The defense secretary later clarified that he wouldn't "defy" a ruling from the Supreme Court.
As part of a plea agreement, Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II admitted to killing his pregnant wife with a machete at their Hawaii home last summer.
VA would be one of only a few federal departments to see a funding increase under the president's $1.7 trillion budget plan.
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe forever.
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