New York City played host to the first Salute Our Heroes Veterans Job Fair and Career Expo, bringing some 7,000 military veterans together with 87 private sector, government, and union employers. Hosting the event was the New York Times, NYC Education Department, ESPN, General Motors, Home Depot, MacTools, Hire Disability Solutions, and Hire Vets First. Sponsors hope to make the fair an annual event and expect the idea to catch fire across the nation.
A map pinned to the wall in a basement 36 years ago will go on display in November at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The map, used to identify strategic targets across Iraq in the fall of 1990, was used in the planning of Operation Desert Storm, and…