Together with other leaders. You know, the president talked about his thoughts on climate. The hosts the talking climate. What chance is there though, of any Real Movement toward Climate Action here . Well, Climate Change is a very important topic was on top of the agenda today. And its of course, very important from the european perspective. The leaders today talked about how important it is to reduce emissions, to use green energy and to choose economic models that are not only standing for growth, but also are sustainable is so great a word. So we can say, however, in the past, it was always difficult to find in the agreement here, and this was because of the lack of leadership. So now i think many leaders hope that it can change when, when they will Work Together with president elect joe biden. The other big topic was, of course, the same pandemic, particularly distribution of a vaccine. Have any agreements, any decisions been might well, we expect expect their leaders to sign a jo
Good morning. The committee has come to order. One thing, i want to thank the witnesses for your testimony. Those appearing in person, traveling to d. C. To give it orally, and, also, answer our questions. The title of this hearing now is, i guess, examining the u. S. Approach to early covid19 treatments. I thought it was i originally set out a title of early treatments for covid, a essential component of a covid solution. It was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic to be politicized into the tragedy it was. From the start, i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response. We were facing a new virus. No one wanted to underreact, and as a result i feared the tendency would be overreact. The challenges facing us were daunting. Our National Strategic stockpile had been reduced during the h1n 1 pandemic. It took time to develop a test. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibit no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I
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From abroad to play for a club in the cotton itself. As someone with an interest in the local league. People look up to me as they look up to the g. O. P. And when the same old treat in the canyon contest between the environment and urban development. Hello, im christine wonder. Its good to have your company. Amnesty International Say schools of people like the hundreds was stabbed and hacked to death in ethiopia is to grab a region on monday. Thats the region way of federal military troops, all fighting regional forces. Now the victims are said to be civilians, from the if any group working in the village of my khadra, i would this is have told amnesty that they found dead bodies strewn all over the town. Some of those who survived say they were attacked with machetes, axes, and knives. Im now joined by for say, a takeaway from amnesty international. He is the author of the report on the message to interact. Welcome to day to be is africa for sam . How did you 1st learn of this allege
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