The Senate has confirmed Pentagon comptroller nominee Michael McCord by unanimous consent, the official expected to lead the department’s ongoing audit.
Five Oregon Counties Vote to Secede and Join Idaho
19 May 2021
Five rural Oregon counties voted on Tuesday to secede from the state of Oregon and join the state of Idaho.
The
Idaho Statesmanreported:
Thousands of people in eastern Oregon voted Tuesday for their elected officials to consider ditching their state and becoming part of Idaho.
Voters in Sherman, Lake, Grant, Baker and Malheur counties all voted for ballot measures that would lead to them becoming Idahoans. People in Union and Jefferson counties had already voted in favor during the November election. . .
The vote is only the first step of the “Greater Idaho” project, which would allow some Oregon counties to join a state that advocates say more closely aligns with their political preferences.
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email Time Crunch for Afghanistan Withdrawal Is Producing a Big Trash Pile
One senator objects to the way troops are destroying equipment they don’t have time to sort. But there are reasons for it.
Sen. Joe Manchin is worried about the military’s wasteful destruction of equipment in Afghanistan, but analysts say troops are on such a tight timeline to leave, that they don’t have any other options.
Troops have sent more than 1,800 pieces of equipment to the Defense Logistics Agency to be destroyed, U.S. Central Command said in a statement Tuesday. In addition, more than 100 C-17 cargo planes of material have already been taken out of the country.
By Lauren C. Williams
President Joe Biden s pick to lead the Defense Department s intelligence and security office, Ronald Moultrie, appears to have a smooth path to Senate confirmation thanks in large part to his cybersecurity experience.
Moultrie, the nominee for undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security, fielded multiple questions about the recent ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, which delivers nearly half of the East Coast s fuel, that resulted in a shutdown Friday and is having an impact of gas availability and pricing.
Moultrie called the attack extremely concerning during the Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing May 11, saying that such intrusions likely occur much more frequently than what we know.