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A debate between lawmakers over defense spending is brewing, as a group of progressive House members push for cuts to the defense budget while others argue for a boost to shipbuilding. Read More
Undated Photo of worker at General Dynamic-Bath Iron Works shipyard. BIW Photo
The striking employees at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works voted to support a deal with the shipbuilder and have gone back to work, according to the yard and the union. Read More
A period engraving of the original USS Maine monument in Havana, Cuba.
The government of Havana, Cuba recently restored a monument to the lost crew of the USS Maine celebrating Cuba-American relations following The Spanish American War, The Associated Press reported Friday.
The monument was originally erected in 1925, following the 1898 explosion of the Maine and the subsequent Spanish American War that resulted in Cuba’s independence from Spain.
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Navy investigators have arrested a civilian worker under suspicion of arson related to the May fire on board the nuclear attack submarine USS Miami, according to a complaint filed Monday in a Maine federal court.
