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reports a bipartisan group of 72 House lawmakers have written to US Trade Representative Tai asking the Administration "to seek the elimination of Vietnam's tariffs on American pork and address other restrictions as it engages with the Southeast Asian country over currency and trade practices." Vietnam

a For Corruption. • Colombian Police Lead Forceful Crackdown On Protests. • Afghan Militants Kill Four Pakistani Soldiers In Ambush. • In Ukraine, Blinken To Offer Support Against Russia, Pressure On Graft Issues. • Spanish Voters Favor "Right-Wing Leader" In Regional Elections. • Tories, Scottish Nat

partment of Energy', with testimony from Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm; 1:00 PM * Secretary of State Blinken in Ukraine — Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ukraine, to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Foreign Minister Kuleba Dmytro, other officials, and representatives of Ukrainian civil society

) reports a bipartisan group of 72 House lawmakers have written to US Trade Representative Tai asking the Administration "to seek the elimination of Vietnam's tariffs on American pork and address other restrictions as it engages with the Southeast Asian country over currency and trade practices." Vietna

a For Corruption. • Colombian Police Lead Forceful Crackdown On Protests. • Afghan Militants Kill Four Pakistani Soldiers In Ambush. • In Ukraine, Blinken To Offer Support Against Russia, Pressure On Graft Issues. • Spanish Voters Favor "Right-Wing Leader" In Regional Elections. • Tories, Scottish Nat

artment of Energy', with testimony from Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm; 1:00 PM • Secretary of State Blinken in Ukraine - Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ukraine, to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Foreign Minister Kuleba Dmytro, other officials, and representatives of Ukrainian civil society

increased its activities there in recent years as China asserts its territorial claims in the area in conflict with neighbouring countries including Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan." Taiwanese Jets Demonstrate Readiness To Repel Chinese Attack. Reuters (1/26, Lee) reports, "Armed

rge. • Chicago Schools Stop In-Person Classes Wednesday. • Portland Mayor Uses Pepper Spray On Man Who Harassed Him About Masks. • Senate Confirms Blinken As Secretary Of State On 78-22 Vote. • Harris Swears In Yellen As Treasury Secretary. • During Confirmation Hearing, Raimondo Vows To Be Tough On C

eoing me." Senate Confirms Blinken As Secretary Of State On 78-22 Vote. The AP (1/26, Lee) reports the Senate on Tuesday in a 78-22 vote "confirmed Antony Blinken as America's top diplomat, tasked with carrying out President Joe Biden's commitment to reverse the Trump administration's 'America First' doctrine

n Jan. 6." Filing: Man Charged With Bringing Bombs To Capitol Had Called Cruz Office About Election Fraud. CNN (5/25, Polantz, 89.21M) reports, "A Vietnam veteran who allegedly brought Mason jar bombs to Capitol Hill on January 6 had scoped out the Capitol Building in December by driving around it, an

With Palestinian Authority, Rebuild Gaza. NBC Nightly NewsVi (5/25, story 8, 1:45, Holt, 5.16M) reported, "In the Middle East, Secretary of State Blinken met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, trying to make sure an Egyptian brokered cease-fire holds." NBC (Mitchell) added, that Blinken is "pledgin

ly when we agree." CNBC (5/25, Macias, 7.34M) reports on its website that the summit's confirmation came "less than a week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov held cautious face-to-face talks in Iceland. That meeting was the highest-level in-person talks yet between W

reports a bipartisan group of 72 House lawmakers have written to US Trade Representative Tai asking the Administration "to seek the elimination of Vietnam's tariffs on American pork and address other restrictions as it engages with the Southeast Asian country over currency and trade practices." Vietnam

a For Corruption. • Colombian Police Lead Forceful Crackdown On Protests. • Afghan Militants Kill Four Pakistani Soldiers In Ambush. • In Ukraine, Blinken To Offer Support Against Russia, Pressure On Graft Issues. • Spanish Voters Favor "Right-Wing Leader" In Regional Elections. • Tories, Scottish Nat

partment of Energy, with testimony from Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm; 1:00 PM • Secretary of State Blinken in Ukraine - Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ukraine, to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Foreign Minister Kuleba Dmytro, other officials, and representatives of Ukrainian civil society

y formed philanthropic group aimed at fighting racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders." Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), who was born in Vietnam, writes in USA Today (5/20, 12.7M), "I grew up in a trailer park in rural Virginia, virtually the only Asian family in a mostly white community. Li

alks between the two countries' top diplomats as a positive signal." Reuters adds that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of State Blinken's "talks in Iceland on Wednesday were their first in-person meeting." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov "said the talks would help Moscow decide on t

gton, DC; 9:00 AM Cabinet Officers: • Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona participates in Cabinet Affairs Meeting; 1:00 PM • Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends meetings and briefings at the State Department Location: State Department, Washington, DC Visitors: • President Biden welcomes South Korea

n Jan. 6." Filing: Man Charged With Bringing Bombs To Capitol Had Called Cruz Office About Election Fraud. CNN (5/25, Polantz, 89.21M) reports, "A Vietnam veteran who allegedly brought Mason jar bombs to Capitol Hill on January 6 had scoped out the Capitol Building in December by driving around it, an

With Palestinian Authority, Rebuild Gaza. NBC Nightly NewsVi (5/25, story 8, 1:45, Holt, 5.16M) reported, "In the Middle East, Secretary of State Blinken met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, trying to make sure an Egyptian brokered cease-fire holds." NBC (Mitchell) added, that Blinken is "pledgin

y when we agree." CNBC (5/25, Macias, 7.34M) reports on its website that the summit's confirmation came "less than a week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov held cautious face-to-face talks in Iceland. That meeting was the highest-level in-person talks yet between W

ional-security briefings to his ranch, in Stonewall, Texas, by government aircraft. It worked; Johnson, who was alienated from his party because of Vietnam, mostly kept quiet during Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign, against George McGovern. Ronald Reagan treated the recently disgraced Nixon with defere

tion, was staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for Joe Biden, who called him "one of the smartest guys I've ever worked with." Blinken followed his boss to the White House, becoming the most influential member of the vice president's national security team; he is er ported to have

even children, more fatalities from the yearlong pandemic than the number of Americans who died on the battlefield in World War I, World War II, and Vietnam combined." President Biden: "The people we lost were extraordinary. They spanned generations. Just like that, so many of them took their final brea

hcoming if the coup leaders didn't hand power back to the legitimate government and stop violence against political opponents." Secretary of State Blinken tweeted Monday, "The U.S. stands with the people of Burma who demand the restoration of the democratically elected government. Today's designations

ity from Afghanistan." Reuters (4/18) reports Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday "rejected what he said were 'false analogies' with the war in Vietnam as well as any suggestion his government was at risk of folding under Taliban pressure." Ghani said on c-NN's Fareeri 7akaria GPS (4/18, 825K), "We

selling guns and "fentanyl disguised as oxycodone pills" on Snapchat. The FBI is among the agencies investigating the case. OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS Blinken And Sullivan Defend Planned US Withdrawal From Afghanistan. Christina Ruffini reported on the CRS Weekend News (4/18, story 3, 2:00, Duncan, 1.24M)