US Capitol flags lowered in memory of Tennessee victims

Here is the full text of his proclamation: Our thoughts and prayers as a Nation are with the service members killed last week in Chattanooga.

The governor made the announcement on his Twitter account Tuesday afternoon.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has directed that flags be lowered to half-staff at all state facilities to honor the five service members slain last week in Tennessee.

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump plunged into the debate Tuesday, announcing that U.S. flags would be lowered at his corporate properties.

Rep. Pompeo said Secretary of State Kerry did not read the deals or their details before approving them. Aides to the president have repeatedly declined to discuss whether the flags at the White House would be similarly lowered.

“We recognize the service of these Marines to our country”, Freeholder Director John C. Bartlett Jr. said. Earnest had almost the same response for reporters Tuesday.

“Ocean County is home to the largest veteran population in the state of New Jersey”, said Freeholder Gerry P. Little, who serves as liaison to the Ocean County Veterans Services Bureau. “They did not fall on a foreign battlefield, but were deliberately targeted and cruelly murdered here at home”. We must do better for all Americans, especially our military. Three others were wounded, and one of those, a sailor, later died of his injuries.

Cuomo says threats by businesses to cut their work forces is an “idle threat”.