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This is general steve lyons, the commander of u.s. transportation command. we wanted him to come in and talk to our press corps about the incredible logistics effort that is going in to moving these thousands of people out of afghanistan into temporary safe havens elsewhere as they work back to the united states. right at the end of the briefing, he got asked about the one baby that we knew had been born, because there was great photographs of that, of course. and he let it slip that in fact, ac...

This woman was this pregnant, this close to delivering, when she got herself and her family onboard that c-17, and then to have given birth on the tarmac onboard the plane. u.s. servicemen and women racing onboard that cargo plane, delivering the baby right then and there onboard the plane before they were even able to disembark her. mother and baby are both reportedly doing fine. but i have to tell you, that dramatic situation this weekend led to this question and surprise answer at the pentago...

On the ground and making a difference through u.s. military capabilities, i want to turn the microphone over to general steve lyons. i will monitor the q&a. we have a limited amount of time. the general has a lot on his plate. well keep it moving. general, ready to go? >> john, i got you. can you hear me okay? >> got you. the floor is yours. pleased to join you all today. i would say from the time transcom received orders, airborne were in the air in less than three hours. we secured the kabul

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As paint jobs go, the smokestack at the old Columbus Municipal Light Plant is a tall order – 250 feet straight up, not a thing to stand on. When finished in a blaze of yellow and black, it will serve as maybe the most distinctive billboard in Major League Soccer.  But how to clean and paint a 25-story, 107-year-old tube? A scaffold was ruled out – too high and too square. A worker basket could be hung from a crane, but the slightest wind could send it swinging.  "Scaffolding around th...

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Summer travel 2021: Things are booking up, but you can still plan a getaway CNN 1 hr ago By Marnie Hunter, CNN © Didier Marti/Moment RF/Getty Images Beaches along Oregons southern coast are less crowded in summer than those frequented by Portlanders farther north. The wait-and-see approach to travel right now is prudent from a health perspective. From a booking perspective, maybe not so much. US airfares are on the rise, rental cars are in short supply and sifting through ...