Defense Secretary Chuck
Hagel is calling for a widespread review of the military health
care system in the wake of recent troubling revelations about U.S.
veterans’ medical care.- Edward Snowden
told Nightly News anchor Brian Williams that he “never
intended” to wind up in Russia, but the U.S. State Department
“trapped” him there. Secretary of State John Kerry called it “a
pretty dumb answer, frankly.” - A high school in Long Island
is the latest to ban backpacks, forcing students to carry books
and belongings in clear plastic bags. - The De Blasio administration is
considering legalizing ferrets in New York City. They were
banned there by Rudy Giuliani in 1998. - Wisconsin abortion providers
testified in federal court Tuesday that requiring clinic
doctors to have hospital admitting privileges creates unnecessary
bureaucratic hurdles; state attorneys present witnesses
today. - Ninety-one year-old Republican Rep. Ralph Hall—the oldest-ever
member of the U.S. House (he once had a brush with Bonnie and
Clyde)—lost
a primary runoff against a little-known challenger in
Texas.
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