Starting to Pull Together

The events in this blog are almost all real, but the people involved have been moved around, and so has the media focus.

President John McCain sharply censured representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) this week for proposing a bill to eliminate the EPA. President McCain has proposed numerous changes to the EPA, including advising his Secretary of Energy, Jinane Abounadi, to eliminate or replace the four Power Marketing Administrations.

North Korea tested a ballistic missile this week, which landed 300 miles East, off the coast of Japan. Given China's veto power in the UN Security Council and general support for North Korea, President McCain has leaned heavily on his good relationship with China, and it appears that a UN resolution to do something about it is imminent. South Korea is expanding their anti-missile defense program, THAAD, in response to the test.

President McCain has ordered an intensification of combat in Syria to oust Syrian President Basshar al-Assad, as well as ISIL. Russian President Vladimir Putin, a supporter of Syrian President Assad, spoke out against the US aggression.

In the vice presidential mansion, Vice President Lindsay Graham has started taken on the responsibility of fixing the VA. The problems at the VA are legendary, from the long wait times to the corruption and lying. He is trying to create a better system for selecting leaders to the VA, and is expanding an existing voucher program to allow veterans to use public hospitals if the VA is not able to meet their needs in a timely manner.

President McCain presided over the first military casualty of his presidency last week, during a raid in Yemen. Though the raid succeeded in its mission to acquire intelligence on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, a Navy Seal died in an hour-long firefight with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and a high-tech US aircraft had to be destroyed so that the rebels could not repair and reverse-engineer it. President McCain held a military funeral this week for "Ryan" Owens, the SEAL who died, and used the opportunity to remind Americans that this would not be the last American to die on his watch. The solemnity with which President McCain took his first presidential casualty was heartening.

On a lighter note, President McCain's mother celebrated her 105th birthday this week. Here is a picture of the small, low-key celebration. President McCain stepped away from the public for a few quiet hours with his mother and family.