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The City of Birmingham plans to continue a tradition that’s been around since 1947. Organizers say The Magic City held the very first Veterans Day parade seven years before the day became a national holiday in 1954.
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Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, drove off from his Georgia home intending to shop for groceries. He became disoriented and wound up in Birmingham, Alabama. There, Grant twice tried to get into houses he thought were his. Police were called.
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The U.S. Senate, circumventing holds by Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville, on Thursday confirmed the nominations of two senior military leaders, including the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Republican senators angrily challenged Senator Tommy Tuberville on his blockade of almost 400 military officers Wednesday evening, taking over the Senate floor for more than four hours to call for individual confirmation votes after a monthslong stalemate.
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The U.S. Marine Corps is without a confirmed leader for the first time in a century as General David Berger stepped down as commandant and Republican Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama continues blocking his replacement.
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President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is tapping Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., a history-making fighter pilot with deep knowledge of China, to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown's confirmation, however, could be delayed. Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville
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Two Alabama cities are hoping for the return of a pair of hometown Marines who are among the dozen people missing after two helicopters crashed off the…