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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley asks, ‘Where are the black generals?’ Jamie McIntyre © Provided by Washington Examiner DOD header 2020 ‘WE MUST GET BETTER’: Before the nation’s top military officer swore in 21 new second lieutenants to the Army at a commissioning ceremony at Howard University, one of the nation’s premier Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C., he paused to reflect on the U.S. military’s egalitarian ethos, as well as its failure to become a “truly inclusive” force. “Our force is almost 20% African American...

As Blinken heads to Ukraine, Zelensky undercuts Western support with surprise sacking of energy executive Jamie McIntyre BLINKEN’S UKRAINE MISSION: Secretary of State Antony Blinken wraps up his meetings with G-7 foreign ministers in London today and heads to Ukraine, where tomorrow he meets with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Blinken’s primary mission is to show solid support for Zelenesky’s government in the face of Russia’s recent military buildup along the country’s eastern border and the implicit threat of aggression. But as Zelensky has lobbied for faster admi...

‘A CALIBRATED, PRACTICAL APPROACH’: Speaking at a meeting of the G-7 foreign ministers in London, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declined to return fire in the wake of incendiary statements from North Korea in reaction to President Joe Biden’s reference to the North’s nuclear program as a “serious threat.”

SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Armed with a federal grant of nearly $2 million, University of Rhode Island neuroscientist, researcher and professor Sarah Feldstein Ewing is studying new treatment possibilities for young people who engage in heavy drinking and substance use. The goal, according to Feldstein Ewing, is to intervene with young people with different approaches than their older counterparts, whose brains are developmentally different than adolescents. “We’re treating kids who have been drinking for maybe two years, and we’re talking about relapse and asking kids to abstain,” the res...

Reply Professor Sarah Feldstein Ewing Adolescent brains are developmentally distinct from adults, resulting in different reasons for engaging in risky behavior like substance abuse, which makes it difficult for clinicians to know how to approach addiction treatment with younger patients. While they require different approaches to treatment, adolescents often receive addiction treatment based on adult models, limiting its effectiveness. A University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences professor and neuro scientist is aiming to find better approaches to treating adolescent addiction. C...