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"We're not acting as soldiers, we're acting as police, and we're not sent over there to be policemen. But we're there 19 years, and I think that's enough. We want to bring our soldiers back home ... we can always go back if we have to. If we have to go back, we'll go back raging, and they [the soldiers] will go back as warriors, fighters, but right now we're policing, and we're not meant to be police force."When asked if the US Thanksgiving holiday on November 26 was a target date, Trump responded:
"No, I have no target. [US troops will return] as soon as is reasonable. Over a period of time, but as soon as reasonable. We're down to 7,000-some-odd soldiers right now, and in Iraq, we're down to 4,000 soldiers. So we're making a lot of progress."Senior US military officials are expected to discuss options for withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan with Trump over the next few days. Complete withdrawal of troops could occur as early as before the November presidential election, officials familiar with the matter told the New York Times this week.
"I think all of [the antitrust enforcers] have foreshadowed there would be some event by the end of the summer. I think they've poured a lot of cement around their feet so they don't have a lot of room to maneuver on this. They have to do something that indicates forward motion come early autumn."
"Administering our vaccine in the first participants of this clinical trial is a significant achievement, bringing us one step closer toward addressing the fundamental need for a vaccine in the fight against the global COVID‑19 pandemic. We look forward to sharing the clinical results in July and, if promising, quickly initiating the Phase 2 portion of the trial."The second portion is expected to be conducted in multiple countries, including the United States, Novavax said. It would also assess immunity, safety and COVID‑19 disease reduction in a broader age range. In the first portion, the potential vaccine was provided to volunteers from 18 to 59 years of old.
The new initiative got off the ground with a massive $388-million investment from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovation (CEPI) - its largest donation to date - a public health foundation established by billionaire Bill Gates.It's not about following the money...doing that is late to the game. In the age of a complete overabundance of rules and regulations for EVERYTHING...the bankrolling of a fake pandemic in order to require a mandatory global vaccine by one rich guy has somehow been overlooked?
In doling out his vast fortune to a number of similar health initiatives over the years - primarily through his own Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - the Microsoft mogul has drawn intense suspicion and doubt from the conspiracy-minded, who posit that Gates is committed to a "depopulation" agenda to rid the planet of its useless eaters.
News of Gates' connection to the Novavax trial set off alarms for some netizens, many warning the project is "not to be trusted" and urging Gates himself to volunteer to be the first guinea pig to receive the rushed-out vaccine.
Novavax is not the first US biotech firm to launch clinical trials for a coronavirus inoculation, however, with Massachusetts' Moderna rolling out human testing in March and reporting positive results - to which internet sleuths have yet to discover any 'damning ties.' At least five other vaccines are underway elsewhere, including three in China and two others in the United Kingdom and Russia.
"We're doing something now. I think you'll find it very interesting. It's something you're going to be hearing about ... before the end of the week - very powerfully."The bill's proposal follows a new national security law for Hong Kong put forward by Beijing last week that would ban treason and other perceived offences in the city. The Chinese government's move was met with widespread dismay and alarm in Hong Kong, which has already been roiled by massive pro-democracy protests over the past year, as well as the coronavirus pandemic.
China is reportedly attempting to outlaw "any act of treason, secession, sedition [or] subversion against the Central People's Government" in Hong Kong.
People's Daily newspaper dismissed the prospect of US sanctions as a "nothingburger" and a bluff - and - Trump's claims about Hong Kong "will hardly fool all Westerners, let alone manipulate the whole international community. As the US is entangled in the [Covid-19] epidemic, its actual ability to intervene externally is weakening. The White House claimed it would impose sanctions on China, but the tools and resources at its disposal are fewer than those it could mobilize before the outbreak. It is only bluffing."
The fresh water will sell at about 41 US cents per cubic meter and promises to save the country almost a billion dollars over the plant's planned 25-year lifetime.
The selection of IDE over Hutchison had a geostrategic angle. Less than two weeks before the final decision came, Israel was visited by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who used the occasion to pressure the country over its cozy economic ties with Washington's arch rival China.
"When they arrive in a way that has a political dimension to it, when it is a state-owned enterprise, or it is an entity that has a nefarious mission, we want to make sure that our friendly partners all around the world understand that risk," Pompeo told Israeli Public Broadcasting.
Pompeo has discussed the issue with both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Speaker Benny Gantz. Washington was reportedly unhappy that the desalination project had not been reviewed by a new body, established by Israel last October under US pressure to monitor foreign investments. The Israeli side had argued that the bidding process started before the new watchdog was created and thus didn't fall under its mandate.
Comment:
The power of the Israel Lobby in the US - How many politicians can you buy with $6.3billion?