The Pentagon said earlier this year that it would try to recruit more Hispanics, who are under-represented, based on their overall numbers in the country. Sounds like a fair plan, right? Not to a group of antiwar activists in Los Angeles. The group—Latinos for Peace—announced on Monday the start of a national campaign to keep military recruiters out of high schools. The group’s goal: “to keep our children from being cannon fodder.”
The Air Force has finished modifying and testing the new VC-25B Bridge aircraft that will serve as a temporary Air Force One, the service announced May 1. All that’s left now is to finish painting the jet before it starts flying this summer.