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If no national security risk, Trump should release Dems memo
It is my job to know the difference between information and intelligence. The only justification for classifying information is to protect national security. "For me, this is about making sure that we're protecting the civil liberties of Americans", Hurd said on ABC's This Week . The fact that not a single Democrat on the committee voted to release it does nothing to change that fact. [Full Article...]
Pence says NK must give up nukes before talks
Another member of the high-level delegation, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, was blacklisted by the U.S. Treasury Department previous year, but not by the United Nations. "We have never begged for dialogue with the USA nor in the future, too", the state news agency said, citing Jo Yong Sam, a director-general in the North's foreign ministry. [Full Article...]
3 officers shot, 1 dead in Henry County shooting; Suspect dead
McBrayer said the incident began when the two sheriff's deputies went to arrest a criminal suspect in the town of Locust Grove and called for backup when they realized they would have "issues placing him in custody". The Locust Grove officer died of his injuries shortly after. The other was in fair condition, and was hit in the vest. He said the Locust Grove officer who was killed had been on the ... [Full Article...]
No free smartphones for North Korean and Iran Olympians
Earlier, the interplay between protocol and power was put on show when Kim Yo-jong and North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Jong-nam arrived in Seoul on the historic trip. But Kim Yo-jong, believed to be 30, has her brother's ear and is believed to be among his closest confidantes, an increasingly influential figure in Pyongyang. [Full Article...]
Myanmar Forces and Buddhist Villagers Torched Rohingya Homes, then Killed
According to Reuters' special report, published Thursday, Myanmar soldiers detained and executed 10 Rohingya men and teenage boys with the help of local Buddhist villagers in Rakhine state's Inn Din village on September 2. In what global observers including the United Nations have said amounts to ethnic cleansing , the Myanmar military and militias have since driven out hundreds of thousands o... [Full Article...]
In Context: John Kelly's remarks on 'lazy' immigrants and DACA
A bipartisan offer by six senators that Trump rejected would have made citizenship possible for the 690,000 " Dreamers " registered under the program, nicknamed DACA , which shields immigrants who came to the U.S.as children and stayed here illegally. [Full Article...]
Global Pulse: The Winter Olympics have begun in South Korea
The two Koreas marched in behind a white flag that was emblazoned with a map of the Korean peninsula depicted in blue. The 30-year-old is the youngest daughter of previous North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, and is a major force in Pyongyang. [Full Article...]
Government shutdown looms, exposing Republican divide
Trump himself tweeted that the agreement "is so important for our great Military", and he urged both Republicans and Democrats to support it. We love and need our Military and gave them everything - and more. "For the first time in years, our armed forces will have more of the resources they need to keep America safe", said Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. [Full Article...]