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Cruz picks Fiorina for VP in move seen as bold, clever and desperate

Edit The Dallas Morning News 27 Apr 2016
Reports. Cruz will name Carly Fiorina as VP at afternoon rallyTrump pads lead with wins in 5 states as Cruz hunkers down in IndianaAnalysis ... Rep. Geraldine Ferraro and Alaska Gov ... “Frankly, he’s wasting his time because he won’t be the nominee,” Trump told ABC’sGood Morning America on Wednesday morning ... This would also be the first vice presidential nominee since Frank Knox in 1936 who had held no senior federal or military post ... ....

Navy Commands Celebrate African-American History Month (The United States Navy)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Feb 2016
(Source. The United States Navy). By Robert J. Fluegel, NAVIFOR Public Affairs Specialist. SUFFOLK, Va ... 16. Rear Adm. Matthew J. Kohler, commander, NAVIFOR, kicked off the event and thanked the contributors and attendees for their involvement ... 'On 21 April 1942 Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox signed an order establishing a dedicated facility for the purpose of training Negro Sailors,' said McKinney ... Donna T ... She entered the U.S ... This year, U.S....

Christopher Kelly: U.S. presidents and the American way of war

Edit Tampa Bay Online 15 Feb 2016
Col. John Boyd, an ace U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and trainer, conceived the OODA loop to explain the mechanics of aerial combat ... The warrior’s survival depends on him constantly asking, “Where am I now in the OODA loop?” ... approaches conflict. Overconfident ... Prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Frank Knox, secretary of the Navy, declared, “We can wipe the Japanese off the map in three months.”....

Let Aboriginal people take control of their destiny

Edit Canberra Times 09 Feb 2016
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will table the 2016 Closing the Gap Report in Parliament on Thursday. Since 2009 these annual statements tracking the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians rarely bring good news ... Two characteristics stand out ... Success did not occur overnight ... Ben Stephens and Matthew Tyler are graduate students at Harvard University with support from the Frank Knox and Menzies scholarships respectively ... ....

Osha Liang LLP Welcomes Intellectual Property Attorney David S. Forman

Edit PR Newswire 19 Jan 2016
WASHINGTON and HOUSTON, Jan. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Intellectual property attorney David S. Forman, whose practice focuses on patent prosecution, litigation and counseling, has joined Osha Liang LLP as senior counsel in the firm's Washington, D.C.-area office. Dr ... Jonathan P ... We are very pleased he chose to join our team ... Jeffery P ...   ... He was a Frank Knox Fellow at Cambridge University in England, where he studied advanced physiology....

Peace history efforts honoured (Queen's University)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jan 2016
(Source. Queen's University). Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Smith's efforts to broaden the role and possibilities of world peace have earned him the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Peace History Society. Dr ... The Lifetime Achievement Award is handed out every two years by the Peace History Society, and Dr. Smith is the fifth recipient ... For Dr ... I read some wonderful papers ... In 2004 he received the Frank Knox Award for Excellence in Teaching....

In Memoriam, David Woodruff, 1943-2015 Renowned Conservation Biologist at UC San Diego (UCSD - University ...

Edit Public Technologies 04 Jan 2016
(Source. UCSD - University of California - San Diego) ... He was 72 ... Among his scientific colleagues, Woodruff was best known for his development of pioneering techniques of noninvasive genotyping of wild animals based on DNA from shed hair, feathers and feces ... He won a prestigious Frank Knox Fellowship in 1969 to continue his research at Harvard University, where he worked under famed biologist E.O. Wilson ... David Woodruff ... (noodl. 31538013) ....

Painful memories linger after 1995 Asheville plant shooting

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 19 Dec 2015
In another office, Frank Knox hid beneath a desk as Davis fired three times, one shot hitting him in the wrist and another fatally in the chest. Later, Davis would tell officers he did not know Knox, who worked for Union Butterfield's parent company, Dormer Tools ... When she couldn't find Frank Knox, 62, outside, she tried to duck under crime scene tape ... When the officer agreed, Knox told him of his green khakis and green plaid shirt....

'Our fear versus our humanity'

Edit Stars and Stripes 20 Nov 2015
Seventy-five years ago, the war hero, newspaper publisher and politician Frank Knox was named secretary of the Navy, at a time when the question of whether America would enter World War II was a heated one. Knox supported war – and more to the point, he supported rounding up Japanese-Americans in mass camps ... One of Knox’s most effective rhetorical ......

The massive USS Alabama – bet you haven’t seen all these images before???

Edit World History Online 20 Sep 2015
USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class battleship, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy named after the US state of Alabama ... She was retired in 1962 ... Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, spoke at the launching ceremony ... Wilson in command. ....

Picking the best Big Ten football player from every state (Big Ten Network)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Aug 2015
(Source. Big Ten Network). College football is fast approaching. Can you smell it in the air?. The Big Ten is loaded with talented individuals, from Ezekiel Elliott at Ohio State to Connor Cook at Michigan State, to name a couple ... This got me thinking ... Note ... Alabama. Ameer Abdullah, RB, Nebraska ... Frank Knox, RB, Illinois. A standout offensive lineman for the Fighting Illini back in the 30's, Knox went on to play for the Detroit Lions in 1935....

MoH campaign for Pearl Harbor hero 'Dorie' Miller continues

Edit Stars and Stripes 14 Aug 2015
DeSoto Mayor Carl Sherman had only a few seconds of the president's time. So as he shook Barack Obama's hand, he asked him to honor Doris "Dorie" Miller, a ship's cook who became a hero in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Miller, a Navy enlistee from Waco, was barred from combat duties because he was black ... Rep ... House and Senate to award Miller the Medal of Honor, over the objections of Frank Knox, FDR's Navy secretary ... ... ....

Not giving up quest to honor Pearl Harbor hero 'Dorie' Miller

Edit Stars and Stripes 14 Aug 2015
DeSoto Mayor Carl Sherman had only a few seconds of the president's time. So as he shook Barack Obama's hand, he asked him to honor Doris "Dorie" Miller, a ship's cook who became a hero in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Miller, a Navy enlistee from Waco, was barred from combat duties because he was black ... Rep ... House and Senate to award Miller the Medal of Honor, over the objections of Frank Knox, FDR's Navy secretary ... ... ....
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