Stars and Stripes Daily Headlines

June 13, 2017     Vietnam vet, Army medic McCloughan to receive Medal of Honor An Army medic who saved the lives of 10 soldiers during a battle in Vietnam will be the first person awarded the Medal of Honor by President Donald Trump.   Soldiers killed in Afghanistan return to US in ‘very emotional’ ceremony The bodies of Sgt. Eric M. Houck, Sgt. William M. Bays and Cpl. Dillon C. Baldridge were returned to the United States lateMonday. The sacred homecoming ceremony was “very emotional” and “very real,” Houck’s wife Samantha said Tuesday morning.   In the Philippines, a Vietnam War-era plane takes center stage fighting ISIS The propeller plane pitched into a dive over a city. The pilot released a bomb as the plane leveled off, and the ordnance ripped into an urban neighborhood, spraying debris over several buildings.   Mattis: New Afghanistan strategy will be ready by mid-July Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Tuesday that the White House would deliver its revised strategy for Afghanistan by mid-July, amid growing frustrations on Capitol Hill that the country’s security is worsening with no plan of action in sight.   S. Korea’s new president says threat from North Korea ‘more dire’ than ever South Korea’s new president called for a stronger alliance with the United States and urged the combined forces to maintain a firm defense posture as they face a growing threat from the North.   Russian hacks on US voting system wider than previously known  Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.   Tillerson warns against steps that cut off talks with Russia The U.S. relationship with Russia is at an all-time low and deteriorating further, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday, yet he cautioned against taking steps that might close off promising avenues of communication between the two former Cold War foes.   Suspected North Korean drone spied on THAAD, South’s military says A drone believed to have been sent by North Korea took photographs of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea, a defense ministry official said Tuesday.   US Army is in the spotlight at Washington Nationals game The U.S. Army had its night in the spotlight Monday as the Washington Nationals honored the service in the second of its 2017 Military Branch Days at Nationals Park.   2 DynCorp workers accused of bilking State Department out of millions in Iraq Workers for government contractor DynCorp International conspired to bilk the State Department out of millions of dollars, according to a federal investigation in Virginia.   Family says US college student released by North Korea is in coma Otto Warmbier, an American college student serving a 15-year prison term in North Korea for alleged anti-state acts, was released and medically evacuated from the reclusive country Tuesday and has been in a coma for months, his parents said.