The us State Department. That wouldnt normally be headline news. But lets talk to Barbara Plett usher and she can explain, hi barbara, that this is an event of note. Yes, its the first briefing that the State Department has had in six weeks. We used to get them every single day. Even in between transition administrations, theres been a hiatus of a few days. The place was packed. As you can imagine, there were questions about why the State Department had been silent for so long. The Spokesman Mark Toner put it up to the administration finding its sea legs, he said. Presumably that means that the Secretary Of State was coming up to speed with the department and coming up to speed with the white house. Mr toner said he contacted white house regularly and was building relationships with his foreign counterparts etc, so he was busy. He didnt really address the glaring lack of public diplomacy. Even more so, there were a lot of questions about the State Department budget, because mr trump wa
The us State Department. That wouldnt normally be headline news. But lets talk to Barbara Plett usher and she can explain, hi barbara, that this is an event of note. Yes, its the first briefing that the State Department has had in six weeks. We used to get them every single day. Even in between transition administrations, theres been a hiatus of a few days. The place was packed. As you can imagine, there were questions about why the State Department had been silent for so long. The Spokesman Mark Toner put it up to the administration finding its sea legs, he said. Presumably that means that the Secretary Of State was coming up to speed with the department and coming up to speed with the white house. Mr toner said he contacted white house regularly and was building relationships with his foreign counterparts etc, so he was busy. He didnt really address the glaring lack of public diplomacy. Even more so, there were a lot of questions about the State Department budget, because mr trump wa
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lithium ion batteries. dan springer is keeping and eye on all of this. reporter: the battery issues with the 787 did not just sneak up on boeing. we are getting more doe tails. ten of the batteries were replaced on the dreamliner since last may half of them due to low voltage. the overall number of replaced batteries is much higher according to a source at the seattle times. they say 100 batteries had to be replaced but not awful them had suffered a failure. boeing would not confirm the number but downplayed the whole issue saying batteries are replace amount units in all airplanes, they replace about five or six a day. they say, quote we have not seen 787 battery replacement as a result of safety concerns. the batteries are being returned because our robust protection scheme insures that no battery that has been deeply discharged or improperly disconnected can be used. the battery maker would anal say
an operation that killed osama bin laden the leader of al qaeda. back up # hours to 3:30 sunday afternoon on the east coast of the united states. it is monday may 2nd in afghanistan taking it from a secret base. possibly another base 250 miles away and armed with precise doe tails. sexy regulars. twho of them large two of blackhawk piloted by the special operations aviation regimen the night stalkers. navy seal team 6 aboard. flying fast and quietly it crosses the pakistani border undetected. their target the strange walled compound lying one mile from a major pakistani military facility in the city of albadaba