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Jenna Romaine, The Hill
All-Black female WWII unit to be awarded Congressional Gold Medal
The House unanimously voted on Monday to honor the only all-female, Black unit that was deployed to Europe during World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal.
President Joe Biden faced rare, bipartisan criticism Monday from Arizona's members of Congress who were troubled by the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan and the chaotic evacuation from Kabul.
Members of Arizona's congressional delegation are advocating for the state to be selected as the location of the permanent headquarters of the U.S. Space Command.
Congressman Greg Stanton today thanked Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council for making a $10.5 million investment to secure a new facility for US VETS-Phoenix, which currently houses 187 veterans experiencing homelessness in the Valley.
Stanton worked with Gallego to help find a solution for US VETS, which is being forced to relocated from its current location in central Phoenix.
Funeral services celebrating the life of one of the last living original Tuskegee Airman in Arizona took place Friday morning at the World War II memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza at the Capitol.
George Washington Biggs, a Nogales native, died at the age of 95 in a Tucson senior care facility on Sept. 19, according to his daughter Rose Dickerson-Biggs. He served in World War II, the Vietnam War and the Korean War.
Fighter jets from Luke Air Force Base flew in a low missing-man formation over the state Capitol on Friday morning to honor the life and service of Maj. George Washington Biggs, an Arizona Native who served as one of the youngest Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.
Biggs, who died in September at the age of 95, was born in Nogales, joined the military in 1943 at the age of 18, and served during World War II, as well as during the Korean and Vietnam wars.