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As I have said, it's not impossible and

we have to leave the degrees of freedom for Europeans

to choose the way we want to move forward.

We can move forward with a more intergovernmental logic

or in a more federal logic.

I prefer a direction with more federalism

But we are aware that we will never be

the United States.

Why? Because we do not share the same history,

nor the same matrix.

We are nations with a lot of traditions,

with very diverse identities.

And this multipicity

is our great wealth.

Therefore it is not impossible to see a 'United States of Europe.'

But we do not want to be a copy of the United States of America.

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2nd Eaglet Hatches At United States National Arboretum - Duration: 0:35.

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Former U.S. attorney Joe diGenova reacts to Hannity's interview with Rudy Giuliani - Duration: 8:00.

for full disclosure as always he has done some legal work for me in the past

he and his wife Victoria attended my radio show Christmas party and we did

share drinks together and we talked and we laughed good to see you sir you too

you know so much news was made in that interview indeed and you saw the

coverage let's start there your reaction what does it say

what does it say to the American consumer about the news industry in

general in this country well I think when you take a look at the White House

Correspondents Dinner and the conduct of the people there and when you look at

the absence of coverage of something so major as your show last night it's

pretty clear Sean that you're right American journalism is dead it's dying

it's in a coffin and the fact is these people are not journalists anymore there

are people with an agenda they want to prove something they don't want to find

something out they want to say something on their own and this is an example of

it it's it's really a sad day a sad sad day Joe we've had massive surveillance

abuse unmasking abuse we've had the leaking of raw intelligent elegance

Samantha power I'm asking a person a day and then we have the bigger scandal Rudy

Giuliani is right Hillary committed felonies Hillary

obstructed justice James Comey Peter struck Lisa Paige Andrew McCabe and

Loretta Lynch they rigged that investigation then of course so they're

supposed to be Trump Russia collusion it turns out Hillary is paying a foreign

national to get use Russian sources that turn out to be debunked and then those

that false political document that dossier is using for a FISA warrant to

spy on an American associated with the Trump campaign in the lead-up to an

election they're virtually silent on the biggest abuse of power scandal in the

history of the country well I don't think there's any doubt that that

judgment you've just made is absolutely correct it is quite evident now that the

Muller probe is illegitimate this effort to attempt to interview the President of

