WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Shomari C. Figures, D-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * Figures Remembers Former Secretary Alexis Herman: Hometown Hero, Civil Rights Champion, and Mentor WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Shomari C. Figures (AL-02) issued the following statement on the passing of Alexis Herman: "Today, I was saddened to learn of the death of a true hometown hero, legendary trailblazer, family friend, and mentor: Alexis Herman. 'When I decided to join President Obama's  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Navy Civilian Nobel Laureates Advanced Military Innovation Jerome Karle and Herbert Hauptman were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1985 while working at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington. Their award was for inventing direct methods to determine complex crystal structures using X-ray diffraction analysis. Scientists use this method to determine the structure and shapes of comple more PR