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News Tipoffs - Vermont Editors Newsletter for Thursday December 19, 2024 ( 2 items )  

For First Time, Australian Submariner Earns US Dolphins
CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: YOKOSUKA, Japan The U.S. Navy qualified the first Royal Australian Navy officer on a nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 12. In a pier-side ceremony, Rear Adm. Chris Cavanaugh, commander, Submarine Group 7 awarded Royal Australian Navy Lt. Cmdr. James* the first U.S. Navy Submarine Warfare Device earned by a Royal A  more

Tenn. Gov. Lee Urges President Biden to Act Following Stalled China-U.S. Adoptions
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 19 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * Lee leads bipartisan coalition of 33 governors in letter to the Biden Administration * * * Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee led a bipartisan coalition of 33 governors in urging President Biden to act following a decision to halt foreign adoptions by The People's Republic of China (PRC). The suspension of China's intercountry adoption program has indefinitely delayed the adoptions of more tha  more