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US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, along with other American officials, travelled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this week to participate in the inaugural US-European Union EU Trade and Tech Council TTC with their European counterparts.

Administration yesterday informed governors and mayors in 46 states to get ready to welcome the first group of about 37,000 afghan refugees. nearly 5300 for california, 4500 for texas, nearly 2,000 for washington, and so on. by the way, that number is just for starters. in a recent budget request, the biden administration asked congress for funds to resettle a total of -- i hope youre sitting -- 160,000 refugees through september of 2022. >> going to be look for support from all of you on all of...

To get better but does it get worse and how does the u.s. respond? he was pitching his economic agenda, domestic agenda as a way to respond to that. there are questions about what is happening in the immediate future. while we were there over traveling in new york and new jersey today, the white house did send a budget request for emergency aid for areas that have been struck by natural disasters to congress and they said part of that money, about $10 billion, is what they think they need to res...

It is undeniable. the question is its obviously not going to get better. but does it get worse? how does the u.s. respond? he was pitching his economic agenda, domestic agenda as a way to respond to that. there are questions about what is happening in the immediate future. while we were there over traveling in new york and new jersey today, the white house did send a budget request for emergency aid for areas that have been struck by natural disasters to congress and they said part of that money...

During the presidential debates. biden said were going to ramp up on technology. we dont need a physical wall. im paraphrasing. we can do it with technology. what are we seeing in terms of that plan? >> its not manifesting itself in a budget request and certainly not manifesting itself with the prioritization of homeland security. theyre more intent on getting people from the border in to our communities across the country than they are about having technology. they dont want a secure border. th...

Mental health and the cost of our wars Michael Haynie, opinion contributor © The Hill Mental health and the cost of our wars The Biden administration has pledged to have U.S. forces out of Afghanistan later this year. With that action, we will close the book on what has been Americas longest sustained period of military conflict. Hopefully, the occasion will represent an opportunity for all Americans to reflect on the costs and consequences of those wars. Almost 3 million Ame...

Within a historically high budget request for the Department of Defense’s R&D programs, the Biden administration is proposing to pare back support for early-stage research.

The Navy submitted an abbreviated update to its shipbuilding plans steps back from the focus on 355 ships and instead lays out priorities for a future distributed naval force.

Our capabilities that should consistent with our needs and our shared values be addressed through legislation. to support these efforts, the presidents discretionary budget request for fiscal year 2022 seeks over $100 million in additional funds for the justice department to address the threat of domestic violent extremism and domestic terrorism. the actions that agencies are taking in support of the federal -- of the national strategy are held together by several core principles. first, we are ...

  Camp Sargo housed participants of Ice Exercise 2016, a five-week exercise designed to research, test and evaluate operational capabilities in the Arctic Circle. The Defense Department announced today the creation of a new DOD center to focus on issues related to the Arctic. All reporting DOD The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies will be the sixth such regional center for the department, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said during a briefing today at the Pentagon. “The...