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The Civil War ended more than 150 years ago, but the U.S. government is still paying a veteran's pension from that conflict. "One beneficiary from the Civil War [is] still alive and receiving benefits," Randy Noller of the Department of Veterans Affairs confirms. Irene Triplett – the 86-year-old daughter of a Civil War veteran – collects $73.13 each month from her father's military pension. The identity of Triplett was first reported by The Wall Street Journal in 2014.

New evidence reveals North Korea’s atrocities—and how China is pulling the strings     “The only way is the violent method and peaceful means is nothing but an illusion. Fundamentally, there has to be violence.”   —“Dear Leader” Kim Jung Il speaking to the North Korean leadership     Washington, DC—William C. Triplett II’s startling new book Rogue State: How a Nuclear North Korea Threatens America exposes North Korea’s fanatical regime and the blatant disregard of its solemn promise not to build nuclear weapons. When a senior North Korean diplomat was asked whether Pyongyang was secretly building nuclear weapons he...

<p>Southwest Virginia Republicans may be turning to NASCAR to try to wrest the 9th District congressional seat from 21-year Democratic incumbent Rick Boucher.</p> <p>Kevin Triplett of Abingdon said he is exploring a candidacy and said, if he runs, he will bring NASCAR principles to the congressional race.</p>

No U.N. inspectors after fall of Saddam William C. Triplett II Published March 5, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Immediately after the Japanese surrender, Capt. Gordon H. Dinsmoor poured his U.S. Army ordinance company onto an LST in Okinawa and headed for the Japanese home islands. Ordinance specialists were among the very first U.S. forces assigned to the occupation since it was their assignment to find and destroy Japanese arms and munitions as soon as possible. Capt. Dinsmoor's company was assigned to Sendai, a moderate-sized city 200 miles north of Tokyo on the Pacific coast. Their center of attention was a Japanese army...