“I find works of art to be alive.”

Vance, in a commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy, said Trump’s approach “doesn’t mean that we ignore threats but means that we approach them with discipline and if we send you to war, we do it with a very specific set of goals in mind.”Vance said the alternative under Trump will be quicker-hit military actions, pointing to the

“That’s how miliary power should be used,” he said. “Decisively with a clear objective.”Vance, in his first remarks as vice president to one of the military service academies, also spoke briefly about his own military service as he addressed the 1,049 graduates in Annapolis’ class of 2025, most of them newly commissioned ensigns and second lieutenants.The Ohio native enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school and served four years, doing a tour in Iraq and working as a military journalist.

Vance appeared to criticize the Iraq War as he spoke of Trump’s shift in approach, seeming to refer to the mission he served in when he said: “How hard could it be to build a few democracies in the Middle East? Well, almost impossibly hard, it turns out. And unbelievably costly.”Vance also criticized a Biden administration effort to build a

to accept aid in Israel’s war with Hamas there, which he suggested never worked.

“The Trump administration has reversed course,” Vance said. “No more undefined missions. No more open-ended conflicts.”Al-Khatib spoke on Thursday to reporters in Geneva at the headquarters of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Israeli troops bulldozed over the bodies along with their mangled vehicles, burying them in a, according to the U.N. The surviving medic was detained by Israel for over a month and released back to Gaza.

Health facilities in Gaza have reported that over 12% of pregnancies resulted in miscarriages during the first four months of this year, said Nestor Owomunhangi, representative of the United Nations Population Fund, told The Associated Press on Thursday. In the same period, there were 10% premature births and low-birth weight recorded, he said.There are over 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, he said.