Lower-level commanders have the authority to conduct certain types of operations without approval from central command, if contact with Tehran is disrupted or lost–an operational guideline stemming from Iran’s observations of how the US attacked Iraq.
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Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
Reid Wiseman and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen prepare for their journey around the far side of the moon by configuring their camera equipment shortly before beginning their lunar flyby observations.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Three current council members, including Hillary Shields, congratulated Lopez in brief remarks at his party.
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Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
West did apologize to various religious leaders for his past remarks, and in a January interview with Vanity Fair, cited years of mental health challenges as a source of his behavior.
What is emerging is a picture of an artist of profound mathematical acuity, who mobilized geometric, sequential, and modular forms to test hypotheses on interrelation, regeneration, and evolution in pursuit of mystical revelation.
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Katherine Rochester,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
His method of intellectual humility is to admit ignorance, test variables and revise working hypotheses based on new data, staying open to suggestions from others the whole time.
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