WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. Lawrence J. Robidoux 22, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, who died as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, was accounted for Jan. 24, 2023. In late 1950, Robidoux was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was reported miss  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, March 21 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: Command Master Chief Joseph Fahrney issued his personal perspective on command culture in that "diversity without a culture of inclusion is hypocritical, wasteful and dangerous." The February 21 lecture was part of the Naval War College's (NWC) Issues in National Security (INS) lecture series designed to share a portion of the college's academic experience with a wider audience interested in NWC national securit  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 23, 2023: * * * Congressional Republicans' Plans To Gut Medicaid and the ACA Would Have Devastating Consequences in Rhode Island Congressional Republicans' have yet to release a budget, but the plans that have been offered and reported so far are a five-alarm fire for American families - especially when it comes to their health care costs. Not only has virtually every Republican budget or fiscal plan ov  more