The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote or to vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 13. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Ms. Ernst mr. President , the coronavirus doesnt come with a label saying made in china, but perhaps it should. This pandemic which began in wuhan, china, has flooded the world just like so many products from china that we all now rely upon to protect ourselves against the spread of contagion. The situation underscores the conundrum our nation faces balancing the need to work with the Chinese Government and the challenges of holding the communist Party Accountable for its devious deeds. Plain and simple, the Chinese Communist party attempted to cover up the outbreak of covid19 from the very beginning and continues to do so today. Rather than containing the
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Black lives matter protesters speak out to condemn the killing of George Smallwood also. A sinister side of the corona Virus Outbreak we look at how criminals have become more brazen in chile. Welcome to al jazeera after months of fighting libyan ward cleaver have to says he supports a ceasefire with the un backed government its been proposed by his ally egyptian president at the c. C. Following talks in cairo but the socalled cairo agreement includes a ceasefire from monday and the exit of all foreign fighters after suffered significant setbacks in recent weeks Government Forces continue to drive have to fighters out of the west capturing more towns including benny will lead early on saturday after regaining full control of the capital tripoli and taking the city of houla on friday g. N. A. T. Forces are now fighting on the outskirts of sirte thats the hometown of the former libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and i have to stronghold well have to has resisted previous cease fire agreements
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The race to the point. Can trump survive these historic sent back until the job probably of what it takes to beat. Special coverage on just. A punishment or a redeployment the u. S. Decision to remove Patriot Missile batteries from saudi arabia is making the kingdoms leadership nervous they were supposed to protect riyadh from iran so whats changed and this poil politics at play this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dalby the United States is removing its patriot and t. M. Missiles and other Weapons Systems from saudi arabia the us president on the trump says its part of an effort to scale back on a military presence that he says doesnt benefit the u. S. American weapons and fighter jets were sent to the kingdom last year after Saudi Aramco Oil facilities were attacked they were also intended as a deterrent as tensions rose between tehran and washington but the reduction in the u. S. Military presence is believed by some to be based on assessments iran no long