LEXINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 6 -- Virginia Military Institute issued the following news: John O. Marsh Jr., former Secretary of the Army for eight years in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush--his tenure ending just months before the fall of the Berlin Wall--died Monday at the age of 92. "Secretary Marsh was a true friend of the Virginia Military Institute," said Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III '62, superintendent. "He became enchanted by the VMI story during boyhood visits to th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- President Trump issued the following remarks nominating David Malpass as the next President of the World Bank: THE PRESIDENT: Hi, everybody. Thank you very much. And it's a lot of fun for me doing this one, because we're dealing with a very special man, a very special person. Today, it's my pleasure to announce my choice for the next president of the World Bank: Mr. David Malpass. And I've known David for a long time. A very extraordinary man. With us today are David's w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The office of Sen. David Perdue, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * - Previews President Trump's State of the Union on PBS NewsHour * * * U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) joins Judy Woodruff on PBS NewsHour to preview President Trump's State of the Union address and the critical need for border security. Click here to watch: https://youtu.be/u9AJVL33oRk Highlights: Dealmaker: "Tonight, in the State of the Union, you'll hear President Trump offer a   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The office of Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following floor statement on the Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act (S.1): "Mr. President -- I come to the Senate Floor today with a sense of great disappointment -- disappointment in what my colleague, the senior senator from Florida and the Republican Leader have done with the bill before us today. Because they have taken a bill that had broad -- maybe unanimous -- bipartisan support and tri  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Feb. 4 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga campus issued the following news release: Gary W. Rollins and Tom Griscom are 2019 winners of University of Tennessee President's Council Awards, given annually by the system-wide UT president to recognize exceptional positive impact on the university system. Rollins is a 1967 UTC graduate who made a $40 million gift to the university in 2018, the largest in school history and resulting in the naming of the Gary W. Rolli  more