And willie fcc rejected president obamas call to preserve Net Neutrality and an open and Free Internet . Then to iraq. To gain is nothing washing over the darker portions of a war. The vietnam war bitterly divided america. We must admit past mistakes. And we must learn from past mistakes. Because that is how we avoid repeating that mistake. Chuck hagel talks about mistakes made in the vietnam war. Retired threestar Lieutenant General Daniel Bolger, author of the new book why we lost a generals inside account of the iraq and afghanistan wars. Up. That and more coming welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. And china, the worlds two largest polluters, have agreed to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions over the next decade. President obama unveiled the details with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. Also announce the United States has produced a new goal of reducing our Greenhouse Gas emissions by 26 to 28 below 2005 levels by 20
From or what your school was like, but it was about ukraine, politics, believes on education and religion. After that moment i was like wow, this week is going to be intense. But it has been very cool to see the evolution of our bonds and friendships. From just talking about politics, our experiences and what we have learned, who we have met, this is an experience i will never forget. Been cynicalays about it. That politics is a caustic environment. Slowly, throughout the week, different people have chipped away at that opinion. That has been so ingrained in my head and i thought maybe i do want to make a difference and run for something local. Like the president said yesterday, he told us not to get cynical because the nation does not need more cynical people. It will not help us to relieve the problems we have. One of the things that gets brought up by this generation is social media. We are able to express our opinions very easily. We can send a tweet about what we think. I think th
Film festival in cannes reveals life in the war torn country of africa china has evacuated 3,000 of its citizens from vietnam following a wave of antichinese riots in which two people have been killed. Police broke up an antichina rally on saturday. Protesters gathered near the chinese embassy. The decision to drill for oil caused widespread anger in vietnam. Our correspondent aidery Jan Brown Adrian brown joins us live from beijing. How is the evacuation going . Reporter elizabeth, the first of the vessels that china is sending is due to arrive in the early hours of monday morning. Each of the five ships carry around about 2,000 people, so we are potentially looking at an evacuation of 10,000 chinese nationals. The last time we saw an evacuation of foreigners on this scale would have been just before the United States began its speedy withdrawal of its nappingsals before the nationals before the fall of saigon in 1995. 3,000 chinese have been evacuated. The fact that china is sending
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