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 Carter in Israel to Welcome F-35 Jets   U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited Israel Monday to help celebrate the arrival of the country's first two next-generation F-35 fighter planes built  by U.S. firm Lockheed Martin. Israel is among several countries that have ordered the jets and has plans to buy 50  of them. Carter was welcomed by Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman at an air force base in Tel  Aviv. Lieberman touted the F-35 as a key to the country's military future , saying the planes "present...

 Book About ‘Silly Smiling Snake' Not Only Entertains Children, But Saved Life of Veteran, Now Also    Entertainment Snidely may be a silly snake who tells side-slapping stories for children in his new book, but he's also a life-saver. Monterey, CA, September 01, 2017 — Snidely may be a silly snake who tells side-slapping stories for children in his new book, but he's also a life-saver. Not only that, but Snidely will also help fellow veterans of his co-creator, a disabled U.S. Army veteran who served during the Vietnam War era, with $1 of the proceeds from each book sold going to the PTSD Foundation of America. The foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to mentoring our combat veterans and their families with post-traumatic stress, feeling it is our duty as Americans to help these mighty  warriors and their families adjust and find their new normal. “Silly Smiling Snidely” was co-written by Reuben Maestas and his wife of 34 years Lucy and illustrated by R...