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"We need to ensure that this terrible tragedy is properly investigated," the prime minister said from Downing Street after returning from a visit to Grenfell Tower. "When I went to the scene and spoke to the emergency services, they told me that the way this fire had spread and took hold of the building was rapid, it was ferocious, it was unexpected," she added. "So it is right that, in addition to the immediate fire report that will be produced and any potential police investigation, that we do have a full public inquiry to get to the bottom of this. People deserve answers. The inquiry will give them," she said.
Under the bill, terrorist groups or criminal organizations could be punished for the planning of 277 crimes, which range from arson to copyright violation. Critics say the legislation is vague and could lead to the suppression of civil liberties and excessive state surveillance.The legislative win paves the way for Abe to push ahead with his long-held ambition to revise the pacifist constitution that has defined Japan's security policy since World War II. Last month, he proposed an amendment to recognize the existence of Japan's Self-Defense Forces while maintaining Article 9, which renounces the right to war and prohibits land, sea and air forces. He wants the change to take effect by 2020.
"I believe we can fulfill the mission of our agency with a trimmed budget, with proper leadership and management," EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said, according to a C-SPAN transcript.
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