clark for promotion to Lieutenant General has been delayed in the United States Senate. In response to an anonymous hold on the Clark nomination by a Democratic Senator, an anonymous Republican Senator has delayed all pending military nominations, the AP said. "The senator who is blocking the military promotions is thought to be acting in retaliation for a separate hold placed by an unnamed Democrat on (the) general's promotion," wrote AP reporter Nancy Zuckerbrod. President Bush nominated Clark for promotion in 2002....