the United States has now reached the point where there's just no

at all that the president should refuse to be interviewed by them and that's

because it's clear that the month that Muller and his team of Democratic thugs

are acting in bad faith they know that the president under Department of

Justice rules cannot be indicted they have no evidence to indict him the

office of robert muller was created by rod Rosenstein illegally there he

mentioned no crime to be investigated all of this leads to the ultimate

conclusion that the perpetuation of this investigation by Muller is doing grave

damage to the United States it's doing grave damage to United States foreign

policy it's doing grave damage to US law enforcement because of the thug-like

tactics that have been used in the mana Ford case and in the Cohen case and it

points to something that really is disturbing

after watching the Deputy Attorney General of the United States Rod

Rosenstein accused Congress of trying to extort him and others in the department

by conducting legitimate constitutional oversight I would say that between

Muller and Rosenstein and the absent Attorney General god bless him we have a

very serious crisis in American federal law enforcement oh I agree and I think

it's the biggest abuse of power corruption scandal in our history yeah I

rot Rosenstein a second not so easy wrote a letter said the FBI could never

recover if James Comey stayed at the helm so he would be a witness on that

part of it Karev also discovered that rod Rosenstein we talk about the the

FISA applications that relied on unverified uncorroborated a dossier paid

for by Hillary Clinton they never told the judge it was paid for by Hillary and

then he went on to say that if you have there are false information presented to

a FISA Court there's serious consequences isn't he implicating

himself that same statement when he said that he's not going to be extorted of

course the problem here for rod Rosenstein and he has multiple conflicts

of interest he shouldn't be supervising this case he wrote the memoranda the led

to the firing of James Comey he signed the FISA applications

he continues to know personally care about Comey and Muller

and others he should be removed from this case

this is absolutely disgraceful and now he will pretend that he is above all of

this but when all is said and done mr. Rosen Stein represents a part of the

department that I thought we had lost a long time ago when the Obama

administration administration people left office but apparently they haven't

left office so we're headed for a showdown and that is every attorney that

I know says the president should never sit with Robert Muller Andrew Weissman

his pit bull with his atrocious track record his team of Democratic donors

only and if the showdown goes down and the president says no if they won't

agree to a proper written answers to legitimate questions which I don't think

they will at this point then that means that it's likely that Robert Muller will

then subpoena the President of the United States before a grand jury this

is where it gets somewhat legally a little bit tricky let's walk down that

road what happens when and what should the response be well first of all I

think that if Muller issued a subpoena to the president it would be an

unconstitutional subpoena since he knows the president cannot be indicted and

since he knows that the president is not a necessary witness to anything that he

is investigating it is clear that he would be using the grand jury subpoena

for only one reason to get testimony from the President to use in an

impeachment recommendation report to the Deputy Attorney General that is an

illegal use of a grand jury subpoena the president should resist it they should

take it all the way to the Supreme Court because under article 2 of the

Constitution all executive power rests in the President of the United States he

had he had ultimate authority to fire James Comey and he did the wrong

decision and of course the courts can always be wrong we know that it's got to

go all the way to the Supreme Court if he issues a subpoena let me make a

prediction Muller will never issue a subpoena why because he cannot win I

disagree with some of the comments of Judge Napolitano earlier about the fact

that that Muller will win ultimately on a subpoena Alton

let me just say this Muller will lose ultimately on a subpoena because it is

unconstitutional if it was rented and the president pled the fifth then they

would offer him immunity and then the perjury trap remains correct or not that

is apt technically correct but you cannot issue immunity to someone when

you are doing it illegally under the statute because the only reason he would

be giving him immunity would be to force testimony for an impeachment report

Muller does not have the authority to issue an impeachment report and he does

not have the authority to use a grand jury subpoena to get presidential

testimony for impeachment or any other criminal activity that never occurred

because he's dealing with the power of the president to fire people

so if Muller wants to have that fight and tie it up in the courts for six

months to a year he can do it but he will be doing a grave disservice to

himself because at this point Muller has become a cross between Madame Defarge

and Inspector Javert and it's an embarrassment all right Joe to Jennifer

always appreciate you being on the program

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😰THE POLICE CAUGHT US! 😰 - JKrew - Duration: 5:04.

going wrong way so you put the bagels in the air and turn off and then it toasts

it out right this year nor see anything like this

what

Kabang then what's going on through we're here

in Oklahoma City eating breakfast and then we're gonna do some sightseeing and

then we're on our way to Albuquerque New Mexico sir

sounds like your prize so this means that would have been to booth can I talk

nobody can hear me somebody's gonna look camera and back it up

yes

yes yeah Ripoff so we're at Amarillo Texas and we're at the famous the Big

Texan date place so I guess if you eat 72 ounces of steak within an hour you

get it for free if you want to try it if you eat a 72-ounce steak if you get the

steak for free that's like four pounds I'm gonna try it huh how do you wanna

try it keep 72 ounces of steak you got it for free you don't have to be scared

not a ride or anything

guys I'll take a picture go picture titties look at this chocolate cake

ready

72-ounce challenge

who came and his jade axe food he's got some yummy stays wet mashed potatoes I

got some stick to it some baked potato so I got some stay with mashed potato

and they are still going on with eating the 73 on stick 16 minutes left

we here in Albuquerque New Mexico don't really like the place we're staying

we're staying on base on the Air Force Base and I lay a little temporary

lodging which is kind of like a little home but no that's a house old base

housing is what this place is yeah probably but it's not very nice

it's good yeah it's like a little house so when you sit down tired only the boys

are up I'm tired too well we gonna end this vlog and tomorrow we'll be on our

way to Flagstaff Arizona and that's gonna be our last stop and then we'll be

in California where we gonna live so we'll be there on Friday we were gonna

stay in Flagstaff two nights but now it's gonna change to only one night

because their furnitures coming on Saturday Murli morning and we're excited

to have a house again so today's shout-out goes to

we found when tired tonight

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US Presidents Quiz | How well do you know U.S. Presidents? - Duration: 4:33.

