Failing to solve this crisis carries such grave danger for America that a broad-based, sustained effort is vital.
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Another View: One senator’s grandstanding risks compromising military readiness
Over 300 nominations remain stalled, with the Senate gone until September.
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Clarence Page: It is high time to put political differences aside for the good of the country
Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s effort to hold military promotions hostage to politics over providing military personnel access to abortion violates his pledge to support our troops and their families.
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Another View: Despite vows to reverse them, changing Army base names has noble purpose
Defense leaders rightly support removing names honoring the Confederacy because they want to rid the military of racism and discrimination.
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Another View: House speaker backs anti-’woke’ bill that hurts America’s military
Kevin McCarthy’s support of the military funding bill harms servicewomen, slows diversity efforts and threatens transgender personnel.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Clarence Page: Defense bill no longer a no-brainer, as Speaker McCarthy gives in to far-right faction
Congress used to pass Pentagon funding with an easy bipartisan coalition. In the era of culture wars, that’s over.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: South Africa’s cynical support of Russia gravely misreads history
The political events President Cyril Ramaphosa should be taking into account right now unfolded here in the U.S. in 1986.
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SANFORD Bennett Gibson earns Civil Air Patrol award Civil Air Patrol Cadet Bennett Gibson of the Sanford Composite Squadron has earned the Brigadier General Billy Mitchell Award and promotion to Cadet Second Lieutenant. Cadet Gibson will receive this honor at an award ceremony at 6:30 p.m. today at the Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, at […]
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. Yarmouth native enters class of 2027 plebe summer at U.S. Naval Academy Steve Fulton, a graduate of Yarmouth High School, will be inducted into the Naval Academy Class of 2027 on June 29, marking the beginning of six challenging weeks of basic midshipman training. About 1,200 candidates are selected each year for the […]
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South Portland dedicates park to paratrooper killed in Iraq 16 years ago
The park that brought so much joy to Jason Swiger’s childhood is renamed in his honor, with a message to follow his lead and “always extend your hand in friendship.”