America’s military is seeking to shore up relationships with its allies to curb the global influences of China and Russia, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said.
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David Schenker, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
America’s top diplomat for the Middle East met with the speaker of Lebanon’s parliament a day after Beirut began indirect negotiations with Israel over their disputed maritime border.
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Mazie Hirono, U.S. Senator from Hawaii
The idea of packing the Supreme Court with more justices is “long overdue” according to Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii.
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Judge Phyllis Hamilton, Northern California U.S. District Court
Inmates in state and federal prisons are eligible to receive coronavirus stimulus checks, a federal judge in California ruled.
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General James McConville, Army Chief of Staff
Nineteen years of continuous war zone deployments and the pressures of coronavirus lockdowns weigh heavily on America’s soldiers, the Army Chief of Staff said.
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Dr. Sean Conley, Physician to the President
President Trump responded “extremely well to treatment for the coronavirus and should be able to return to public engagements” by Saturday [October 10] if everything continues on its trajectory, his doctor said late last week.
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Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senator from Tennessee
Making Juneteenth a federal holiday is “a good idea,” Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn said in an interview.
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Judge Carl Nichols, District of Columbia U.S. District Court
A federal judge will hold a hearing November 4 on allowing the government to bar transactions with TikTok.
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General Robert Abrams, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea
The U.S. military has not used $60 million in South Korean defense funds across the past six years, data show.
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Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue toured several agricultural sites in America’s South to see how they were impacted by Hurricane Sally and determine further funding needs they might have.
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