How well do you know U.S. Presidents?

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COME HANG OUT WITH US IN EUROPE! (BandUp Update #2) - Duration: 1:16.

Hey guys, it's Anna! So you guys probably saw in my last video I was gonna be your

bass mentor or for BandUp this year. And in case you're unfamiliar with BandUp

is a global platform where we have musicians like you audition to be in the

world's best band. We've created an amazing team of mentors who are gonna

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on the links below. Everything taking place at the beginning from entries to

auditions are going to be online but once we choose our top 16 that's when we

head over to Europe and that's where the live auditions are gonna be. And if

you're not a musician don't worry we at BandUp are offering you guys an amazing

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live auditions. This is how to enter. One: follow me on Instagram. Two: follow one

other mentor on Instagram. And three: subscribe to BandUp's YouTube channel.

Like I mentioned previously, all the links are down below in the description

box. Thank you guys for being part of this amazing journey and helping us find

the musicians and talent of tomorrow. I love you guys and I'll see you later.

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Mike Pompeo Struts into State Dept. and TORCHES the Old Guard - Duration: 7:13.

Mike Pompeo Struts into State Dept. and TORCHES the Old Guard

It's Mike Pompeo's State Department now, and things are quickly changing.

Pompeo is moving fast – filling vacant senior positions and realigning the State Department

to make sure it's totally inline with President Trump's "America first" agenda.From

Washington Examiner

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is moving immediately to fill vacant senior positions at the State

Department, a task so large it has the feel of a "presidential transition" as opposed

to a hand-off from one member of President Trump's Cabinet to another, according to

Republican foreign policy experts.

"That is true in the sense that there's so many vacancies," Council on Foreign Relations

senior fellow Elliot Abrams told the Washington Examiner.

"It's really incredible how many vacancies there are.

It's more like starting fresh."Five of the nine most senior positions at Foggy Bottom

are vacant; the number was six, but Pompeo already has filled the role of counselor of

the department.

Dozens of ambassadorships are empty, while there are just five Senate-confirmed assistant

secretaries of state.

As a result, Pompeo has an unusual opportunity to shape the upper echelons of the diplomatic

corps the way he wants to, at a time when the Trump administration has multiple high-stakes

negotiations underway.

But it's also more than just an opportunity — it's a requirement for him to win over

a bureaucracy whose hostility to fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was a seedbed for media

controversies and clashes with congressional overseers.

At the moment, he's being received at Foggy Bottom like a breath of fresh air.He has one

piece of luck, which is that he is inevitably going to be compared with his predecessor,"

said Abrams, who served in the State Department during President Ronald Reagan's administration

and on President George W. Bush's White House National Security Council.

"So Secretary Pompeo starts way ahead of the curve.

Rather than following a very popular secretary, he follows an unpopular secretary."

Beyond the politics of getting confirmed, there have also been signs that Pompeo has

a sincere criticism of how Tillerson managed the department.

"I enjoyed working with Secretary Tillerson, I think his lack of appointees being confirmed

by this body was one of the problems, but, for whatever the reasons, there's a morale

problem," Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, told Pompeo during his confirmation hearing.

"I'm not going to ask you to repeat with me what you said in private, but I was encouraged."The

lack of political appointees under Tillerson has a number of causes, not least of which

is the hostility between Trump and much of the traditional Republican foreign policy

establishment.

Still, Pompeo was startled to learn the extent of the vacancies as he met with State Department

staff after Trump picked him to take over as the top diplomat.

When one official suggested that Tillerson had postponed some nominations until after

he finished developing a much-discussed plan to reorganize the State Department, Pompeo

dismissed the explanation.

"In my corporate life, I did two multimillion dollar [reorganizations], and that has nothing

to do with filling up slots," Pompeo said during one such meeting, according to a source

close to the White House.

