Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions is taking on a new position as chairman of Don Trump's advisory committee on national security.
Trump named the Mobile Republican to the post yesterday. A release from the Trump campaign says he's honored to have Sessions as a member of his team.
The announcement comes a week after Sessions endorsed the New York businessman for the GOP nomination for president.
Sessions has served nearly two decades on the Armed Services Committee. He says he will recommend diplomatic and military leaders to advise Trump on national security issues.
The Alabama Money Expo will provide advice on financial matters tomorrow in Birmingham.
People from as far away as Colorado will be coming to the third annual Expo at Carver High School. The expo is supposed to help people of all ages with getting financial assistance. Topics will include career planning, credit score checks and budgeting strategies.
Stuart Welch is the honorary Co-Chair for the Alabama Money Expo. He says the Money Expo will give people quality financial help.
“Well this is by far the biggest event of its kind in the state. You know the main thing we are trying to do is get the word out, get the people here, get them some help. All of these people are volunteers and nobody is selling anything they are literally just out there trying really focus on helping the underserved communities.”
Welch says the Money Expo has something to offer no matter what age you are or what you know about various financial topics.
A Prattville based Alabama Army National Guard unit is coming home after a nine month deployment. City officials are asking people to line the streets for the arrival home.
Lieutenant Colonel Shannon Hancock is an Alabama National Guard public affairs officer. She says the unit’s job was a gateway for people leaving and arriving back into the United States.
“During their deployment, the soldiers of the 217th provided custom support. They are a military police unit so they did custom support to prevent prohibited or illegal items, agricultural pests, or any diseases from entering back in to the United States. So they screened people who were leaving and go back and enter the United States.”
Hancock says the welcome home service will take place this evening at seven at the Doster Memorial Community Center.