Four women delegates (3D, 1R) also represent American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands in the United States House of Representatives. The 20 (14D, 6R) women currently serving in the Senate are: 84 women from 31 states serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. Airstrikes in Syria: Fallout Around the World. â  The United States fired 59 Tomahawk missiles on Thursday at an airfield in Syria from which officials said a chemical weapons attack originated this week. â  Russian forces, which were in the area, were given no more than 90 minutesâ notice of the attack.
WASHINGTON â The United States military has secretly sent a task force of more than 150 planners and other specialists to Jordan to help the armed forces there handle a flood of Syrian refugees, prepare for the possibility that Syria will lose control of its chemical weapons and be positioned should the turmoil in Syria expand into a wider conflict ...