Pompeo has promised to nurture State Department morale from the earliest days of his nomination

— a message that was a political necessity, given the need to win a precious few Democratic

senators to back his confirmation.

"He's already started interviewing people here at the state department for various positions,"

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters Thursday.

"He intends to interview people throughout the weekend."

His efforts could get bogged down in the Senate, due to the twin pressures of political opposition

and the congressional calendar.

"The blessing is that he gets to choose his own team," Abrams observed.

"The curse is that I think the confirmation process is going to be a big problem.

If you come in on January 20th, you have the opportunity to get everybody confirmed in

a few months, but because of the August recess and then the October election recess I think

he's going to have trouble getting everybody confirmed before mid or late fall."

In the meantime, Pompeo is waging an effective public relations campaign directed at the

State Department personnel.

"I will get to as many parts of this organization as I can.

I said in my testimony that I'll spend as little time on the seventh floor — I think

it's the seventh floor, right?" he said to laughter, referring to his new office.

"I look forward to meeting just as many of you as I can get a chance to do, to learning

from just as many of you as I can, and to leading that team onto the field … I'll

see you all around the building."

To Tillerson's critics, that was a clear break with the former Exxon Mobil CEO's

style.

"Tillerson wanted to make appointments at first but started discovering that most of

the people he recommended were on the White House blacklist — so after a while he started

relying on his few political appointees in the front office and didn't care so much

about the rest of the building," one Republican foreign policy expert with knowledge of the

process told the Washington Examiner.

"For Tillerson, the career people were doing just fine, so why spend time on the issue?"

For one thing, the lack of appointees exposed Tillerson to a steady drumbeat of attacks

from congressional Democrats that he had "hollowed out" the State Department, charges amplified

by persistent leaks from current and former diplomats.

Pompeo reportedly has put a tourniquet on at least one of those vulnerabilities; he

plans to withdraw Adm. Harry Harris' nomination as ambassador to Australia, in order to send

the former Pacific commander to South Korea, according to the Washington Post.

As he tried to fill other posts, Pompeo will still have to navigate the problem of White

House hostility to Trump's erstwhile critics.

"[The president has decided] basically, 'if you opposed me in 2016 or said critical

things, then we're not going to offer you a position in this administration," said

Abrams, whose bid for the second-highest job in the State Department was nixed reportedly

due to past criticism of Trump.

"My own view is it's a mistake.

… The president needs all the talent he can get.

Any president needs all the talent he can get."

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Innovation in the US Patent System [Fourth Branch] - Duration: 3:15.

Over the last few decades, the Patent and Trademark Office

has dramatically increased the number of patents it has issued.

At the same time, patent litigation has increased dramatically.

Alex Blumberg of our Planet Money team and NPR's Laura Sydell have this report on

a patent system that's been turned on its head.

When you talk about the patent system among techies in Silicon Valley, there's usually an audible groan.

If I say patent system what do you say?

I think it's just a way for lawyers to make money.

Josh Malone, inventor of Bunch O Balloons — a device that allows you to fill one hundred

water balloons in a minute — had some trouble enforcing a patent for his invention.

Josh invented the product and ran a very successful Kickstarter campaign in 2014.

It was very easy to copy and it was quickly copied by a company named Telebrands,

who started immediately selling a copycat product and,

within the first year of them selling the copycat product they made 40 million dollars,

just off of their own infringing product.

Even though the Patent Office gave Josh a patent for the invention,

he found himself having to defend the patent again and again in the PTAB — a court within the Patent Office.

Josh Malone actually has six issued patents that I'm aware of and they all relate to the Bunch O Balloons,

and Telebrands has filed eight petitions for what's called post-grant review at the PTAB.

If your product's worth tens of millions of dollars, you have to have the resources to fight it

because the patent's just not straightforward to enforce.

Josh ended up in the middle of a broader public debate about what patents should be granted

and how those patents are to be enforced.

Innovators like Josh need patents.

They need them in the way that everyone sees every week on the show Shark Tank —

where the venture capitalist asks the inventor, the very first question: "Do you have a patent?"

