As Politico’s John Bresnahan first noted, anyone scoping out the Dept of the Interior today was greeted with an odd sight:Trump’s new Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, rode a horse to his first day of work at the department’s Washington, D.C., headquarters, Thursday morning. Zinke wore a cowboy hat, boots and jeans for the […]
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Trump Makes Unannounced Trip to Honor Fallen Navy SEAL…
Assuming the somber duties of commander in chief, President Donald Trump made an unannounced trip Wednesday to honor the returning remains of a U.S. Navy SEAL killed in a weekend raid in Yemen. Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens, a 36-year-old from Peoria, Illinois, was the first known U.S. combat casualty since Trump took […]
Navy SEAL Killed in Al-Qaida Raid Identified…
The name of the first U.S. servicemember killed in combat under the Trump administration was announced bythe Pentagon Monday. Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens, 36, of Peoria, Illinois., died after he was wounded during a nighttime raid on an al-Qaida-held village in southwestern Yemen on Saturday…