(CNSNews.com) – In a commencement speech Thursday to graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., President Barack Obama said the U.S. military is stronger because women can now serve in all combat positions and because the U.S. is closing the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
"And on this 40th anniversary of the first female cadets arriving at this academy, we are stronger because General Johnson leaves this institution, because Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson leads Northern Command, our nation's first female combatant commander, and because all combat positions in our military are now open to women like you. We're stronger because of it," said Obama.
It's going to get harder for teens to buy a pack of smokes in the second largest city in Massachusetts, after the Worcester Board of Health voted to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes to 21 in September.
The unanimous vote followed a packed public hearing Wednesday night, according to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, in a story posted on the board's Facebook page. Activists said the move will help them convince other area health boards to take similar actions.