And sometimes they say, "No." And the response is, "Are you insane?

You just went on national television and gave away your idea.

There's no way we're going to invest now in you thousands if not millions of dollars."

There are huge problems when patents get issued by mistake because it prevents the entire public

from exercising their knowledge over the invention or using their knowledge over the invention.

So, this is a big debate that's currently going on in patent law, in patent economics, and patent policy,

of how do we tailor property rights in patents that actually do promote innovation?

70 percent of my revenue is going to litigation.

Why has Josh encountered so many problems with enforcing a patent for Bunch O Balloons

and how has that affected his work?

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World War 3: US troops SECRETLY engaged in Saudi Arabia's vicious fight in Yemen - DAILY NEWS - Duration: 3:55.

World War 3: US troops SECRETLY engaged in Saudi Arabia's vicious fight in Yemen

THE US Army Special Forces have been secretly engaged in the brutal civil war in Yemen,

aiding Saudi Arabia fight the Zaidi Shiite Muslim rebels who currently control the capital

and regularly fire missiles at Saudi Arabia, it has been revealed.

A team of around a dozen Green Berets were sent to Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen

in December 2017 after Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly asked

the US to help the country locate and destroy Houthi ballistic missile launch sites, according

to United States officials and European diplomats.

The New York Times reported US troops have also been engaged in training the Saudi army

to secure its border with Yemen in order to prevent further attacks against the country.

This contracts official Pentagon statements, which note that the US military assistance

to the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen is limited to intelligence, logistics and aircraft refuelling.

Gen. Joseph L. Votel, the Head of United States Central Command, confirmed this official line,

stating: "We are authorised to help the Saudis defend their border.

"We are doing that through intelligence sharing, through logistics support and through

military advice that we provide to them."

However Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and member of the Armed Services Committee criticised

the action, saying: "The mission is a purposeful blurring of lines between train and equip

missions and combat."

He noted there had been virtually no public debate on the issue, and called for a new

vote in Congress on the authorisation of military force in war zones, or war powers legislation,

as used by the former three successive Presidents.

The US's deployment of ground troops to the region is nevertheless a signal of the

West's increasing assistance of Saudi Arabia in its fight against the Houthi rebels.

Michael Maloof, former senior security policy analyst for the Secretary of Defence in the

US, commented on US engagement saying: "The US in Yemen is supposed to be going after

Al-Qaeda.

"Instead they got sucked in to assisting the Saudis because the claim is they're

the Houthis backed by the Iranians.

"That then makes it a slippery slope, and opens the US up to greater involvement than

they intended.

"What the Trump administration lacks is a strategic plan for the Middle East.

What is its ultimate goal?

And that has not yet been defined."

This comes after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last Sunday reiterated the threat from

Iran, and accused the country of supporting the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

He said: "Iran destabilises this entire region.

"It supports proxy militias and terrorist groups.

It is an arms dealer to the Houthi rebels in Yemen."

Mr Maloof also believes Saudi Arabia's demand for US assistance in the region is a means

of shoring up Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's government and avoiding internal political

insecurity.

He said: "The US is helping Saudi Arabia perpetuate an external threat - namely the

Houthis and Iran - in order to deflect attention away from Saudi Arabia's domestic problem,

which is the potential for a coup."

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South Korea's top office denies reports of Trump U.S. forces reduction review - Duration: 1:57.

Weeks ahead of the maiden meeting between the leaders of Washington and Pyongyang, there

are reports of President Trump considering options to reduce the number of American troops

stationed in South Korea.

Seoul's top office dismissed such reports.

Kwon Jang-ho has our top story.

Seoul's Presidential office has dismissed reports that U.S. President Donald Trump had

requested plans to reduce American troop numbers in South Korea, describing them as 'not true'.

The Blue House's senior press secretary Yoon Young-chan released a statement on Friday

saying that President Moon's national security adviser Chung Eui-yong, who is currently in

Washington, had discussed this report with a key member of the U.S. National Security

Council... who flatly denied it, calling it "groundless."

