Russia blamed the strike on “speculations on children’s photos.” At the U.N., Ambassador Nikki Haley said, “The moral stain of the Assad regime could no longer go unanswered.”
Military
Rep. Eastman is sole lawmaker to vote against honoring black soldiers
All 19 senators who were present and 39 of the 40 House members voted for Senate Bill 46.
U.S. launches airstrikes against Syria after chemical attack
U.S. officials said that more than 50 Tomahawk missile strikes were carried out against a single Syrian air base from the USS Porter and Ross in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Air Force destroys World War II shell discovered in Unalaska
The U.S. Air Force made a special visit to Unalaska Tuesday after a hiker found unexploded ordnance from World War II. A bomb squad destroyed the artillery shell in a controlled explosion.
Military officials discuss REAL ID urgency, other issues
Visitors to military bases who don’t have compliant IDs will have to be accompanied by military personnel, which the leaders say will be impractical.
U.S. House OKs bill making it tougher to keep ‘mentally incompetent’ vets from buying guns
Critics of the bill say it could lead to more suicides — in one recent year, an average of 20 veterans per day died from suicide, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.