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Documents obtained by The Washington Post via Freedom of Information Act Requests (FOIAs) revealed that after al-Qaeda committed the October 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole and the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the Navy's Economic Crimes unit was reduced from a staff of 140 to only nine persons, most having been reassigned to focus on terrorism.
Due to the change in orders and shortage of attack and combat cargo vessels, all of the division's 2.5-ton trucks, M1918 155-mm howitzers [9] and the sound and flash-ranging equipment needed for counter-battery fire had to be left in Wellington. Also, because the Wellington dock workers were on strike at the time, the Marines had to do all the ...
The ninth ballot, after some initial suspense, saw delegation after delegation break for Harding, who took the lead with 374 1 ⁄ 2 votes to 249 for Wood and 121 1 ⁄ 2 for Lowden (Johnson had 83). Lowden released his delegates to Harding, and the tenth ballot, held at 6 p.m., was a mere formality, with Harding finishing with 672 1 ⁄ 5 ...
There was a stance by the previous secretary of the navy, Ray Mabus, to increase the maternity leave from six to eighteen weeks for the Navy and Marine Corps beginning on July 2, 2015. [49] It was implemented until January 28, 2016, however, it remained eighteen weeks for those who were pregnant previous to and on March 3, 2016.
Chris Acland (1996), English drummer for the band Lush, hanging [1] Art Acord (1931), American actor and rodeo champion, ingestion of poison [2] [3] Manuel Acuña (1873), Mexican poet, ingestion of potassium cyanide [4] [5] George Washington Adams (1829), American politician, lawyer, and eldest son of John Quincy Adams, drowning in Long Island ...
The growth of the metropolitan area of San Diego County grew from 113,000 in 1920 to 1.3 million by 1970, and to 3.3 million a century after the order had been issued. Japan's Parliament, the all-male National Diet, rejected a proposal for universal suffrage, with only 159 in favor and 288 against extending voting rights to women. [96]
Transgender people have served or sought to serve in the United States military (U.S. military) throughout its history. Since January 25, 2021, transgender individuals have been allowed to openly serve in the U.S. military, but, as of February 7, 2025, transgender individuals were no longer able to enlist and previously funded gender affirming care was also banned for those who serve.
Though not highly rated in its first season, the topical and controversial themes of the show drew notice and viewers tuned into the summer reruns of All in the Family. By the end of the 1971-72 season , it was the #1 most-watched show on American TV, with a 34.0 rating in its position at 8:00 on Saturday evening.