The Pentagon refused to confirm the report, but a spokesperson said, "The Department of

Defense's mission in South Korea remains the same" and that their "force posture has not

changed."

The New York Times on Thursday quoted several unnamed officials, who said Trump had ordered

the Pentagon to draw up such plans.

The review is said not to be intended as a bargaining chip for North Korea's denuclearization

in Trump's upcoming summit with Kim Jong-un, but it is being considered as an option if

a peace treaty on the Korean peninsula is reached.

Although the sources declined to confirm whether Trump was considering a full withdrawal, they

said it was unlikely.

Trump has long criticized the costs of stationing the 28-thousand-500 troops in South Korea,

saying that Seoul needs to pay more towards those costs.

In March he even suggested during a fundraising speech that he wanted to pull out troops in

order to balance out the trade deficit.

Currently South Korea pays around 820-million dollars a year towards troop costs, about

half of the total cost of stationing U.S. forces on the peninsula, but that amount is

expected to increase with Seoul and Washington currently in negotiations over a new deal.

Kwon Jang-ho, Arirang News.

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US Navy to replace Gatling guns with LASERS ushering in FUTURE warfare - DAILY NEWS - Duration: 2:18.

US Navy to replace Gatling guns with LASERS ushering in FUTURE warfare

US Navy warships are set to replace their Gatling guns and missile launchers with laser

weapons systems that could see off most threats.

The Helios system is designed to shoot laser beams that would be more powerful than anything

seen in the US naval history.

According to the US military sources the weapons could defend against numerous threats.

He said: "We are talking about lasers that now have the power and beam quality needed

to defend against unmanned aerial vehicles, small boat threats and possible some weapons

(e.g. incoming missiles) over shorts ranges."

It would replace the Phalanx MK-15 weapons system that can perform on its own and kill

without instruction.

But, the US Navy is reportedly keen to operate its vessels without physical ammunition storage.

Naval warfare expert Mark Gunzinger from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment

said, however, the US still needed to develop adequate electricity for the laser weapons

system.

The significant military boost comes as tensions between the US, China and Russia continue

to flare up.

US President Donald Trump recently revealed military chiefs had carried out secret tests

using so-called guided gravity nukes – further increasing the superpowers capabilities.

The 12th version of the B61 bomb was tested ahead of any deadly future wars.

Originally designed in 1963, the bomb has been modified to penetrate underground bases

and control centres.

It contains about 50 kilotons of power – roughly four times that of Fat Man, the bomb that

wiped out Nagasaki in 1945.

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WW3 alert: US prepared to act against Beijing as tensions SOAR over South China Sea - DAILY NEWS - Duration: 2:11.

WW3 alert: US prepared to act against Beijing as tensions SOAR over South China Sea

US DEFENCE officials have warned China it will face consequences over its latest military

actions in the South China Sea.

Beijing has apparently installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile

systems on three of its outposts in the disputed region, according to US intelligence reports.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said: "We're well aware of China's militarisation

of the South China Sea.

"We've raised concerns directly with the Chinese about this and there will be near-term

and long-term consequences."

Earlier, the US lodged a formal complaint with Beijing after Chinese nationals pointed

lasers at US military aircraft near a base in Djibouti in a number of incidents in recent

weeks.

Pentagon security chiefs has been grappling with lasers being pointed at aircraft for

decades but the recent incidents highlight US concerns about a Chinese military base

just miles from a critical US base in the east African state.

Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said: "They are very serious incidents.

"We have formally approached the Chinese government and we've requested the Chinese

investigate these incidents."

A US official said said that in a few instances, military grade lasers from the Chinese base

had been pointed at aircraft.

Djibouti is strategically located at the southern entrance to the Red Sea on the route to the

Suez Canal.

It hosts a US military base that is home to about 4,000 personnel, including special operations

forces, and is a launch pad for operations in Yemen and Somalia.

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US reportedly wants China to lower trade deficit - Duration: 0:51.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other delegates reportedly presented China

with a laundry list of economic complaints and demands this week while they were in the

country discussing trade.

