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Trump picks Senate candidate Sam Brown to head VA memorial affairs
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Trump picks Senate candidate Sam Brown to head VA memorial affairs

By Leo Shane III | Military Times President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday tapped former Nevada Senate candidate Sam Brown to serve as the head of cemetery and memorial affairs for the Department of Veterans Affairs, putting a combat-wounded veteran in charge of the key post. In a statement on social media, Trump called Brown “an American hero” who will work “to ensure we put America’s veterans first and remember all who served.” Brown, 41, is a West Point alumnus who served in the Army for five years after graduation. During a deployment to Afghanistan in 2008, he was severely wounded by an improvised explosive device. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE MILITARY TIMES
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Wray and Mayorkas provoke Senate fury after they bail on annual public hearing on threats
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Wray and Mayorkas provoke Senate fury after they bail on annual public hearing on threats

By Mike Brest | Washington Examiner Senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee of both parties have voiced their anger at FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for declining to appear for their annual threat assessment public hearing. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), the chairman of the committee, said the Cabinet officials “refused to appear” before the panel for its annual hearing about threats to the homeland for the first time in 15 years. “In a shocking departure from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s long-standing tradition of transparency and oversight of the threats facing our nation, for the first time in more than 15 years, the Homeland Security Secretary and the FBI...
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Ben Shapiro, leading conservative podcaster, takes on new role as Republican fundraiser
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Ben Shapiro, leading conservative podcaster, takes on new role as Republican fundraiser

By Alex Isenstadt | Politico Ben Shapiro, one of the most listened-to and controversial podcasters in America, is trying a new role: Republican fundraiser. During the final months of the election cycle, Shapiro plans to hold fundraisers for Republican Senate candidates in a handful of races that could determine which party controls the chamber. That’s after Shapiro, once a sharp critic of Donald Trump, co-hosted an event for the former president in late March. Those close to Shapiro say it’s possible he’ll hold another fundraiser for the ex-president ahead of the election. READ THE FULL STORY AT POLITICO
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