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The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today, approved the 2022 Sonoma County Operational Area Emergency Operations Plan, the first in the state to incorporate cultural competency. The plan marks significant strides in the coordination between agencies and jurisdictions within Sonoma County to ensure the protection of life, property, and the environment in the event of a major emergency incident or disaster.

New Hampshire is facing a shortage of criminal defense attorneys to represent poor clients, as experienced lawyers quit and pandemic court delays increase caseloads for those who remain, exacerbating existing problems in the overloaded criminal...

Senate Armed Services Committee lawmakers focused on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

© Getty As we remember the euphoria of Operation Desert Storm 30 years ago, it’s easy to forget how broken the U.S. military was just 15 years before Desert Storm, at the end of the Vietnam War. Although many fought with courage and valor in Vietnam, they suffered from disastrous shortcomings: a strategy-tactics mismatch, insufficient training, unsuitable equipment, leadership failures and poor morale. Additionally, the American people were deeply divided over the war and the military’s ro...

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Fortunately for the U.S., the race for AI superiority with China is not a sprint. An industry expert shares ideas for how Washington can come out ahead in the long run.

CANFIELD — Wearing what has become a normal part of her outfits, 4-year-old June Carson didn’t think anything of donning her mask Friday. When she walked into the Canfield Giant Eagle with Grandpa Steve Carson, June was met by Canfield officer Brett Modic, who thanked her for wearing her mask. In return, she was handed a stuffed animal of the department’s police dog, Rocky, and a pass for a free tour of the department. “I’m wearing dinosaurs,” she said of her mask. June said she wea...

US Reps. Moulton and Banks: The future of defense is in public-private partnerships Rep. Seth Moulton and Rep. Jim Banks January 11 From left, Reps. Seth Moulton and Jim Banks co-chair the House of Representatives’ Future of Defense Task Force. Unless we make drastic changes, we will lose. That is the unmistakable and completely bipartisan conclusion of our task force on the future of America’s national security. The stakes could scarcely be higher: Our future as leader of the ...

Second Front Systems Applauds Congressional Passage of National Defense Authorization Act for the 60th Consecutive Year News provided by Share this article Share this article ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Second Front Systems (2F), a venture-backed defense software company, applauds Congress for passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 60 th year in a row. "The bi-partisan commitment to NDAA is a testament to the dedication of Committee Chairmen Inhofe...

How President-elect Biden can reinvigorate defense innovation By: Trae Stephens and Steve Blank   December 16, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden will enter office Jan. 20, 2020. (Susan Walsh/AP) The world is on the cusp of a new era of warfare dominated by unmanned systems, artificial intelligence, networked weapons and sensor fusion. We recently got a glimpse of this future in the rapid devastation that Turkish-backed Azeri forces delivered to the Armenian military with low-cost dr...