The Wall Street Journal reports one of the larger asks on the list is a request that

China cut its trade deficit with the U.S. by $200 billion by the end of 2020.

That's twice what the Trump administration reportedly asked of China in March.

The Trump administration also reportedly demanded that China cut tariffs on U.S. imports and

that the country not retaliate if the U.S. imposed trade restrictions on China.

The trade talks ended Friday, and Mnuchin said the two countries were "having very good

conversations."

China's official news agency said both sides agreed to some things but that "relatively

big differences" remain.

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South Korea's top office denies reports of Trump U.S. forces reduction review - Duration: 1:56.

Weeks ahead of the maiden meeting between the leaders of Washington and Pyongyang, there

are reports of President Trump considering options to reduce the number of American troops

stationed in South Korea.

But according to our Kwon Jang-ho, Seoul's top office flatly dismissed such claims.

Seoul's Presidential office has dismissed reports that U.S. President Donald Trump had

requested plans to reduce American troop numbers in South Korea, describing them as 'not true'.

The Blue House's senior press secretary Yoon Young-chan released a statement on Friday

saying that President Moon's national security adviser Chung Eui-yong, who is currently in

Washington, had discussed this report with a key member of the U.S. National Security

Council... who flatly denied it, calling it "groundless."

The Pentagon refused to confirm the report, but a spokesperson said, "The Department of

Defense's mission in South Korea remains the same" and that their "force posture has not

changed."

The New York Times on Thursday quoted several unnamed officials, who said Trump had ordered

the Pentagon to draw up such plans.

The review is said not to be intended as a bargaining chip for North Korea's denuclearization

in Trump's upcoming summit with Kim Jong-un, but it is being considered as an option if

a peace treaty on the Korean peninsula is reached.

Although the sources declined to confirm whether Trump was considering a full withdrawal, they

said it was unlikely.

Trump has long criticized the costs of stationing the 28-thousand-500 troops in South Korea,

saying that Seoul needs to pay more towards those costs.

In March he even suggested during a fundraising speech that he wanted to pull out troops in

order to balance out the trade deficit.

Currently South Korea pays around 820-million dollars a year towards troop costs, about

half of the total cost of stationing U.S. forces on the peninsula, but that amount is

expected to increase with Seoul and Washington currently in negotiations over a new deal.

Kwon Jang-ho, Arirang News.

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The US Military is Destroying the Planet but No One is Talking - Duration: 4:11.

The US Military is Destroying the Planet but No One is Talking About It

by Edward Morgan

Not just within the United States but around the world, the U.S. military has contaminated

thousands of sites, poisoned water supplies and made massive swaths of land entirely unlivable.

However, despite its massive budget � which sits at around $700 billion this year � the

U.S. military makes no effort to clean up its mess or compensate the many victims of

its toxic legacy including military serviceman.

Even though the military�s role in polluting sites worldwide is a known fact, such events

rarely receive coverage in the mainstream media.

For instance, the significant spill of 94,000 gallons of jet fuel at a Naval station in

Virginia Beach last year was largely unheard of outside of the local newspaper.

However, even less known is the fact that the U.S. military produces more hazardous

waste than the five largest U.S. chemical companies combined and has left its mark in

the form of toxic substances like depleted uranium, oil, jet fuel, pesticides, defoliants

like Agent Orange and lead, among others.

U.S. military bases, both domestic and foreign, consistently rank among some of the most polluted

places in the world, as perchlorate and other components of jet and rocket fuel contaminate

sources of drinking water, aquifers, and soil.

Hundreds of military bases can be found on the Environmental Protection Agency�s list

of Superfund sites, which qualify for clean-up grants from the government.

The former head of the Pentagon�s environmental program told Newsweek in 2014 that her office

has to contend with 39,000 contaminated areas spread across 19 million acres just in the

U.S. alone.

One of those still contaminated (and still functioning) military bases is Camp Lejuene

in Jacksonville, North Carolina, where contamination became widespread and even deadly after its

groundwater was polluted with a sizable amount of carcinogens from 1953 to 1987.

it was not until last February that the government allowed those exposed to chemicals at Lejeune

to make official compensation claims.

