Seeking the “Automatic Trigger:” Whitehouse Press Secretary Scott McClellan explained to reporters Monday that the President wants a “robust discussion” with Congress on whether the nation should have “some sort of automatic trigger” that would put the military immediately in charge after a “catastrophic-type event” and obviate the need for a “request from the governor.”
U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers fired advanced munitions in a live-fire exercise in the Middle East, the latest display of American muscle in the region. Two B-1s took off from RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom on June 7 and released precision munitions—JDAM guided bombs and an AGM-158 JASSM…