A double row of chain-link fencing circles the Arizona State Capitol. Windows on the Illinois and Ohio statehouses have been boarded up. Natio…
TRUMP, responding to word that the Philippines will end a security pact allowing U.S. forces to train in the country: “We helped them defeat ISIS. ... But if you look back, if you go back three years ago, when ISIS was overrunning the Philippines, we came in and, literally, single-handedly were able to save them from vicious attacks on their islands.” — Wednesday at the White House.
TRUMP, on U.S. troops targeted by the Iranian missile attack in Iraq this month: “I heard they had headaches and a couple of other things ... and I can report it is not very serious. ... No, I don’t consider them very serious injuries relative to other injuries that I’ve seen. ... No, I do not consider that to be bad injuries, no.” — news conference Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland.
Get the latest on escalating U.S.-Iran tensions in the wake of the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's top general, Qassem Soleimani.
The Pentagon released newly declassified video and images Wednesday of the daring, two hour raid targeting ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that shows US forces taking small arms fire from multiple locations as their helicopters approached the compound.
TRUMP, explaining his ban on transgender troops in the military: "In the military, you're not allowed to take any drugs ... People were going in and then asking for the operation, and the operation is $200,000, $250,000, and getting the operation, the recovery period is long, and they have to take large amounts of drugs after that ... You can't do that." — interview Tuesday with Morgan.
TRUMP: "Our brave troops have now been fighting in the Middle East for almost 19 years."
TRUMP, on Jim Mattis: "I wish him well. I hope he does well. But, as you know, President (Barack) Obama fired him and essentially so did I. I want results." — Cabinet meeting Wednesday.
The president tweeted Twitter that a new secretary of defense will be named soon. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will retire at the end of February.
Penelope Toll has been announced as the seventh nominee for the 2018 Valley of the Flowers Peace Prize after being nominated by a member of th…
President Donald Trump's promise to use the National Guard to secure the U.S.-Mexico border isn't a new concept. Here's a look at how the U.S. has used the military and armed militias along the border:
I was driving, listening to the radio, when the DJ talked about things that happened “on this day in history,” one of which was the death of T…
More than 100 people gathered Sunday outside St. Joseph’s Church in Nipomo to celebrate a flag raising, honor first responders and military ve…
The Breakfast Rotary Club of Santa Maria has donated $1,000 to Orcutt’s Girl Scout Troop 50973, which has been busy fundraising for a planned …
Girl Scout troops from around the Santa Ynez Valley will participate in World Thinking Day in the Jonata Middle School MP room on Saturday fro…
Boy Scout Troop 41 of Solvang is getting ready for its largest fundraiser of the year, the 2017 annual Pancake Breakfast. It takes place from …
The next Valley Speaks program will feature a walk through the history of Troop 91, the first and oldest continuously chartered Boy Scout troo…
Team V members received a little help getting into the holiday spirit during this year's Trees For Troops held at the Union Bank in Lompoc, Dec. 7.
Santa Ynez Valley Boy Scout Troop 41 received a $950 donation from the Rotary Club of the Santa Ynez Valley for the purchase of camping equipment.
Crowds gathered in Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande on Monday to honor the country's military men and women who gave their lives in past and pres…
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