Numerous bases abroad have also contaminated local drinking water supplies, most famously

the Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa.

Beyond the U.S., the country�s wars abroad have left their mark by, in some cases, totally

destroying the environment of entire countries.

In Iraq�s case, U.S. military action there has resulted in the desertification of 90

percent of Iraqi territory, crippling the country�s agricultural industry and forcing

it to import more than 80 percent of its food.

The U.S.� use of depleted uranium in Iraq during the Gulf War also caused a massive

environmental burden for Iraqis.

In addition, the U.S. military�s policy of using open-air burn pits to dispose of

waste from the 2003 invasion has caused a surge in cancer among U.S. servicemen and

Iraqi civilians alike.

Yet, not only is the U.S. military the world�s largest polluter, it is also the world�s

largest purchaser and user of fossil fuels.

Despite that, the U.S. military is completely exempt from all international climate agreements.

Like its role in polluting the environment on a global scale, the U.S. military continues

to get a free pass to pollute and consume fossil fuels like there�s no tomorrow � unless,

of course, we do something about it.

Top photo | A sign warns people of the danger at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot.

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US economy near full employment? - Duration: 4:27.

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Despite upcoming North Korea talks with US skepticism remains - Duration: 3:24.

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Matvei is helping to make US flag end grain cutting board - Duration: 7:13.

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BREAKING NEWS - Two US Pilot Injured by China Lasers in Djibouti: Pentagon Say - Duration: 5:19.

For more infomation >> BREAKING NEWS - Two US Pilot Injured by China Lasers in Djibouti: Pentagon Say - Duration: 5:19.

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US test NUCLEAR BOMB 'four times more deadly' than Nagasaki model amid World War 3 fears - DAILYNEWS - Duration: 3:28.

US test NUCLEAR BOMB 'four times more deadly' than Nagasaki model amid World War 3 fears

THE US Air Force has conducted numerous developmental test flights of its new B61-12 guided nuclear

gravity bomb, which will be three times more accurate than the former models, a top official

declared as the US ramps up its military forces following increasing global tensions.

Lt. Gen. Jack Weinstein said: "The US Air Force has already conducted 26 engineering,

development and guided flight tests."

He added the programme was "doing extremely well".

The B61-12 bomb, which has been in development for the past seven years, will eventually

be carried by the B-2 Spirit and the future B-21 Long Range Strategic Bomber, known as

the Raider.

The 12th model of the B61 bomb, which was first designed in 1963, will feature new technological

developments compared to its predecessors.

The bomb will include underground penetration and will be able to strike fortified command

and control centres.

It will also have an explosive yield of around 50 kilotons, which is roughly four times the

power of the US's bomb used to attack Nagasaki in August 1945.

Speaking at an Air Force Association breakfast in Washington, Mr Weinstein noted the US's

progress in the development of nuclear force was also dependent on the modernisation of

current weapons and fighter jets.

Citing the B-52 Stratofortress bomber, which is capable of launching both conventional

and nuclear payloads, he noted re-engining the bomber was critical in order to keep the

jets operational into the 2050s.

Commenting on the huge task of re-engining the fleet, he said: "Every time you renovate

a house, you don't realise there's asbestos behind the wall.

"We've been talking about re-engining the B-52 for a long time.

"Am I going to sit here and say we're not going to have a problem with the re-engining?

I'm not going to say that.

"I will tell you an awful lot of work has gone into evaluating how to re-engine, what

is the best way to do it, why we decided not to do a service life extension program on

a really old engine, so the work that has been upfront.

"It's going to take constant oversight as we go through the process."

However he noted nuclear modernisation is becoming increasing manageable, as long as

defence expenditure remains constant.

He added the current funding for nuclear weapons outlined in the 2018 National Defence Authorisation

Act remains "healthy", but he conceded: "I'd like to say I want things faster and

cheaper."

He concluded: "Overall, I'm really pleased with the support we're getting from the Hill."