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The Pentagon announced on Friday that it has identified the remains of a US Army chaplain who died in a prison camp during the Korean War and is being considered for canonization by the Vatican.
Captain Emil Kapaun, of Pilsen, Kansas, was captured by Chinese forces near Unsan, North Korea, in November 1950 and held with other American soldiers at a prison on the south bank of the Yalu River.
<p>The Pentagon said Kapaun ministered to other prisoners of war while in captivity and died of exhaustion and possible heart failure induced by pleurisy on May 23, 1951. He was 35.</p><p>The Defense Department's POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Friday that his remains had been identified.</p><p>"After 70 years Chaplain (Capt.) Kapaun has been accounted for," acting Secretary of the Army John Whitley said in a statement. "His heroism and resilient spirit epitomized our Army values of personal courage and selfless service."</p><p>The Pentagon said Kapaun's "faith and leadership" had inspired thousands of prisoners to "survive hellish conditions."</p><p>Kapaun was declared a "servant of God" by Pope John Paul II in 1993, the first stage on the path to canonization.</p><p>He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest US military award for valor, by president Barack Obama in 2013.</p><p>Some 7,500 service members remain unaccounted for from the Korean War, according to the Pentagon.</p>
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Arrested Trump appointee complains about ‘cockroaches crawling over me’ in first hearing: report
March 05, 2021
Donald Trump appointee Federico Klein complained about jail conditions during his first hearing after being arrested on charges related to the fatal January 6th insurrection seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
"Magistrate Judge Faruqui is reading Klein the charges now. Notes that obstruction of Congress charge carries a 20-year max, assaulting police [with] dangerous weapon also 20-year max," Politico's Josh Gerstein reported Friday.
<p>Klein went on to complain about the conditions in the jail.</p><p>"I'm wondering if there's a place I could stay in detention where I don't have cockroaches crawling over me while I'm trying to sleep," Klein <a href="https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/1367918145688702979" target="_blank">told</a> the judge.</p><p>Klein was caught as part of the FBI's efforts to spread photos of the insurrectionists on social media and hope for tips.</p><p>"An FBI lookout bulletin issued two weeks after the Capitol assault included a photo of Klein, prompting two tipsters to contact the FBI and finger him as the man in that picture, according to an affidavit filed in federal court in Washington," Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/04/trump-appointee-arrested-for-capitol-riot-473825" target="_blank">reported</a>. "The affidavit says video from police body-worn cameras on Jan. 6 shows Klein jamming a riot shield into doors at the Capitol as police were trying to secure them to keep the mob out. Klein was also heard on video trying to encourage others to clash with the police, the complaint says."</p><p>Klein was wearing a red "Make America Great Again" hat.</p><p>"Klein is charged with several felonies, including assault on police officers, interfering with police during civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, as well as lesser offenses," Politico reported. "Before joining the 2016 Trump campaign, Klein worked as a researcher for the conservative Family Research Council and served as a Republican state convention delegate in Virginia, according to his LinkedIn page. He graduated from George Mason University in 2002."</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="21f4038f9d748602557c0cba94734b5b" id="ec78d">
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White House: Biden will advocate for the LGBTQ Equality Act but does not support ending the filibuster to pass it
March 05, 2021
President Joe Biden remains committed to the passage of the LGBTQ Equality Act, legislation he has said he wants to sign into law during his first 100 days. But the President, who served in the U.S. Senate for four decades, does not want to see the filibuster be killed in order to pass the vital civil rights bill.
The LGBTQ Equality Act "is a piece of legislation the President supports as you all know, and he discusses a range of his priorities with members of Congress the House and the Senate, and I'm certain when given the opportunity he will advocate for the passing" of the bill, White House Press Secretary Psaki told Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson Friday during the daily press briefing.
<p>But when pressed on ending the filibuster to pass the bill, something experts say is necessary for Democrats to succeed in keeping their promises – including on the $15 minimum wage, voting rights reform, and the Equality Act – Psaki re-iterated Biden's stance: no.</p><p>"Isn't there a reasonable expectation that if the person strongly supports this bill that he would want to welcome the end of the filibuster to see [the bill] go to his desk?" Johnson asked.</p><p>"The President's position hasn't changed. He looks forward to advocating for the passage of legislation that he supports and working with Democrats and Republicans to get that done," she replied.</p><p>Psaki also reiterated Biden's belief that “trans rights are human rights," <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisjohnson82/status/1367912751742541833" rel="noopener" target="_blank">telling Johnson</a>: “No one should be discriminated on the basis of sex, not only is this the law of the land, it's his own deeply held view."</p><p>In June of 2019, nearly two years ago and well before the coronavirus pandemic, then-candidate Biden declared passing the LGBTQ Equality Act <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ab96c4d9b3a84ef9b10598781ff38e93" rel="noopener" target="_blank">would be his top legislative priority</a>.</p><p>“It will be the first thing I ask to be done," he said.</p>
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