Harry Johnston, a lifelong West Palm Beach resident who spent two decades shaping public policy as a congressman and state senator and helped form and lead some of the area’s most prominent civic institutions, died Monday at 89.
During a political career that spanned a period of explosive South Florida growth, Johnston oversaw the creation of the state’s Growth Management Act and passage of legislation to form the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County and kick-start efforts to build the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
A fifth-generation Floridian, Johnston rose to key political roles at the state, federal and international level, serving as state Senate President in the 1980s, as chairman of the U.S. House’s African affairs subcommittee in the 1990s and eventually as President Bill Clinton’s special envoy to Sudan.
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On Sunday, the Pentagon announced that it had carried out two strikes in Syria and one in Iraq on facilities used by a pair of militias known as Kata ib Hezbollah and Kata ib Sayyid al-Shuhada.
The why: The Pentagon said the targets were “operational and weapons storage” facilities the militia used for drone strikes against U.S. personnel and facilities.
U.S. military officials have been sounding the alarm on militia drone strikes for months.
“They believe they can carry out attacks at a fairly low level that won’t provoke a response, yet will create enough friction that will eventually induce us to leave,” U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Frank McKenzie said in May. “I think it’s a dangerous situation.”
US House passes legislation to boost scientific research in competition with China ANI | Updated: Jun 29, 2021 08:17 IST
Washington [US], June 29 (ANI): The USHouse of Representatives on Monday passed legislation that would boost scientific research in an effort to make the US more competitive than China.
The US lawmakers passed two bills on a bipartisan basis to increase funding for the National Science Foundation and establish a new directorate for science and engineering to expand research opportunities, as well as authorise research funding for the Department of Energy s Office of Science, reported The Hill. We must significantly boost funding for science. For years, we have allowed millions of dollars of excellent research go unfunded, said House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.