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POLITICO Playbook: The sympathizer-in-chief heads to Tulsa Presented by People rest their hands in prayer during a Prayer Wall memorial gathering at the AME Church during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on Monday, May 31, in Tulsa, Okla. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images DRIVING THE DAY One hundred years ago today, white assailants stormed a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla., leaving the area known as a hub of African American entrepreneurship in total ruin and massacring hundreds of Black people. Survivors who saw their family members murdered or busi...

‘Do you have body armor?’ the Afghan pilot asked us as we prepared for a trip to outposts surrounded by the Taliban.

A Black Colonel Takes Command of a Key Marine Corps Brigade The assignment gives Col. Anthony Henderson, whose promotion to brigadier general takes effect in July, further opportunity for advancement in a service that has had few African-American leaders. Col. Anthony Henderson receiving an award at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in 2016. His new command comes as the Pentagon is grappling with issues of race.Credit...United States Marine Corps May 11, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps on Tuesday put a Black colonel in charge of one of its key fighting brigades, the latest in a series of steps tha...

2021-04-19 08:35:49 GMT2021-04-19 16:35:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Nine militants have been killed and three others injured in cleanup operations conducted by government forces in Marja district in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, provincial police said in a statement released here Monday. A large number of arms and ammunitions were also seized from the Taliban hideouts in the operations launched Sunday, according to the statement. The security forces have also discovered and defused scores of anti-vehicle and anti-personnel m...

For Afghanistan veterans, old feelings of frustration and loss surface as the US prepares to end its longest war Published 3 hours ago Spc. Dallas Purdy from Hockley, Texas, hangs a message of support from friends Ashley and Katie Daniels while serving with the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan on July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File) Share on Facebook Print article As the U.S. military shut down scores of remote outposts and patrol bases across southern Afghanistan 10 years ago, t...