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Georgia's Republican Rep. Doug Collins served in the House for seven years and has raised his political profile as the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee. However, Business Insider reports his reelection campaign is under fire for showing numerous ads featuring Collins wearing his US Air Force uniform. Collins serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserves. He previously deployed to Iraq as a chaplain. Several of Collins' images appeared to violate the Defense Department's regulations intended to protect the military's apolitical status. Ads must indicate their retired or reserve status and include a disclaimer stating that the Defense Department does not necessarily endorse them. Attorney Michael Weinstein is the founder of the non-profit group Military Religious Freedom Foundation. He described the ads as a 'shameful' violation. He's like the sole star of these ads. That's not biographical. That's political. He's using it for a partisan, political agenda. It's pathetic. It's putrescent. Michael Weinstein, Attorney Founder, Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Rabat (Morocco), Oct 2 (EFE), (Camera: Mohamed Siali).- The U.S. Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, signed Friday in Rabat with the Minister Delegate of Defense, General Abdelatif Loudyi, a military agreement with Morocco described as a road map and which will last for ten years. Similar to the agreement signed on Wednesday in Tunis also for the next decade, the signing ceremony was preceded by speeches by Esper and Moroccan Foreign Minister Naser Burita, in which both expressed the strength of the ties between the United States and Morocco. FOOTAGE OF AND STATEMENTS BY THE MOROCCAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NASER BURITA, BEFORE THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT.
Bangkok, May 19 (EFE/EPA).- The 10th anniversary of the clashes between Thailand's military and "red shirt" protesters, which bloodied the streets of Bangkok and left scores dead, was marked Tuesday amid impunity, the trauma of many and the silence of a large part of Thai society.Red shirt supporters marked the occasion with a morning ceremony at Wat (temple) Nuan Chan in northern Bangkok where they remembered those who were killed in the protests. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT)FOOTAGE SHOWS A MERIT MAKING CEREMONY MARKING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MILITARY CRACKDOWN ON RED SHIRT PROTESTERS AT A BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.SOUNDBITES: JATUPORN PROMPAN, LEADER OF RED SHIRT PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS (IN THAI).TRANSLATIONS: 1.) (00:50-01:01) The court has investigated and indicated clearly that those deaths were caused by the operation carried out by the authorities, who claimed to receive an order from CRES (Centre for Resolution of Emergency Situation).2.) (01:07-01:49) Two people were charged over this; one is a former prime minister, another is a deputy prime minister. Both defended that this case did not fall under the jurisdiction of the criminal court, yet the director of the court of first instance argued that the murder charge and attempted murder charge, which could be concluded from the autopsy reports, was, in fact, under a criminal jurisdiction.3.) (01:58-02:28) It does not matter who you are, let?s set a date to talk about what happened. Because the truth is, this event has caused the most deaths ever recorded in the fight for democracy in Thailand. The event on Oct 14 recorded around 70 deaths. The event on Oct 6 recorded around 40 deaths. The Black May recorded around 80 deaths and disappearances. But there's almost a hundred of deaths during this event of April - May 2010.
Wreckage from the USS Lexington, a US aircraft carrier which sank during World War II, has been found in the Coral Sea, a search team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announces.
Kosovo celebrates a decade since declaring independence with a military parade through its capital Pristina, a moment of pride for its ethnic Albanian majority although its sovereignty remains fiercely contested by Serbia. IMAGES
"C'est une grosse surprise et une très belle reconnaissance. Je voulais montrer qu'on peut faire une cuisine différente, qui a du goût, qui a du sens" : à 41 ans, la cheffe Claire Vallée décroche la première étoile Michelin accordée à un restaurant vegan, pour son établissement ONA (Origine Non Animale) à Arès, en Gironde. Une consécration pour ce restaurant qu'elle a monté en 2016 grâce à une campagne de financement participatif, sans prêts bancaires classiques.