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Ashton Carter, Dick Cheney, William Cohen, Mark Esper, Robert Gates, Chuck Hagel, James Mattis, Leon Panetta, William Perry and Donald Rumsfeld are the 10 living former U.S. secretaries of defense. As former secretaries of defense, we hold a common view of the solemn obligations of the U.S. armed forces and the Defense Department. Each of us swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Aretha Franklin Photo: Library of Congress 1942 - The definitive female soul singer of the '60s, a symbol of black pride, and one of the most influential voices in the history of popular music, Aretha Franklin brought "black" music to an entirely new audience. Aretha grew up in Detroit where her father was pastor at the New Bethel Baptist Church. She recorded her first album of gospel music at age 14.

By the Visual Journalism team and BBC VerifyBBC News AFPThe Derna flooding death toll could reach 20,000 according to the city's mayor. Entire neighbourhoods disappeared into the sea as a huge tsunami-like torrent of water swept the port city in eastern Libya. Survivors described the situation as "beyond catastrophic". BBC Verify and the BBC's Visual Journalism team have been analysing some of the reasons why the floods caused such catastrophic damage in Derna.

When I was growing up in the 1970s in West Texas, my mother loved her pressure cooker. And the one food I most clearly remember her preparing in it is ... broccoli. Broccoli, in the pressure cooker? Remember, this was back when Americans didn’t know about cooking green vegetables to crisp-tender, so I didn’t think anything of her super-soft broccoli until much later, when my tastes had evolved. So my own experience with pressure cooking has been limited to things that take much longer than broccoli to cook: tough cuts of meat, back when I ate such things, and whole grains and beans, now that they’re such an important part of my diet.

Explore More Bow to your Queen. Despite snagging an Academy Award nomination for her role as Matron “Mama” Morton in the movie-musical “Chicago,” some younger NFL fans were taken aback by rapper Queen Latifah’s singing chops — demonstrated when the multitalented performer, 53, belted out the national anthem at Sunday night’s Giants-Cowboys matchup. In a clip making the rounds on social media, the “Hollywood” actress, born Dana Owens, is seen taking the stage at MetLife Stadium in a crisp, white two-piece suit, surrounded by members of the NYPD and FDNY choir, as part of a stirring Sept.

Tom Llamas BiographyTom Llamas is an American Emmy Award-winning journalist, currently working as a senior national correspondent and anchor for NBC News Now, hosting Top Story with Tom Llamas and serving as an interim news anchor for Today. He joined NBC News on May 3, 2021. Previously, he worked as the weekend anchor for World News Tonight for the American Broadcasting Company from 2014 to 2021. He then left ABC News for rival NBC News, with his last ABC broadcast being on January 31, 2021.

Kevin Greene American Football Player 61 years old Single Full Name Kevin Darwin Greene Age 61 Birth date July 31, 1962 Horoscope Leo Birth Place New York Profession Football Player Net Worth $100,000 – $1M Martial Status Single Height 6′ 3″ Ethnicity White Nationality American Weight N/A lbs (N/A kg) Hair Color Blonde Eye Color N/A Ahead, we take a look at who is Kevin Greene dating now, who has he dated, Kevin Greene’s girlfriend, past relationships and dating history.

Wiki BiographyJason Day was born on 12 November 1987, in Beaudesert, Queensland Australia, to an Australian father and Filipino mother, and is a golfer ranked number three in the world as of August 2015, after he won the fourth ‘major’ tournament of the season, the US PGA Championship. Prior to this achievement, Day was noted for finishing nine times in the top ten at major championships without actually winning. So just how rich is Jason Day?

In 2013, she appeared in Fruitvale Station, a film based on the shooting of Oscar Grant. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it earned the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic. The film had its international premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it played in the Un Certain Regard section and won the Un Certain Regard Best First Film award.