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In Reno, Trump signs bill to overhaul VA appeals process
President Donald Trump prepares to sign the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 at the National Convention of the American Legion in Reno, Nev. <br>Alex Brandon/AP

Under a bill President Donald Trump signed Wednesday, veterans will have more options to appeal denied claims for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits – a process that now leaves veterans waiting an average of five years.

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Fort Benning drill sergeants suspended amid sexual assault allegations

The Army has suspended multiple Fort Benning drill sergeants as it investigates allegations of sexual assault raised by a female trainee, officials at the Georgia installation said Wednesday.

President Donald Trump speaks at the National Convention of the American Legion on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 in Reno, Nev.<br>Alex Brandon/AP

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Trump looks to veterans as example of unity, hours after controversial Phoenix rally

At the 99th annual American Legion National Convention in Reno, Nevada, President Donald Trump held up veterans as an example of inspiration to unify a divided nation. "Now our nation must follow that same devotion to a greater cause to achieve our nation’s full potential.”

Servicemembers at a Fort Carson Colorado training range on Wed. Nov. 9, 2016.<br>Dennis Rogers/U.S. Air Force

Fort Carson soldier killed in training accident

Fort Carson launched an investigation into the cause of the fatal accident which occurred during a training exercise early Wednesday morning on the Colorado post.

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Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, U.S. 7th Fleet commander, on May 20, 2017.<br>Daniel A. Taylor/U.S. Navy

Navy relieves commander of 7th Fleet after second deadly collision

Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, the head of the Navy’s 7th Fleet, was relieved of command Wednesday in the wake of a string of accidents across the Pacific involving Navy ships. The search for the missing USS John S. McCain sailors continued Wednesday.

Charlie Searchwell, right, and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein hug in front of the commissary at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Searchwell was Goldfein's first boss when he bagged groceries as a teenager. <br>Michael B. Keller/Stars and Stripes

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Air Force boss learned important lessons from longtime Ramstein commissary bagger

Gen. David Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff, bagged groceries at the commissary in the mid-1970s while he was a teenager living at Ramstein. Even as Goldfein’s career has taken him around the world, he stops to see his old boss any chance he gets.

An M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer awaits duty during Exercise Combined Resolve 9 at Grafenwoehr, Germany, on Aug. 23, 2017. <br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team brings out big guns in last Europe exercise

The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team conducted its last major live-fire exercise Wednesday before it returns to the United States next month.

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, discusses the potential of high-energy laser weapons systems being developed by engineers at Boeing during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017.<br>Susan Montoya Bryan/AP

US Defense Department invests $17 million in laser technology

The Defense Department is making another multimillion-dollar investment in high-energy lasers that have the potential to destroy enemy drones and mortars, disrupt communication systems and provide military forces with other portable, less costly options on the battlefield.

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan transits the Philippine Sea, Oct. 2, 2016.<br>Tyrone Pham/U.S. Navy photo

Sepsis caused sailor’s death last fall aboard USS Ronald Reagan, Navy says

The Navy says sepsis was to blame for a USS Ronald Reagan sailor’s abrupt death last fall during a patrol in the Yellow Sea.

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Wildfire smoke engulfs Mount Vesuvius in Naples, Italy on Thursday, July 13, 2017. <br>Scott Wyland/Stars and Stripes

Some 700,000 people are living illegally on Mount Vesuvius, and nobody has any idea what to do with them

Italy is in the midst of a self-imposed crisis involving two basic facts about Mount Vesuvius. First, Vesuvius, in the southern region of Campania, is an active volcano capable of erupting at any time and powerful enough to destroy entire cities, as it did to ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum in A.D. 79.

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In this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 photo, a woman carries water for her family at a tube well in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A new study suggests some 50 million Pakistanis could be at risk of drinking arsenic-tainted groundwater. The findings are based on a hazard map built using water quality data from 1,200 tube wells in the densely populated Indus Valley.<br>B.K. Bangash/AP Photo

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Some 50 million people are at risk of arsenic poisoning from contaminated groundwater in Pakistan's Indus Valley — far more than previously thought, according to a new study.

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gypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, poses for a photo with White House adviser Jared Kushner, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. <br>MENA via AP

Egypt's leader, US envoy meet after cut in American aid

Egypt's president and foreign minister met with White House adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday, just hours after the Trump administration cut or delayed hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Cairo over human rights concerns.

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, discusses the potential of high-energy laser weapons systems being developed by engineers at Boeing during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017.<br>Susan Montoya Bryan/AP

US Defense Department invests $17 million in laser technology

The Defense Department is making another multimillion-dollar investment in high-energy lasers that have the potential to destroy enemy drones and mortars, disrupt communication systems and provide military forces with other portable, less costly options on the battlefield.

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan transits the Philippine Sea, Oct. 2, 2016.<br>Tyrone Pham/U.S. Navy photo

Sepsis caused sailor’s death last fall aboard USS Ronald Reagan, Navy says

The Navy says sepsis was to blame for a USS Ronald Reagan sailor’s abrupt death last fall during a patrol in the Yellow Sea.

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Wildfire smoke engulfs Mount Vesuvius in Naples, Italy on Thursday, July 13, 2017. <br>Scott Wyland/Stars and Stripes

Some 700,000 people are living illegally on Mount Vesuvius, and nobody has any idea what to do with them

Italy is in the midst of a self-imposed crisis involving two basic facts about Mount Vesuvius. First, Vesuvius, in the southern region of Campania, is an active volcano capable of erupting at any time and powerful enough to destroy entire cities, as it did to ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum in A.D. 79.

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In this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 photo, a woman carries water for her family at a tube well in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A new study suggests some 50 million Pakistanis could be at risk of drinking arsenic-tainted groundwater. The findings are based on a hazard map built using water quality data from 1,200 tube wells in the densely populated Indus Valley.<br>B.K. Bangash/AP Photo

Study: Arsenic poisoning a risk for 50M in Pakistan

Some 50 million people are at risk of arsenic poisoning from contaminated groundwater in Pakistan's Indus Valley — far more than previously thought, according to a new study.

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gypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, poses for a photo with White House adviser Jared Kushner, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. <br>MENA via AP

Egypt's leader, US envoy meet after cut in American aid

Egypt's president and foreign minister met with White House adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday, just hours after the Trump administration cut or delayed hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Cairo over human rights concerns.

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President Donald Trump speaks at the National Convention of the American Legion on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 in Reno, Nev.<br>Alex Brandon/AP

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Trump looks to veterans as example of unity, hours after controversial Phoenix rally

At the 99th annual American Legion National Convention in Reno, Nevada, President Donald Trump held up veterans as an example of inspiration to unify a divided nation. "Now our nation must follow that same devotion to a greater cause to achieve our nation’s full potential.”

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Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. Phillip G. Sawyer.<br>U.S. Navy photo

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A 1983 graduate of the Naval Academy has assumed command of the U.S. 7th Fleet after military officials dismissed Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin on Wednesday due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.

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Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. Phillip G. Sawyer.<br>U.S. Navy photo

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A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, after a short deployment Dec. 17, 2016. <br>Benjamin Gonsier/U.S. Air Force

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The U.S. Air Force moved forward Wednesday with a program to extend the U.S. arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles, when it awarded Lockheed Martin and Raytheon separate $900 million contracts to start work on a cruise missile that is meant to be fired from a B-52 or B-2 bomber.

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