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By Phil Stewart BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq has for the first time deployed troops trained by the U.S.-led coalition in their campaign to retake the city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants, sending 3,000 of them in recent days, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday. Colonel Steve Warren told reporters traveling with Defense Secretary Ash Carter that 500 Sunni tribesmen, whose training by Iraqis was overseen by U.S. troops, were
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 18-12 on Thursday to end restrictions on Americans travel to Cuba, a committee spokesman said. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Bill Trott)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 18-12 on Thursday to end restrictions on Americans travel to Cuba, a committee spokesman said. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Bill Trott)
When Bill Clinton first proposed to Hillary, he told her, “I want you to marry me, but you shouldn’t it.” The future president told the future first lady-turned-senator-turned-secretary of state-turned-presidential candidate he wanted her to get into politics instead. “Oh my God,” Hillary responded. “I’ll never run for office. I’m too aggressive, and nobody will ever vote for me.”
When Bill Clinton first proposed to Hillary, he told her, “I want you to marry me, but you shouldn’t it.” The future president told the future first lady-turned-senator-turned-secretary of state-turned-presidential candidate he wanted her to get into politics instead. “Oh my God,” Hillary responded. “I’ll never run for office. I’m too aggressive, and nobody will ever vote for me.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly challenged critics of the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran on Thursday, calling it “fantasy, plain and simple,” to think the United States failed to hold out for a better deal at the bargaining table.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly challenged critics of the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran on Thursday, calling it “fantasy, plain and simple,” to think the United States failed to hold out for a better deal at the bargaining table.
Bland told a Texas guard she had tried to kill herself in the past, the sheriff said.
Bland told a Texas guard she had tried to kill herself in the past, the sheriff said.
By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York moved on Wednesday to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour by the end of 2018 in New York City and by mid-2021 in the rest of the state. The New York Wage Board voted unanimously for the increase, which would cover some 180,000 workers statewide and affect fast-food chains with 30 locations or more in the
