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Following order. Motions to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 7219 and h. R. 7525. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, the Unfinished Business is vote on the motion of the the gentleman from kansas, mr. Laturner, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 7219 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered the clerk will report the tile of the bill. The clerk h. R. 7219, a bill...

Good evening. Again, tonight, there is a robust debate going on in this country over whether or not the president should launch a limited u. S. Military strike against syria. And overseas tonight in russia, eight time zones away from washington, theres a summit now under way of the worlds leading nations, which today at times behind closed doors looked more like a tension convention, as the relationship between president obama and putin of russia and others is under genuine stress. All of this a...

Honor restored: Veteran stripes reinstated posthumously Paige Withey, paige.withey@hearstnp.com FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Sergeant Edwin O. Pochert was striped of his stripes after in incident in WWII, with the promise to have them reinstated. After receiving an honorable discharge shortly after, following an injury, his rank remained recorded as a Private First Class. His work to reinstate his stripes was passed down to his daughter after his passing in 2012. (Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow L...