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The Senate Tuesday voted overwhelmingly 90 to 8 to confirm President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, Mark Esper, giving the Pentagon its first permanent chief since James Mattis stepped down in January.While he received broad bipartisan backing, several Democratic presidential hopefuls including Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren voted against Esper who had been Army Secretary and had briefly served as the acting secretary of defense after Trump's initial pick to replace Mattis, Patrick Shanahan's nomination dramatically imploded last month.Following his confirmation vote Trump is expected to formally appoint Esper later on Tuesday and a Pentagon spokesman told reporters a swearing in ceremony is expected Tuesday evening.Esper, a former army officer and West Point classmate of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also worked as a senior staffer on Capitol Hill.Though he received broad bipartisan support he has received some criticism from at least one Democratic lawmaker over his ties to Raytheon, a major defense contractor, where he worked as a lobbyist.The unprecedented length of time without a permanent secretary of defense had been cited as a problem by both Republican and Democrat lawmakers as well as veterans of the defense department.A large number of senior roles at the Pentagon continue to lack permanent appointees.Esper had to step down as acting secretary following his formal nomination due to regulations. Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer has been performing the acting role as Esper went through the confirmation process, making him the third consecutive acting defense secretary since Mattis resigned. 1705

This week is the end of an era at the Warren Tech Center in Michigan. A man who has worked there for more than 67 years will say goodbye to co-workers as he retires. The UAW says Elmer Zurakowski is the highest seniority hourly employee in the all of General Motors. Mr. Zurakowski stopped at his local UAW hall before coming in to work on Wednesday. There they showed him a plaque made for him by his co-workers celebrating a more than 67-year-long career. “Well I started working when I was 18-years-old. I became a die maker apprentice. This was at Plant 23 in Detroit,” recalled Zurakowski. It was 1951. He remembers as he started the job seeing workers building tanks for the Korean War. He was ready to learn. “When I started the apprenticeship I wanted to go into the wood field. They said according to your tests it shows you would be better working with metal than wood. I didn’t know anything about metal, but growing up on a farm I used wood all the time. What they did, I think, they needed more die makers than wood pattern makers. But I went along with that and I was very happy with it,” said Zurakowski. The work at General Motors supported his family. He and his wife had a son and three daughters. He says he is going to miss seeing his co-workers everyday. “We have interesting people. There are natural teachers in there. It is an interesting place to work,” said Zurakowski. Notably Mr. Zurakowski is a member of Mensa International, the high IQ society. He says his long career was rewarding because he chose to find purpose in each days accomplishments. “If you don’t get your pleasure out of your work, you are never going to know what pleasure is. If you think you are not having fun, start thinking differently,” he said. In his retirement he is looking forward to focusing on his woodworking hobby and spending time with family. 1868

The US has ordered two Cuban diplomats assigned to the United Nations to leave the country immediately, alleging that the envoys were engaged in "influence operations against the United States.""The Department of State today notified the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the United States requires the imminent departure of two members of Cuba's Permanent Mission to the United Nations for abusing their privileges of residence," State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement. "This is due to their attempts to conduct influence operations against the United States."The State Department provided no details on the substance of the diplomats' alleged transgressions and whether they occurred in the course of their official work at the global institution in New York City.The US also announced that all remaining members of Cuba's mission to the UN will have their travel restricted to the island of Manhattan -- the tightest limitations the US currently places on any foreign mission to the UN, according to the State Department. The US has also circumscribed travel by Iranian and Russian diplomats.A State Department official said Thursday's actions were "consistent with our obligations under the UN Headquarters Agreement, which we take seriously."'Vulgar slander'Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla tweeted his response within hours, dismissing the accusations as "vulgar slander.""I categorically reject the unjustified expulsion of two officials from the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the UN and the tightening of the restrictions on the movements of the diplomats and families," Rodríguez said. "The allegation that they performed acts incompatible with their diplomatic status is vulgar slander."The US, Rodríguez said, "seeks to provoke a diplomatic escalation that would lead to the closing of bilateral embassies, intensifying the blockade and creating tensions between both countries."The State Department official, speaking on background to CNN, said, "The Cuban government has targeted the United States by sending personnel under diplomatic cover to engage in influence activities that are prejudicial to US national security."The diplomats were engaging in "activities that are outside the scope of their official functions," the official added, and said the US will continue to investigate whether other Cuban diplomats are using their positions at the UN "to interfere with us and our allies," adding that "we do not make these decisions lightly."'Troika of tyranny'Ortagus said, "We take any and all attempts against the National Security of the United States seriously."US-Cuba relations have been deeply troubled since Fidel Castro's 1959 overthrow of the US-backed regime in Havana and his turn toward the Soviet Union. The US has sanctioned Cuba longer than any other country, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.The Trump administration has reversed President Barack Obama's efforts to normalize relations with Havana, dubbing it part of a socialist "troika of tyranny" in the southern hemisphere, along with Nicaragua and Venezuela. The US has rolled back many of the policies Obama put in place and allowed US citizens to sue Cuban companies they believe have taken control of their families' former assets in Cuba.As President Donald Trump focuses on his reelection campaign, his policies on Cuba and Venezuela are a core part of his appeal to voters in the crucial swing state of Florida.Tensions have been exacerbated by a spate of 3528

Three people were shot and a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle during a chaotic night outside the main gates of the Minnesota State Fair.Monday was the final day for this year's state fair, which is located between the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.First, a 19-year-old woman who had been struck by a passing vehicle was found by Saint Paul police late Monday night.Witnesses said there had been a fight in the area just before the woman somehow ended up in the road and hit, according to a police statement. The driver of the vehicle initially stopped but left the scene after bystanders began kicking and hitting his vehicle. He drove a short distance away, pulled over and called 911.He is cooperating with investigators, who report no signs of impairment. The woman was taken to a local hospital and listed in critical condition.Gunshot heardSoon after that, gunfire was heard near where the officers were rerouting traffic around the crash scene. Police found one man about a block away with a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Two other people with gunshot wounds later turned up at separate hospitals."There's a lot of people in that area," Steve Linders, public information officers for the St. Paul Police Deparment, told 1292