With stern expressions and polite words before the cameras, President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin plunged into hours of face-to-face talks Wednesday at a lush lakeside Swiss mansion.
A bipartisan group of senators will introduce the Voices for Veterans Act, which would add LGBTQ veterans to the committee that advises the VA on issues affecting minority veterans.
In an appearance before Congress on Tuesday, acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker defended his decision to deny requests from two recent Naval Academy graduates to pursue professional sports.
Since the civil war, through wars with Israel, militant bombings and domestic turmoil, Lebanese have considered their military as an anchor for stability, one of the only institutions standing above the country's divisions. But the military is now threatened by Lebanon's devastating financial collapse.
