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While America is facing Total Economic Collapse and Millions Lost Jobs, US govt vows BILLIONS in aid to Israel
With the US economy reeling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed to give Israel a minimum of $3.8 billion in military aid per year. A full vote on the gift is expected soon.
The US unemployment rate now stands at 14.7 percent, the worst figure since records began. Nearly 39 million Americans have lost their jobs since the coronavirus reached US...
White House warns against new Iran sanctions
The White House warns that a fresh effort by some US senators to impose new sanctions against Iran will send the signal that Washington negotiates in bad faith.
“If we pass sanctions now, even with a deferred trigger which has been discussed, the Iranians, and likely our international partners, will see us as having negotiated in bad faith,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Tuesday.
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US Senate approves John Kerry as secretary of state
The US Senate has approved Senator John Kerry as the next secretary of state by a wide majority.
On Tuesday, the Senate voted 94 to 3 in favor of President Barack Obama’s nominee for the post, after the chamber’s Foreign Relations Committee endorsed the Kerry nomination earlier in the day.
Republicans and Democrats praised the 69-year-old as the ideal successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton,...
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