Rep. Robert Wittman, R-Virginia
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Wittman, former chair of the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee, is ranking member of that same panel, which directs Navy and Marine Corps acquisition programs connected with shipbuilding and conversion, ship- and submarine-launched weapons, as well as a range of other maritime procurement programs.
The subcommittee also oversees procurement for Air Force bomber, tanker, and airlift aircraft, and Army programs related to waterborne vessels; and maritime policy.
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Former chairman of HASC’s Subcommittee on Readiness, among others.
Co-chair of the Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus along with Rep. Joe Courtney.
Political/Professional Career
The American Council of Learned Societies Announces 2021 ACLS Digital Extension Grant Awardees
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Program Supports Digitally-Based Research Projects That Advance Inclusive Scholarship in the Humanities and Interpretive Social Sciences
“Digital projects in the humanities uncover and provide access to collections and materials that might have been hidden from sight or not even considered worthy of collecting.” NEW YORK (PRWEB) May 25, 2021 The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 ACLS Digital Extension Grants.
The Digital Extension Grant program supports collaborative, team-based humanities and interpretive social sciences projects that advance inclusive scholarly practices and promote greater understanding of diverse human experiences through digital research. The grants of up to $150,000 are also designed to extend the reach of establishe
Will the media make him a martyr? It s not really much of a question. It s more of a when than an if . Regular Hamas terrorists are routinely treated as innocent civilian casualties. But two Hamas terrorists, one of whom held US citizenship and the other had spent some time in this country, being killed in an Israel airstrike, especially a targeted one, is bound to bring out the media s inner Khashoggi. An American citizen known as Osama al-Zebda was fighting with the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the so-called “armed wing” of Hamas, during the recent battle in Gaza. An official confirmed this with FDD’s Long War Journal, adding that al-Zebda was on a U.S. terrorist watch list.
American passport holder Osama al-Zebda, who died fighting for Hamas, was on the U.S. terror watch list.
By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel
One of the Hamas terrorists killed in the recent fighting in Gaza was an American citizen named Osama al-Zebda, the Foundation for Defense of Democracy’s
Long War Journal revealed on Sunday.
Al-Zebda was killed by an Israeli Air Force (IAF) strike on May 12 while fighting with the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. The terror group put up an obituary notice and pictures of Al-Zebda as one of their “martyrs” on a page dedicated to terrorists who have been killed.
Brood X is on its way. Love is in the air this spring, and billions of cicadas soon will appear in the eastern United States in the biggest emergence event since 2004. The insects are expected from Tennessee to New York.