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Biden takes the helm as president: 'Democracy has prevailed'
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.<br>Saul Loeb, pool/AP
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.<br>Saul Loeb, pool/AP

Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that "democracy has prevailed." He swore the oath of office to take the helm of a deeply divided nation and inheriting a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors.

Dat Tran, the VA's principal deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Enterprise Integration, will lead the agency until the Senate confirms President Joe Biden’s nominee for VA secretary.<br>VA
Dat Tran, the VA's principal deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Enterprise Integration, will lead the agency until the Senate confirms President Joe Biden’s nominee for VA secretary.<br>VA

Dat Tran to temporarily lead VA as acting secretary

President Joe Biden on Wednesday named Dat Tran, the principal deputy assistant secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Enterprise Integration, to immediately take the helm of the agency.

Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist, at a House Appropriations Committee hearing in May, 2019.<br>Joe Gromelski/Stars and Stripes
Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist, at a House Appropriations Committee hearing in May, 2019.<br>Joe Gromelski/Stars and Stripes

David Norquist takes over as acting defense secretary

David Norquist, a Pentagon mainstay throughout former President Donald Trump’s term, was sworn in Wednesday as the acting defense secretary, taking over the Defense Department's top position until a permanent choice is approved by Congress.

U.S. Army Spc. Nick Giovannelli from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, fights the current as he crosses a river while on a dismount patrol mission near Forward Operation Base Baylough, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, on March 17, 2009. Giovanelli is suing to prevent retailers from selling Defense Department-released images of him. <br>Adam Mancini/U.S. Army
U.S. Army Spc. Nick Giovannelli from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, fights the current as he crosses a river while on a dismount patrol mission near Forward Operation Base Baylough, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, on March 17, 2009. Giovanelli is suing to prevent retailers from selling Defense Department-released images of him. <br>Adam Mancini/U.S. Army

Veteran sues retailers after finding image of him in Afghanistan for sale on posters

Army veteran Nicholas Giovannelli is suing to stop several companies from “exploiting his image for profit” after he found them selling posters featuring photos of him taken in Afghanistan many years ago.


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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. <br>Alex Brandon/AP
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. <br>Alex Brandon/AP

Trump bids farewell to Washington, hints of comeback

Donald Trump pumped his fist and waved as he departed the White House on Marine One Wednesday for the last time as president, leaving behind a legacy of chaos and tumult and a nation bitterly divided.

A box of medical-grade face masks from a drugstore near Kaiserslautern, Germany. German leaders agreed on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, to require that medical-grade face masks be worn in shops and on public transportation as part of new measures aimed at bringing down high numbers of coronavirus infections. <br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes
A box of medical-grade face masks from a drugstore near Kaiserslautern, Germany. German leaders agreed on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, to require that medical-grade face masks be worn in shops and on public transportation as part of new measures aimed at bringing down high numbers of coronavirus infections. <br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes

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Cole James Bridges<br>Liberty County Jail

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Dat Tran, the VA's principal deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Enterprise Integration, will lead the agency until the Senate confirms President Joe Biden’s nominee for VA secretary.<br>VA
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