Norton Thanks National Coalition for Letter Endorsing Bill Giving D.C. Mayor Control Over D.C. National Guard
In sum, the District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act will close a dangerous loophole in the Posse Comitatus Act and improve the DCNG’s responsiveness in emergencies like the January 6 riot, and it will do so without obstructing the president’s ability to take command of the DCNG when necessary. We urge you to support this bill and thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
The Center for Security, Race and Rights
Sunday, 02 May 2021 12:06 PM
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By Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin Johnstone is an independent journalist based in Melbourne, Australia. Her website is here and you can follow her on Twitter @caitoz
The Biden administration has finally admitted that the US is indeed providing offensive material support to Saudi Arabia’s genocidal assault on Yemen, directly contradicting Biden’s February claim that it would no longer be providing offensive support in that war. We are being lied to about yet another US war by yet another US president.
The Biden administration has finally admitted that the US
is indeed providing offensive material support to Saudi
Arabia s genocidal assault on Yemen, directly contradicting
Biden s
February claim that it would no longer be providing
offensive support in that war. We are being lied to about
yet another US war by yet another US president.
“The
United States continues to provide maintenance support to
Saudi Arabia’s Air Force given the critical role it plays
in Saudi air defense and our longstanding security
partnership,” Pentagon spokesperson Jessica McNulty has
informed
Vox reporter Alex Ward. Multiple
US defense officials and experts acknowledged that, through
The Biden administration has finally admitted that the US is indeed providing offensive material support to Saudi Arabia’s genocidal assault on Yemen, directly contradicting Biden’s February claimthat it would no longer be providing offensive support in that war. We are being lied to about yet another US war by yet another US president.
“The United States continues to provide maintenance support to Saudi Arabia’s Air Force given the critical role it plays in Saudi air defense and our longstanding security partnership,” Pentagon spokesperson Jessica McNulty has informed
Vox reporter Alex Ward.
“Multiple US defense officials and experts acknowledged that, through a US government process, the Saudi government pays commercial contractors to maintain and service their aircraft, and those contractors keep Saudi warplanes in the air. What the Saudis do with those fighter jets, however, is up to them,” Ward reports. “The US could cancel those contracts at any time, thus ef
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Caitlin Johnstone, an independent journalist based in Melbourne, Australia. Her website is here and you can follow her on Twitter @caitoz The Biden administration finally admitted the US is providing offensive support to Saudi Arabia’s genocidal assault on Yemen, directly contradicting February’s claim it would no longer be providing offensive support in that war.
We are being lied to about yet another US war by yet another US president.
“The United States continues to provide maintenance support to Saudi Arabia’s Air Force given the critical role it plays in Saudi air defense and our longstanding security partnership,” Pentagon spokesperson Jessica McNulty informed