In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Washington has initiated its largest spending binge in history. In the process, you might assume that the unparalleled spread of the disease would have led to a little rethinking when it came to all the trillions of dollars Congress has given the Pentagon in these years that have in no way made us safer from, or prepared us better to respond to, this predictable threat to American national security.
As it happens, though, even if the rest of us remain in danger from the coronavirus, Congress has done a remarkably good job of vaccinating the Department of Defense and the weapons makers that rely on it financially.
Covid-19 Means Good Times for the Pentagon
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The White House
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve in national security positions.
Frank Kendall, Nominee for Secretary of the Air Force, Department of Defense
Thomas A. Monheim, Nominee for Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
Gina Ortiz Jones, Nominee for Under Secretary of the Air Force, Department of Defense
Meredith Berger, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment, Department of Defense
Michael Connor, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of Defense
Ed Gonzalez, Nominee for Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security
Trump Allies to Counter Left, Block Biden by Going to Court
Matthew Whitaker, former acting attorney general, is part of a new legal coalition that is pushing back on the left s radical agenda. Pictured: Whitaker speaks Feb. 28, 2020, during the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
A group of former Trump administration officials have formed America First Legal to stop the Biden administration’s executive actions and counter the radical left’s plans to transform our country.
Led by Stephen Miller, former White House senior adviser and director of speechwriting, America First Legal promises to turn the tables on the left, which used the court system to stymie some of former President Donald Trump’s key initiatives.
Years after fleeing Europe, my father saw himself in the Dreamers of today.
By Daniela Gerson
Ms. Gerson is an assistant professor of journalism at California State University, Northridge, and co-founder of Migratory Notes, a weekly immigration newsletter.
April 26, 2021
I felt like I was spying on my grandparentsâ lies.
âThe Blumstein family, consisting of Mr. B, age 43, his wife, same age, and their two children, ages 6½ and 2½ arrived in the United States on 12/21/50,â begins the social workerâs minutely detailed account of my grandparentsâ, and my fatherâs, first weeks as refugees in the United States.
But my grandparents and their children werenât the Blumstein family. The Blumsteins were in Israel. The Jewish refugee family â described by the attentive social worker as âattractiveâ and âcharming,â who arrived with $30 in cash and a babyâs bathtub â were the Gerzons. The child traveling as Abraham
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