WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Honorable William A. LaPlante, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Defense Acquisition Awards. The five annual awards, representing 23 separate categories, recognize individual and team accomplishments that have advanced the National Defense Strategy and supported the Secretary of Defense's priorities through excellence in acquisition. The wi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: STERLING, Va. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) Police arrested a Texas woman on November 23 after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered over 71 pounds of marijuana in her baggage at Washington Dulles International Airport. MWAA Police charged Du Li Park, 30, of The Colony, Texas, with felony possession with intent to distribute, tra more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The last time anyone saw Marine Corps Sgt. James Edmund Johnson, he was fighting with all his might in frozen North Korea to make sure his fellow Marines could get away from an enemy that would have ravaged them. Johnson never made it home from that battle, but his fighting spirit and unwavering devotion led him to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor. Johnson was born on Jan. 1, 1926, in Pocatello, Idaho, to John J more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: In a ceremony transitioning between command sergeants major for the Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Gusman relinquished responsibility to Command Sgt. Maj. JennyAnne Bright in the presence of over 100 virtual attendees and over 160 in-person attendees on Nov. 20 at the historic MICC Long Barracks at Joint Base San  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following information for an executive session at 10 a.m. on Dec. 5, 2024, at 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Agenda: * Nomination of David Samuel Johnson, of Virginia, to be Inspector General for Tax Administration, Department of the Treasury Member Statements * Ron Wyden (D - OR) * Mike Crapo (R - ID) * * * Original text here: https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/open-executive-session-to-consider-favorably-reporting-t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following news release: Casablanca, Morocco, Dec. 2, 2024 - U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley arrived in Casablanca today to begin a USDA-sponsored agribusiness trade mission. Whitley is leading a delegation of nearly 50 U.S. agribusinesses and trade groups and 14 state departments of agriculture to expand U.S. farm and food exports to Moroc more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced a resolution in the Senate to designate today, December 2, 2024, as World Nuclear Energy Day. The resolution celebrates the peaceful development of nuclear energy technology and underscores the vital role of nuclear power in strengthening the U.S. economy and supporting a reliable energy grid worldwide. "Nuclear energy is critical to mee more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Dec. 2, 2024: * * * President Biden's Trip to Angola On the occasion of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s visit to Angola, we celebrate the transformation and deepening of the U.S.-Angola relationship. This trip marks the first visit ever by a sitting U.S. president to the Republic of Angola, and the first visit of a U.S. president to sub-Saharan Africa since 2015. This visit comes on the heels of a meeting in N more PR