Mohammed Akbari’s eyes fill with tears when he thinks back to the moment one year ago when his Afghanistan dreams died — when the resurgent Taliban trashed the school for Afghan girls he had built over 30 years, and threatened him with arrest, or worse.
“It’s hard when hundreds of girls are looking at you, and they do not see hope in your eyes,” said Akbari, 60, as his son,… Read more »
This month marks the one-year anniversary of our disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, one of the most disgraceful episodes in contemporary American memory.
For obvious reasons, many of our leaders hope to forget August 2021, a month that will forever live in infamy for American veterans, service members, allies and our former Afghan partners. The uncommon valor and competence of… Read more »
When Diana Lindloff graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2009, she began the long journey of repaying her student loans. Lindloff estimated her debt totaled about $20,000 at the time. Despite working multiple jobs, sometimes as many as...
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OMAHA, Neb. —KETV NewsWatch 7 spent the evening on UNO's campus on Wednesday. Speaking with current students who say the announcement by President Joe Biden is something they're excited about but some had a few questions.
College students have a lot on their minds, including how to pay for their higher education.
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Some Republicans are pushing back against the plan, including… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today celebrated the signing into law of his legislation, the TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act (H.R. 2992). The new law authorizes $270 million over five years to reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), and funds a new Pascrell pushed police training program to help law enforcement and first responders better… Read more »
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) and I introduced The Body Armor Safety Act of 2022. This bipartisan legislation will help protect the nation’s law enforcement officers and first responders by ensuring that no body armor for use by law enforcement can be imported into the United States unless it meets the applicable requirements and receives recognition of compliance… Read more »
Republican Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) joins Julie Mason to discuss Speaker Pelosi's trip to Taiwan, how farmers and climate change intersect, and what can be done about military recruitment issues.
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LINCOLN, NEB. – Management practices focused on reducing carbon footprint and increasing efficiency while also increasing production is top of mind for farmers and ranchers. That was one of the messages given to Nebraska’s congressional delegation from members of the Nebraska Farm Bureau (NEFB) Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Committee during their annual national affairs visit to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Claudia L. Tenney, R-22, New Hartford, on Thursday introduced the Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act to strengthen penalties for attacking pregnancy resource centers and places of worship. She was joined as an original cosponsor of the legislation by Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, and Madison Cawthorn,… Read more »
Nebraska U.S. Rep. Don Bacon says we need to address the issue of recruiting for our military. Speaking on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Thursday morning, Bacon said recent statistics show 75 per cent of young people in the U.S. can’t qualify to serve.
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