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By Jason Hall Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II shared his thoughts on the NFLs new rules implemented for the 2021 season. The NFL Owners Meetings in March resulted in a new 17-game regular season schedule and the owners April session on Wednesday (April 21) resulted in several new rules changes that will go into effect next season. The new rules include the following per Approved a relaxation of rules for the numbers allowed for certain positions. Approved a one-year experiment to mak...

Distinguished Senior Fellow on National Security Michael K. Nagata retired from the US Army in 2019 after 38 years of Active Duty, with 34 years in US Special Operations. His final position was Director of Strategy for the National Counterterrorism Center from 2016 to 2019. After graduating from the National War College in 2003, he served for 2 years in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. From 2005 to 2008, as a Special Mission Unit commander, he led multiple Joint SOF...

By Jason Hall Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II shared his thoughts on the NFLs new rules implemented for the 2021 season. The NFL Owners Meetings in March resulted in a new 17-game regular season schedule and the owners April session on Wednesday (April 21) resulted in several new rules changes that will go into effect next season. The new rules include the following per Approved a relaxation of rules for the numbers allowed for certain positions. Approved a one-year experiment to mak...

By Jason Hall Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II shared his thoughts on the NFLs new rules implemented for the 2021 season. The NFL Owners Meetings in March resulted in a new 17-game regular season schedule and the owners April session on Wednesday (April 21) resulted in several new rules changes that will go into effect next season. The new rules include the following per Approved a relaxation of rules for the numbers allowed for certain positions. Approved a one-year experiment to mak...

‘We’re going to stay in Iraq,’ says top US Middle East commander 2 days ago U.S. soldiers stand guard during the hand over ceremony of Qayyarah Airfield, Iraqi Security Forces, in the south of Mosul, Iraq. (Ali Abdul Hassan/AP) As the U.S. prepares to draw down its last 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, the head of Central Command told reporters Thursday that there are no current plans to begin a similar withdrawal of the last 2,500 in Iraq. There have been discussions about it with the ...

By Jason Hall Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II shared his thoughts on the NFLs new rules implemented for the 2021 season. The NFL Owners Meetings in March resulted in a new 17-game regular season schedule and the owners April session on Wednesday (April 21) resulted in several new rules changes that will go into effect next season. The new rules include the following per Approved a relaxation of rules for the numbers allowed for certain positions. Approved a one-year experiment to mak...

Biden Admin: U.S. Troops Leaving Afghanistan May Stay in Neighboring Countries 21 Apr 2021 The chief of the Pentagon’s Central Command said on Tuesday the U.S. military may keep troops near Afghanistan after the delayed withdrawal planned for September 11, 2021. Speaking to the House Armed Services Committee, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., reportedly stated the Pentagon is engaged in “detailed planning” to ensure that the U.S. military can act against threats in Afghanistan without a pe...

Share In a stunning admission on Tuesday, the Marine Corps general heading the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) disclosed in a House Armed Services Committee hearing that, based on the threat of Iranian drones, “for the first time since the Korean War, we are operating without complete air superiority.” Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of CENTCOM, which oversees the Middle East, Central Asia and parts of South Asia, repeatedly emphasized the danger to U.S. forces and partner...

US Gen McKenzie has ‘grave doubts’ about Taliban’s reliability Al Jazeera English © US Marine General Kenneth McKenzie told a US Congress panel Afghanistan could devolve into civil war... US Marine General Kenneth McKenzie told a US Congress panel Afghanistan could devolve into civil war [File: Andrew Harnik/AP Photo] A top US general said on Tuesday that he had grave doubts about the Taliban’s reliability as a negotiating partner, as the United States is set to remov...

A top US general said on Tuesday that he had grave doubts about the Taliban’s reliability as a negotiating partner, as the United States is set to remove all its troops from Afghanistan in the coming months and focus on diplomacy. Last week President Joe Biden said all US troops would be withdrawn by September 11, to end the US’s longest war, rejecting calls for US forces to stay to ensure a peaceful resolution to Afghanistan’s grinding internal conflict. Under former President Donald Tr...