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Enlistee Completes Basic Infantry Training
U. S. Army Private Adam G. Nicaise has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
During the nine weeks of training, Private Nicaise studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, mili- tary weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and cer- emony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military jus- tice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exer- cises.
Private Nicaise is the son of Khristina N. Umberger, of Lehigh Acres, and Randy A. Nicaise, of Tampa. He graduated from Island Coast High School, in Cape Coral, in 2015.
President Obama Ends Last Press Conference Of Year By Announcing He Was Going To See Star Wars
President Barack Obama ended his final press conference of the year by telling the White House Press Corps, “Ok everybody, I gotta get to Star Wars.”This kind of activity shouldn’t come as any surprise from a president who has appeared in a Spider-Man comic book, and is known to collect old issues of Conan.
Tampa Resident Stationed In Arabian Gulf
Gunner's Mate 2nd Class, Norman Milagrosa (left), from Morristown, N.J., and Gunner's Mate 2nd Class William Lee, of Val- rico, are shown as they load ammunition into an MK-38 Mod-2 25 mm gun on the fan- tail of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3).
Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, with the embarked 26th Marine Ex- peditionary Unit (MEU), is de- ployed in support of maritime security operations and the-
MILAGROSA AND LEE
ater security cooperation ef- forts in the U. S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
President And Mrs. Obama Visit With San Bernadino Families Before Holiday Vacation
It has become a sobering pat- tern of his presidency. Air Force One touches down in a heart- broken town and President Obama rushes toward the grief. He meets moms and dads, fiancés and friends — the newest members of a club no one would choose to join, Americans whose loved ones died in a mass shoot- ing.
On Friday evening, it was San Bernardino's turn.
During a stop on their way to Hawaii for the holidays, the President and First Lady Michelle Obama came to meet privately with the families of the 14 victims killed two weeks ago in the deadliest ter- rorist attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001.
“The president felt before he could begin his holiday that it was important for him to spend some time with these Americans
who are mourning,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.
The Obamas landed at San Bernardino International Air- port about 7:40 p.m. and met briefly with San Bernardino Mayor R. Carey Davis and county Supervisor James
Ramos. They then headed to nearby Indian Springs High School, where they met pri- vately with victims' families and first responders.The school li- brary had been arranged with 14 tables. The Obamas went from table to table, speaking quietly with each family.
President and Mrs. Obama in San Bernadino.
Naval Enlistee Aboard Ship In Aegean Sea
3RD CLASS ANDY RODRIGUEZ
Gas Turbine Systems Tech- nician (Mechanical) 3rd Class Andy Rodriguez, of Tampa, is shown removing bolts from a filter separator during routine maintenance aboard USS Carney (DDG 64).
Carney, an Arleigh Burke- class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U. S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U. S. national security inter- ests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communica- tion Specialist 1st Class Theron J. Godbold/Re- leased)
President Gets Gift Before Christmas: Congress OKs Budget Deal
Congress on Friday sent President Barack Obama a bipartisan but deficit draining year-end budget package that boosts federal agency spending and awards tax cuts to both families and a sweeping array of business interests.
A 65-33 Senate vote on the measure was the last act that shipped the measure, combin- ing $1.14 trillion in new spend- ing in 2016 and $680 billion in tax cuts over the coming decade, to President Obama. It had earlier swept through the House on a pair of decisive votes on Thursday and Friday, marking a peaceful end to a yearlong struggle over the budget, taxes, and Republican efforts to derail his regulatory agenda.
The President will sign the measure, which includes many of the spending increases he fought for all year and is largely cleansed of GOP attempts to block his moves on the environ-
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., smiles as he walks to the House chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. The House on Friday easily passed a $1.14 trillion spending bill to fund the government through next September, cap- ping a peaceful end to a yearlong struggle over the budget, taxes, and Republican demands of President Barack Obama.
ment, financial regulation, and consumer protection. Republi- cans won increases for the mili- taryandanendtoabanon exporting U.S. oil, as well as permanent tax cuts for business investment.
Republicans were evenly
split with 27 of them voting in favor and 26 against the bill. Presidential contender Marco Rubio was absent. Only six De- mocrats and Independent Bernie Sanders, another presidential hopeful, voted against the measure.
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