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Man arrested in alleged assault of former US Sen. Martha McSally
Former U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, an Air Force veteran, reported that she was molested while jogging in Iowa.
Budget deal would fully fund Defense Department, add $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid
Lawmakers hope to finalize the spending plan within the next week.
Defense industry frets as funding talks crawl
Despite repeated warnings from lawmakers and uniformed Pentagon leaders that a full-year continuing resolution will hurt national security, some in the defense industry are still worried that budgetary route is a possibility.
By Joe Gould
How the landlocked state of Nebraska got its own navy
Nebraska admirals are in charge of the tadpoles and the goldfish.
By Sarah Sicard
Cost of rebuilding Offutt will be higher than original estimate
Offutt Air Force Base was inundated with floodwaters in March 2019.
‘Buddy Check’ gatherings aimed at helping veterans
The group has veterans from Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Persian Gulf and every branch of service.
By Christina Lyons, Beatrice Daily Sun and John Grinvalds, Beatrice Daily Sun
Money for Afghan refugees but not military pay boost in latest federal budget plan
The budget plan would avoid a partial government shutdown set for Friday night.
Air Force veteran’s obit urges ‘irresponsibly large wager on Nebraska beating Iowa’ in lieu of flowers
The family of Air Force veteran Milton Andrew Munson, 73, who died Nov. 16, contains a very unusual request.
House passes $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome system in blowout vote
The House passed legislation overwhelmingly to provide $1 billion to Israel to restock its Iron Dome short-range missile defense system just days after Democrats removed the funding from a broad stopgap spending bill.
By Joe Gould
$1B Iron Dome fund stripped from new continuing resolution
A proposal to send Israel $1 billion for the Iron Dome air defense system has been cut out of a stopgap government funding bill, meant to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30, in order to ease its passage in the House.
By Joe Gould