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Happy Thursday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Ellen Mitchell, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.THE TOPLINE: The Israeli Security Cabinet on Thursday approved plans for a cease-fire with Hamas that would end more than a week of missile strikes and rocket fire in the Gaza Strip and Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...

© Stefani Reynolds Happy Tuesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. Im Ellen Mitchell, and heres your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee will not request a delay to an arms sale to Israel after the Biden administration agreed to brief lawmakers on the deal, he said Tuesday. “What we wanted to do is to have a dialogue and conversatio...

Overnight Defense: Top Dem backs off request for Israel arms sale delay | Afghanistan withdrawal up to 20 percent done | Esper returns to defense industry Ellen Mitchell © Stefani Reynolds Overnight Defense: Top Dem backs off request for Israel arms sale delay | Afghanistan withdrawal up to 20 percent done | Esper returns to defense industry Happy Tuesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. Im Ellen Mitchell, and heres your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentag...

The legislation, written by Gillibrand and Sen. Joni Ernst The support means the bill, known as the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act, has reached enough votes to move forward after years of pushback from the Defense Department A victory: Gillibrand called the backing of the 41 Democrats, 18 Republicans and two independents a “defining moment,” after trying for nearly a decade to gain such endorsement on similar bills that failed in the Senate by only a few vot...

Who else will be there: Testifying alongside Miller on Wednesday will be former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee. In his testimony, Rosen will similarly defend preparations ahead of the attack, according to a copy of remarks obtained by The Hill. Rosen’s defense: “I believe that DOJ [Department of Justice] reasonably prepared for contingencies ahead of January 6, understanding that there was considerable uncertainty as to how many people would arriv...

Bedford care home residents receive a hair re-style Published image captionHannah Phoenix and Sabrina Karuthasami said they were only too happy to help Twelve residents in a care home have been "re-styled" after having their first professional hair cut in more than a year. Arden House, in Bedford, appealed on BBC Three Counties radio for a stylist after its regular one had been unable to attend since lockdown in March 2020. Two stylists came forward, leaving manager Tanya Waite relieved that s...

Last modified on Thu 6 May 2021 11.50 EDT 20. Deal of the Century (1983) William Friedkin directed this broad, knockabout comedy about arms dealing without much flair and it is really only a vehicle for that lost legend of 80s screen comedy, Chevy Chase. He is a small-time arms dealer and Sigourney Weaver plays the haughty and enraged widow of a corporate defence contractor, Wallace Shawn, blaming Chase for her husband’s untimely death in the fictional South American state of San Miguel, w...

Living legends and celebrity stallion welcome visitors again The National Stud and a number of heritage sites reopened this week, providing a change of scene for locked-down locals Sat, May 1, 2021, 06:00   Different things make us excited these days. If you had said, 14 months ago, that a visit to a heritage garden and the prospect of looking at newborn foals would be the social highlight of my April thus far, I’d have thought my life was a bit sad. But a visit to the Irish National Stud a...

© U.S. Army Happy Friday and welcome to Overnight Defense. Im Ellen Mitchell, and heres your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: A report on last year’s slaying of Spc. Vanessa Guillén confirmed that she was being sexually harassed before her death at Fort Hood, Texas, but not by the man suspected of killing her, according to Army documents released Friday. Army investigators found that...

Overnight Defense: Gillibrand makes new push for military sexual assault reform | US troops begin leaving Afghanistan | Biden budget delay pushes back annual defense policy bill Ellen Mitchell © Greg Nash Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) discusses the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act at a press conference Happy Thursday and welcome to Overnight Defense. Im Ellen Mitchell, and heres your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Cap...