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By MELISSA NANN BURKE | The Detroit News (TNS) | Published: March 2, 2021 WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Soldiers with the Michigan National Guard are complaining about bad food they've been served while providing security at the U.S. Capitol, ranging from undercooked meat to poor food quality. The complaints reached members of the Michigan delegation and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, whose office said she called Acting Secretary of the Army John E. Whitley about the problem on Feb. 17 — nearly two weeks ago — as soon as the first reports of the food were received. element   She w...

A Tuskegee hero and the oldest living Black West Point grad reflect on the US military and its first Black defense secretary dchoi@businessinsider.com (David Choi) © Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin participates in a ceremonial swearing-in with Vice President Kamala Harris, far right, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images Secretary Lloyd Austin is the first Black person to lead the entire Defense Department. "We have a secretary of defense who can say 'I've been there, I've...

Share This: Joseph R. Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States this week. With the capital in full lockdown, the ceremony and parade were observed almost entirely virtually, an eerie start to the new administration. As many predicted, President Biden came out of the gate on day one with a slew of executive orders, reversing Trump policies and setting the tone for the next four years. He also issued 10 executive orders aimed at COVID-19 which promise to usher in an expansive federal management of the pandemic.  Meanwhile, the National Guard soldiers who had been deploy...