The presiding officer the senator from new jersey. Mr. Menendez i ask the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer we are not in a quorum call. Mr. Menendez thank you. First of all, madam president , i want to thank the staff here in the senate. Even in these difficult times, they answer the call of doing the work of the American People, and i want to appreciate their being here so that the senate can conduct its work. They are essential to being able to do that, so i want to acknowledge that. I come to the floor today as our country grapples with a Global Pandemic that has tragically claimed the lives of thousands of people around the world, including dozens throughout the United States and three in my home state of new jersey. And i come to the floor because i hope that people understand the fierce urgency of now, the fierce urgency of now. This is a Public Health crisis, and we cant wait to act. The rapid spread of covid19, also known as the coronavirus, has disrupted our dail
Now its a deal that lasts only a week but u. S. Officials say if its a success it could lead to the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan the taliban american negotiators have agreed to a proposal for a reduction of violence in the country the announcement is the result of ongoing peace talks and qatar a senior u. S. Official says if this deal holds it could be followed by a more permanent accord well the u. N. Secretary general spokesman has welcomed the agreement he says its important to curb violence thats harming civilians in afghanistan. If this were to succeed it would obviously be a notable step in bringing peace to the country. And the dialogue is a vital pe is of is vital to paving forward the constructive in traffic and negotiations on peace i think its very important. To find ways to reduce the levels of violence in afghanistan is specially the violence that is harming civilians while correspondent Deborah Townsend joins us live now from washington d. C. She had this does so
League champions Manchester City and given a 2 year ban. Now chinas foreign minister has his house at some countries for overreacting and causing panic over the corona Virus Outbreak said that containing the virus remains a huge challenge for china but insists it is under control now the death toll has risen to over 1500 with 143 reported on friday but figures just released by Health Officials show the number of new infections hall from the previous day and almost all of those infected are in china a province where the outbreak began orders have now gone out for all people arriving in the capital to quarantine themselves for 14 days or to face punishment while our correspondent adrian brown is live for us in Hong Kong Adrian with these fresh numbers that were getting from beijing is it too early for optimism. I think these figures are you know a crumb of positive news as you rightly point out there were 143 deaths recorded on friday thats up 27 on the previous day but significantly the
Up the United States Foreign Policy in the country of iraq take this weeks newsworthy revelations that the u. S. Government in retaliation to the Iraqi Parliament is recent nonbinding vote to expel u. S. Military forces from its lands well the u. S. Government is now contemplating cutting military aid to the war torn economically it may see a good middle eastern country wall street journal is reporting that according to emails between the state department and the War Department sorry the department of defense the trumpet ministration is preparing possible cuts of 250000000 military aid to iraq funds already approved by congress if the government truly expels u. S. Troops and the state Department Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs also has plans to ask the White House Office of management and budget whether it can eliminate the 100000000. 00 request for fiscal year 2021 due to current optics on the ground. Current optics on the ground optics like the fact that most iraqi citizens are none t
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