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A 32-year-old man was found guilty after he reportedly purchased Chinese parts for a NASA space launch project and tried to cover it up. Seongchan “Steven” Yun of Redondo Beach, California was charged with providing a false document to a federal agency and now faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, according to the United States Department of Justice. Yun worked for the CBOL Corporation which provides parts and materials to the aerospace industry, including NASA. Yun was responsible for a contract that would provide stainless steel tubing to carry rocket fuel in support of NASA’s Space...

President Donald Trump’s United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is finally up for a vote this week—just in time for Christmas. After nearly a year of delay, this gift for the American people represents an opportunity for freer trade and a chance to grow our economy, reduce prices on many goods, and increase our exports to the world, creating more and higher-paying jobs in the process. As we all know, just like with other Christmas gifts, you also can get the occasional ugly sweater that you really didn’t want. The same is true here. Some compromises were made to get USMCA through Congress,...

The American energy policy: ANWR Exploration House Republicans:91%Supported House Democrats: 86% Opposed Coal-to-Liquid House Republicans: 97% Supported House Democrats: 78% Opposed Oil Shale Exploration House Republicans: 90% Supported House Democrats: 86% Opposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration House Republicans: 81% Supported House Democrats: 83% Opposed Refinery Increased Capacity House Republicans: 97% Supported House Democrats: 96% Opposed SUMMARY 91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of American-made oil and gas. 86% of House Democrats have historically voted against increasing the production of American-made oil and gas.

NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 6, 2006 – As the Defense Department continues to transform to meet the threats and challenges of the 21st century, U.S. Joint Forces Command has the pivotal role of determining which forces will do which jobs, whether it's disaster relief, homeland defense or the global war on terrorism. As joint force provider, JFCOM's role is to identify and nominate the most ready and able forces to support the combatant commander, according to Army Brig. Gen. Michael Ferriter, the command's director for operations, plans, logistics and engineering. The supported commander identifies the needs, and JFCOM makes the force...

The light is blinking red. Media crises and controversies seem to be reaching a tipping point. Dissatisfaction with the media ranges from disgust and outrage to general suspicion. This sensibility is spreading like a virus via the blogosphere, media watchdogs, and books written by media insiders. Factors include inappropriate influence by political figures, use of unreliable anonymous sources, use of non-existent sources, laziness, general dishonesty, corporate bean-counters, corporate influence on content, pressure to not displease advertisers, infotainment mentality, staff cutbacks, loss of morale in the newsroom, payola, lack of opportunity for enterprise reporting or the pressures of the 24-hour news...