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Secretary of State Pompeo's Call With Mexican Foreign Secretary Videgaray
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- Written by State Department State Department
- Published: 24 October 2018 24 October 2018
Washington, DC - Secretary Pompeo spoke by phone yesterday and today with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray. The two leaders discussed Mexico’s efforts to address the migrant caravan.
Can Democrats Save Entitlements And Healthcare?
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- Written by Jane M. Orient, M.D. Jane M. Orient, M.D.
- Published: 23 October 2018 23 October 2018
Tucson, Arizona - The Washington Post of October 18 says that the biggest issues in the midterm elections are the threat that Republicans will slash Medicare and Social Security, and maybe get around to repealing ObamaCare after all. It quotes a tweet from Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) that Republican statements about “adjusting” entitlements are “Washington-speak for cutting the Medicare and Social Security benefits you have worked hard to earn and making you pay for tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.”
DOJ and Department of Interior Team Up for Major Expansion of Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases
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- Published: 22 October 2018 22 October 2018
Washington, DC - The Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior announced a dramatic expansion of the federal government’s key program that provides tribes with access to national crime information databases, the Justice Department’s Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP).
Assistant Secretary Nagy Travels to the United Kingdom, France, Togo, Guinea, Mali, and Nigeria
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- Published: 23 October 2018 23 October 2018
Washington, DC - Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs Tibor P. Nagy will travel to the United Kingdom, France, Togo, Guinea, Mali, and Nigeria October 29 - November 10.
USDA Announces Pink Bollworm Eradication Significantly Saving Cotton Farmers in Yearly Control Costs
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- Published: 22 October 2018 22 October 2018
Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that U.S. cotton is free - after more than 100 years - of the devastating pink bollworm. This pest has cost U.S. producers tens of millions of dollars in yearly control costs and yield losses.