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by Chris Lefkow Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Christopher Wray, President Donald Trump’s hand-picked FBI director, told senators during his confirmation hearing not to be put off by his soft-spoken manner. “No one should mistake my low-key demeanor as a lack of resolve,” Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Anybody who thinks that I would be pulling punches as the FBI director sure doesn’t know me very well.” Just six months into the job, the […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump condemned the massacre of at least 59 Las Vegas concert goers as an “act of pure evil” Monday, but refrained from addressing calls for gun control or the motives for the worst mass shooting in recent US history. Delivering televised remarks, Trump tried to offer consolation and called for unity — an act that has become a grim rite of passage for modern US […]
by Nova SAFO Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — After putting down his executive pen former US President George W. Bush picked up a paint brush — and the hobby has become something of a career. An exhibition of his oil paintings depicting US military veterans will open Thursday at the former president’s library in Dallas. The collection, on display at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Texas until October 1, features […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — George W. Bush cast a protest vote of sorts in the US election, with an aide saying Tuesday the former president chose “none of the above” rather than fellow Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton. Bush had previously signaled that he intended to sit out the race, after his younger brother Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, was defeated in the 2016 Republican Party primary. “President and Mrs. […]
by Alice RITCHIE LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Former British prime minister Tony Blair’s case for going to war in Iraq in 2003 was based on flawed evidence and woefully executed, a hard-hitting official inquiry pronounced on Wednesday. The long-awaited Chilcot report offered a damning verdict on Britain’s role in the US-led war, detailing the flawed intelligence, questionable legal basis and inadequate preparation for the occupation. The report said Britain deployed troops before diplomatic options […]
