Combat the amazon fires. Are appalled documents the horrific experiences of Nigerian Women trapped in a world of sex trafficking. Now we begin with a meeting that could help decide the course of the war in syria the president s of turkey and russia have met near moscow that amir putin and russia. Have been backing opposing sides in syria they say theyve now discussed joint steps in tackling the fighting in italy province the 2 leaders also talks about a major weapons deal and putin confirmed russia has delivered a 2nd battery of its as 400 Missile Defense system but ending the violence in syria to be the main focus of the talks president putin emphasize their common goal was securing syrias lost rebel held province you know. We and our turkish partners have serious concerns about the deescalation zone and live terrorist continue to show russian positions and Syrian Forces they try to attack russian bases we hope that the deescalation zone will be a refuge for the rebels and should not
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Subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing on the federal aviation administration. Joinedry pleased to be by senator jack reed, the subcommittee Ranking Member, and im is sure we will be joined by others. The faa is a 17 billion agency with 44,000 employees who are responsible for virtually every aspect of aviation in our country, including the safety of commercial airlines, general aviation, and cargo aircraft. Every day, faas air Traffic Controllers are responsible for more than 44,000 flights and 2. 7 Million Airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace. Over the last year, muchneeded attention has been focused on the crashes of lion air flight 610 and 6 6. Thiopian air flight 302 syrias questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the faas regulatory serious questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the faas regulatory framework. For the victims and their families, we need to make sure these accidents are thoroughly investigated, th
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