historicalliy low levels. the state department believes employees at the embassy in havana last year were targeted by a sonic device that caused them hearing loss. two staffers experienced such serious health problems they had to return to the u.s. for treatment, according to a state department official. the workers were not in the same place at the same time. and also reported a variety of concussion-like symptoms. the fbi looking into the case. the trump administration responding to the incident by expelling two cuban diplomats from their embassy in washington in may. cuban officials call the expulsion an overreaction. the cuban foreign ministry says it is taking the matter with great seriousness. a republican senator s theory of why john mccain voted against the senate health care plan left even a radio host stunned. he has a brain tumor now. that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning. some of that might have factored in. really? more of ron johnson s comments and what he
confirmed. perhaps also a problem where the trump administration seems to not want to hire anyone who has criticized the president publicly in the past. right. there are a number of obstacles. you know, as much as the white house has blamed slowness by the democrats, they certainly have not been putting forward names at the rate you would expect to see to staff an administration. and this is a perfect example of why that is concerning to good government experts because when you have a crisis like this, you want a team in place that understands how to build a coherent strategy toward it. all right. thank you for that. bright and early this morning. thank you. thanks. the state department believes several of its employees at the u.s. embassy in havana were targeted last fall by a covert sonic device that caused them to suffer hearing loss. two staffers experienced such serious health problems they had to return to the united states for treatment. according to a state departme
employees at the u.s. embassy in havana were targeted last fall by a covert sonic device that caused them to suffer hearing loss. two staffers experienced such serious health problems they had to be returned to the united states for treatment, according to the state department. an official said the workers were not in the same place at the same time. they also reported a variety of concussion-like symptoms. the fbi looking into the case. the trump administration responding to the incident by expelling two cuban diplomats from their embassy in washington in may. cuban officials call the expulsion an overreaction. the cuban foreign ministry says it is taking the matter with great seriousness. acoustic, some kind of acoustic device they re investigating. you can make people sick with that stuff. whether they were listening or trying to affect their health. like cold war spy games. something from a time past. a republican senator s theory of why john mccain voted against the senate
has been happening since late last year but we first learned of it yesterday after the state department afternoon briefing. according to u.s. officials there have been a series of bizarre incidents happening in havana leaving u.s. diplomats stationed there hearing loss and symptoms similar to the effects of having a concussion. u.s. officials have concluded the cubans have been using a covert sonic device operated outside of the range of audible sound and been deployed inside or outside the u.s. diplomats residences. initially when they started reporting what i will call symptoms, it took time to figure out what it was. it is still ongoing. we re monitoring it. we provide medical care and concern to those who believe they ve been affected by it and we take it very seriously. several of the diplomats returned to the u.s. for medical treatment. state department spokeswoman said in may, may 23, the united
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