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‘No silver bullet … just a lot of silver BBs’

.@SenatorCardin ‏on Infra funding: ‘No silver bullet … just a lot of silver BBs’ - new guest post from @MaryScottNabers

Written by Mary Scott Nabers President and CEO, Strategic Partnerships Inc. The $1 trillion Trump-promised federal infrastructure plan is back on the front burner and heating up – again. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao this week predicted that “principles” of the plan, which the president says will leverage $200 billion in federal funding to generate private investments of $1 trillion over…

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USA, proposta risoluzione per accusare Assad di crimini di guerra

USA, proposta risoluzione per accusare Assad di crimini di guerra

Il Congresso degli Stati Uniti ha trascritto un progetto di risoluzione per addebitare al presidente siriano Bashar Assad la responsabilità per crimini di guerra contro il suo stesso popolo

“Il Senato ribadisce che Bashar al-Asad ha perso legittimità come presidente della Siria e insiste per trascinarlo davanti alla giustizia”, si legge nel testo della risoluzione.

L’autore della risoluzione è…

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Maryland Sen. Benjamin Cardin is pushing to make Donald Trump use a real blind trust

Maryland Sen. Benjamin Cardin is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

He will introduce a Senate resolution this week that will call on Trump to either divest of his business empire or put it in a true blind trust.

Cardin is citing the many financial conflicts of interest that could cause Trump to violate the Constitution while in office.

The Constitution's emoluments clause prevents officeholders from accepting favors or gifts from foreign entities without Congressional approval. Read more

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U.S. Announces Agreement To Restore Diplomatic Relations with Cuba

U.S. Announces Agreement To Restore Diplomatic Relations with Cuba

On July 1, 2015, the U.S. and Cuba announced an agreement to restore diplomatic relations. This post will discuss the U.S. announcement and reactions.[1] A subsequent post will do the same for the Cuban announcement and reactions.

U.S. Announcement

In the White House’s Rose Garden, President Obama announced the plans to reopen the embassies. Here is what he said:

“More than 54 years ago, at the…

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President Obama Rescinds U.S. Designation of Cuba as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”

President Obama Rescinds U.S. Designation of Cuba as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”

On April 14th President Barack Obama rescinded the U.S. designation of Cuba as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism” and so notified the Congress. This post will review that decision and its background. [1]

As discussed in a prior post, on December 17, 2014, President Obama asked Secretary of State John Kerry to undertake a review of whether the U.S. should rescind this designation while another post…

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