And to you and yours swardanon.
yes, please let this happen….will be hysterical, to say the least.
Pakistan attack: Gunmen 'storm five-star hotel' in Balochistan
Gunmen have stormed a five-star hotel in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan, officials say.
Security forces cordoned off the Pearl Continental Hotel in the port city of Gwadar after the attack by at least three armed men, Dawn newspaper reports.
Firing is reportedly continuing inside the hotel and there are no initial reports on casualties.
Balochistan is Pakistan's poorest and least developed province.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48238759
Pakistan attack: Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Balochistan
Gunmen have stormed a five-star hotel in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan, officials say.
Security forces cordoned off the Pearl Continental Hotel in the port city of Gwadar after the attack by at least three armed men.
Firing is reportedly continuing inside the hotel. Unconfirmed reports say many guests have been evacuated.
Balochistan, home to a long-running insurgency, is Pakistan's poorest and least developed province.
The region is the focal point of a multi-billion-dollar Chinese investment project.
The hotel is said to be used by foreign tourists and business people but it is unclear how many were inside at the time.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48238759
Pentagon OKs transfer of $1.5bn for Trump’s wall
WASHINGTON: US Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan approved the reallocation of $1.5 billion Friday to fund President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico, according to the Pentagon.
The move follows a decision by the Department of Defense in March to transfer $1bn from Army personnel budget accounts to fund the wall.
The money will go towards fence replacement on four projects in and around Tucson, Arizona and El Centro, Texas totalling just under 80 miles.
“The funds were drawn from a variety of sources, including cost savings, programmatic changes and revised requirements. This transfer of funds will neither affect military preparedness nor impact service member benefits,” Pentagon spokesperson Tom Crosson said in a statement.
The largest portion of the funds, or $604 million, is coming from the Afghan Security Forces Fund, according to the Associated Press, with the rest from Air Force programs, a retirement account, a chemical demilitarisation program and military funds for Pakistan.
Shanahan confirmed that a significant portion of the reallocated funds came from those earmarked for Afghan forces but said: “we found ways to do this without having any impact on readiness”.
Trump moved to build his long-promised border wall through an executive order earlier this year after failing to get the $5.7 billion he was seeking from Congress for the barrier’s construction, having shut down Congress for the longest stretch in history over his demand.
Opponents of Trump’s executive order have warned that it sets a dangerous precedent and violates the Constitution’s delegation of funding powers to the legislative branch.
In a letter to Shanahan, every Democratic member of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies opposed the decision.
“Once again, the Department of Defense has ignored decades of precedent and cooperation with Congress in carrying out a transfer of funds without regard to any consultation with the Appropriations Committee,” they wrote.
“We are dismayed that the Department has chosen to prioritize a political campaign promise over the disaster relief needs of our service members, given the finite reprogramming authority available.”
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/05/11/pentagon-oks-transfer-of-1-5-billion-for-trumps-wall/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/10/michelle-malkin-censored-on-facebook-for-opposing-censorship/
Dems fume as Trump moves to amend DC's July 4 celebration, possibly address the nation
President Trump has apparently taken charge of this year’s Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C., and will possibly give a personal address, angering some Democrats who fear the president will politicize the holiday.
City officials in the nation's capital were notified of Trump’s plan to address the nation on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and move the traditional fireworks display from the Capitol Reflecting Pool to the nearby West Potomac Park, the Washington Post reported.
But the plans, which the administration says will allow more people to attend, have raised logistical concerns among officials as they make preparations for the holiday, which is fast approaching.
“We have a lot of people come to the Fourth of July. Logistically, over the years, the kinks have been worked out,” Mayor Muriel Bowser told the Post. “We don’t want to throw off what already works.”
The move to amend the July 4 celebrations in Washington comes after Trump floated the possibility of holding a military parade, an idea he got when he attended Bastille Day celebrations in France.
But the military parade idea was dropped after senior White House and Pentagon leaders estimated it would cost $92 million.
“When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it. Never let someone hold you up!” Trump tweeted.
Trump’s plans are being criticized not only for imposing a burden on the city logistically, but also for political reasons.
Rep. Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat who chairs the House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, told the newspaper that Trump’s address would undermine the spirit of the celebration.
“It’s not about any one president. It’s about how our nation came to be, because of a hardy band of brave men and women,” she said.
“It’s not about any one person, it’s about ‘We, the people.’ And if the president moves to make this about him, I think he will find the America public disappointed and angered by it.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-fume-as-trump-moves-to-amend-july-4-celebrations-address-the-nation