Tag: lapse

Downwinders, advocates decry impasse that let compensation program lapse

Jun. 7—Advocates for New Mexico downwinders and former uranium miners minced no words this week about House leadership not holding a vote to extend a law that provides compensation to people sickened by Cold War-era nuclear testing and production. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was set to expire Friday. “Shame on Speaker Mike Johnson and […]

Top secret Taurus missile meetings leaked online in security lapse

Top secret German military meetings about Taurus missiles were easily accessible online, reflecting a serious lapse in security, it has emerged. An investigation by Die Zeit newspaper found that details of over 6,000 past and future meetings were accessible on the internet. They included the subject matter of the meeting and the names of its […]

Biden says confident in Pentagon’s Austin despite judgment lapse

By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt EMMAUS, Pa. (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he has confidence in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin despite what Biden agreed was a lapse in judgment by the Pentagon chief over his secret hospitalization. Biden spoke to reporters in Pennsylvania, a hotly contested state in the […]