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Jun 24 2017
News
Maritime Mystery: Why a U.S. Destroyer Failed to Dodge a Cargo Ship
There should have been lookouts on watch on the port, starboard and stern of the destroyer Fitzgerald — sailors scanning the horizon with binoculars and reporting by headsets to the destroyer’s bridge. At 1:30 a.m. last Saturday, off the coast of Japan south of Tokyo, they could hardly have failed to see the 730-foot freighter ACX Crystal, stacked with more than 1,000 containers, as it closed
New York Times (News)Jun 28 2019
News
Donald Trump declares a winner of the Democratic debates ... himself
President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed Democrats taking part in the second of two presidential debates this week, breaking from a meeting of global leaders taking place in Japan to suggest their performance guaranteed his re-election.
Trump blasted Democrats for universally pledging their health care proposals would provide coverage for immigrants in the country illegally.
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USA TODAYApr 27 2014
Opinion
Opinion: Obama’s High-Profile Tour of Asia Hits Speed Bumps
A week in which President Obama had intended to add force to his strategic pivot to the East instead marked some pivotal setbacks to his foreign agenda. The president’s long-delayed trip to Asia failed to yield a trade deal with Japan and ran up against a new New York Times (News)Feb 04 2021
News
Reversing Trump foreign policy, Biden to end to U.S. support for offensive in Yemen
President Joe Biden is expected to order an end to American support for offensive operations in Yemen in his first visit to the State Department on Thursday, part of the new leader's effort to reverse the foreign policy posture of his predecessor.
Former President Donald Trump, who frequently touted an "America First" approach to interacting with the world, vetoed a bipartisan
NBC News (Online)May 28 2021
News
Biden's Whopping $6T Budget Equals Highest War Time Spending, Hikes Taxes by $3T
WASHINGTON – President Biden releases his first budget today that includes historic levels of spending not seen since WWII and is sure to face problems on Capitol Hill.
The president previewed his plan at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland Thursday calling for record spending to keep up with countries like China and Japan. "We must be number one in the world to lead the
CBNAug 11 2016
News
CNN, MSNBC use graphics to fact-check Trump, not Clinton
Television news has long used graphics at the bottom of the screen to identify the people and places in their stories – but with the 2016 presidential race, two networks lately have been injecting analysis into them during their news reporting. It started in June when Donald Trump denied having said Japan should have nuclear weapons. CNN inserted this snarky line in their chyron:
Fox News DigitalJun 29 2020
News
Gilead prices COVID-19 drug remdesivir at $2,340 per patient in developed nations
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc on Monday priced its COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir at $2,340 per patient for wealthier nations and agreed to send nearly all of its supply of the drug to the United States over the next three months.
The price tag is slightly below the range of $2,520 to $2,800 suggested last week by U.S. drug pricing research group the Institute for Clinical and Economic
ReutersMar 10 2020
News
Coronavirus Will Make This a Very Hard Year for Sports Fans
On Sunday, soccer superstar Christian Ronaldo lost control of a cross at the top of the six-yard box that teammate Aaron Ramsey picked up and swiftly buried into the goal, sealing Juventus' victory 2-0 over Inter Milan.
It was perhaps the biggest moment in one of the biggest Italian soccer games of the year but after the goal, there was near-total silence. The two famous clubs were
ViceAug 25 2017
News
JOHN KASICH’S MASTER PLAN COMES INTO FOCUS
John Kasich has been putting down markers for a potential 2020 run since he exited the G.O.P. primary last year—and they haven’t been subtle. The Ohio governor, who is closing in on the end of his second and final gubernatorial term, wrote a book critical of his former rival Donald Trump and the hyper-partisanship snarling Washington; fortifying his foreign policy credentials with trips to
Vanity FairApr 16 2021
News
Biden hosts Japanese PM Suga as U.S. works to counter increasingly assertive China
President Joe Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House on Friday in his first in-person meeting with a world leader since he took office.
Biden's decision to host Suga for his first face-to-face meeting highlights his administration's focus on strengthening ties with allies in Asia as the U.S. works to counter an increasingly assertive China.
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