Focusing on covidien team prevented us from doing that even as we continue to address the pandemic and its impact on us citizens it is important we continue the work on most pressing foreignpolicys challenges in china is one of those especially the case with today is the Trump Administration has recognized china is a strategic and global competitor to the United States will be the greatest form policy challenge United States bases in the decades to come the policy of the Chinese Communist party undermine us interest and values including those we share with allies and partners around the world t t. Covid19 has brought this challenge to the forefront of American Life to know just how much the Chinese Communist partys decisions and actions directly affect us citizens our allies and partners in the entire world and we know the pandemic will not stop their behavior whether hong kong the South China Sea or the border the last three years the Trump Administration has tried to put the United S
In vietnam. And earned a masters degree in history from George Washington university in 1971. He currently lives in middleburg, virginia. And is a member of the library of Virginia Foundation board. He has been a former staff writer for Congressional Quarterly in washington, d. C. He has written for Many National newspapers and magazines, among many others, the smithsonian, the washington post, the New York Times, baltimore sun, chicago tribune, and the Christian Science monitor and usa today. He is the author of five books, including the one that hell be speaking on today, including, saving monticello, published by the free press in 2001. A book that received excellent reviews and offered the First Complete postjefferson history of this american icon. The book reveals an amazing story how one jewish family saved monticello for posterity and used the house as a family home for 89 years, which is longer than the tenure of the jeffersons at monticello. Mr. Leepsons newest book is flag an
Dataow the scientific indicated it was transmission from an original animal host, probably a horseshoe bat, by an intermediate host to human beings. That was the transmission early on of the coronavirus. We know the chinese commonest party covered up reporting in the early phases of the spread within china and a weight that caused tremendous subsequent damage in china and possibly around the world. China covered it up. We dont know what chinas numbers are now, but that kind of coverup was a characteristic governmental way to suppress bad news. The Chinese Government subsequently became more open and more responsible in coming down in china. His story of very complex causality that involves animal host, transmission because of chinese cultural practices and the bad practices of the Chinese Government, at least in the otherhases covers countries have also failed to cover it. Host it was said it was created in a lab in wuhan and let out. Guest evidence of that. Said, it wasirst the theory
Measures protests in a series of democrat led state, including michigan, a crucial state in 2020. He is going back and forth between whether he is in power or not in power when it comes to these decisions. The main critique for measures he introduced yesterday which will allow states that believe they have it under control to start loosening restrictions is that we still do not have Testing Capacity to catch any outbreaks that might pop up. That is fueling concerns there might be a second wave, either in regions or nationally that would lead us back to having to reimpose shutdown measures. That is the concern right now. Certainly trump once certainly trump wants some states to start moving towards an opening. David the president does not talk that much about testing, but every single Public Health official we saw, that is key. We have to test to know whether we are going too fast too far. We have a sense the white house has their arms around testing and know what testing is available .
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