WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Department of Defense announced today the award of a $57,701,575 grant as the Federal share of a larger $72,126,969 project to North Chicago School District 187, from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation that replaces Forrestal Elementary School at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois. The project will address facility capacity and condition deficiencies that placed Forrestal Elementary School as t  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: An Idaho Wing colonel with decades of service in Civil Air Patrol and a high-achieving Illinois Wing cadet took top honors at CAP's 2024 National Conference this weekend in San Antonio. Col. Merle V. Starr was recognized as CAP's Senior Member of the Year, while Cadet Lt. Col. Soren Y. Koh was named CAP's Cadet of the Year at the conference. "I'm very honored," Starr said. "There are many  more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Aug. 20 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on Aug. 19, 2024, with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre while en route to Chicago, Illinois: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Jen, welcome back. Q: Hi. Thank you. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: What! It's good to see you. Q: You too. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: It's like full circle now. (Laughs.) All right. So, we're on our way to Chicago, where President Biden will deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National C  more