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North Dakota bonding bill includes dollars for potential UND space command initiative House Bill 1431, which includes nearly $800 million for infrastructure projects, had its first hearing on Monday, Feb. 1. Included in that new bill is $4 million dollars for UND for a space command initiative and related technical programs, which would include money for equipment, renovation and a sensitive compartmental information facility, according to the bill. 12:12 pm, Feb. 2, 2021 × UND President Andrew Armacost speaks to the Herald during an editorial board meeting in February ...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Andrew Young in Sudan. US Africa Command’s Deputy to the US Africa Command Commander for Civil-Military Engagement, Ambassador Andrew Young, and Director of Intelligence, Rear Admiral Heidi Berg, conducted a historic visit to Sudan to foster cooperative engagement and expand partnership development between 25 and 27 January. The trip represents a new chapter in US Africa Command engagement with Sudan since the rescission of Sudan’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 2020. This rescission is key to the fundamental change in the bilateral rela...

The Fayetteville Observer The Senate on Friday confirmed Lloyd Austin as the nation's first Black defense secretary, the second nominee of President Joe Biden to be confirmed by the chamber. Austin is a retired four-star Army general and former Fort Bragg commander who will be the first Black secretary of defense. He was the first Black general to command an Army division in combat and also the first to oversee an entire theater of operations as the commanding general of U.S. forces in Iraq. He is a 1975 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served 41 years in uniform.

House approves waiver for Biden Pentagon pick Lloyd Austin Thursday’s 326-78 vote would grant a waiver that would exempt Austin from the seven-year rule Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense, brushing aside concerns that his retirement occurred inside the seven-year window that safeguards civilian leadership of the military. Thursday’s 326-78 vote would grant a waiver that would exempt Austin from the seven-year rule. All signs point to quick action in the Senate after that, putting Austin on track to be confirmed as secretary by week’s end. Austin, a 41-year vet...

UND joins effort to bring U.S. Space Command to Midwest North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott, along with University of Nebraska system President Retired Vice Adm. Ted Carter, Purdue President Mitch Daniels and Kansas State President Richard Myers, published a column in the Annapolis Capital-Gazette over the weekend about the partnership, noting they have “numerous existing strengths on which to build this alliance.” 1:38 pm, Dec. 22, 2020 × Pablo de Leon, chair of UND's Department of Space Studies, leads a tour of the UND Aerospace facilities for ...