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The State Department briefing gets heated when the reporter asks if Administrator Biden is getting credit for Trump’s accomplishments
An Associated Press reporter criticized State Department spokesman Ned Price on Monday for suggesting that President Joe Biden was responsible for a policy initiated during the Trump administration.
Price, highlighting a report sent to Congress, said that about 18 entities have engaged in “good faith efforts” to reduce their involvement in Nord Stream 2, a controversial $ 11 billion pipeline project designed to transmit Russian natural gas to the Germany.
Critics of the Kremlin said the project would double the amount of natural gas imported from Russia. If completed, it would leave Europe more dependent on Russian energy than ever. The poisoning of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny has revitalized calls for the project to be abandoned.
At Monday’s press conference, Price seemed to suggest that the Biden government’s efforts led to the development of Nord Stream 2. The entities mentioned ended their activities on the pipeline project, said Price, and demonstrated that Biden’s and Congress’ strategy was “working with good results.”
Associated Press reporter Matt Lee interrupted, telling Price that all of this work had started under the Trump administration.
“You have only been in office for a month, right? You are telling me that in the past four weeks these 18 companies have suddenly decided to say, ‘My God! We better do nothing with Nord Stream 2,” Lee said. “You are taking credit for things that the previous administration did. Yes or no?”
Price, visibly distraught, said he was only speaking on behalf of the State Department – occupied by the same people since before Biden took office.
The heated exchange came after the Biden government on Friday added a layer of sanctions to a Russian ship and the shipowner for their work on the pipeline project. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ABOUT OUR MAIN HISTORY.
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Here are 3 questions that AG nominee Merrick Garland avoided from Senate Republicans
Judge Merrick Garland, appointed by President Biden’s attorney general, repeatedly avoided providing direct answers to questions from Republican senators during Monday’s hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Garland dodged questions about Durham’s investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, transgender athletes in high school sports and whether crossing the border illegally should be a crime.
Senator Josh Hawley, R-MO, asked Garland if he believed that crossing the border illegally should remain a crime.
“I didn’t think about it, I just didn’t think about it,” said Garland. “The president made it clear that we are a nation with borders, with national security, I don’t know about a proposal for decriminalization, but it still makes it illegal to answer, I just didn’t think about it.”
Garland also refused to make a firm commitment to leave the John Durham Special Council in office to continue his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. Garland said he had “no reason” to think that leaving Durham in place to continue his investigation was the wrong decision, but he declined to commit to a course of action. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.
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Boeing landed again after United engine fire
The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday said a group of maintenance records will be formed to investigate the history of the Boeing 777 engine after it failed on United Airlines flight # 328 and burst into flames shortly after takeoff on Saturday.
“Our mission is to understand not just what happened, but why it happened, so that we can prevent it from happening again,” NTSB President Robert Sumwalt said at an evening press conference on Monday.
Sumwalt emphasized that the investigation is still in its preliminary stages. Asked whether the particular engine was inspected after another engine failure on a Southwest Airlines flight in 2018, Sumwalt said this is a question that will be answered pending an investigation by the maintenance group.
Boeing recommended that airlines land all 777s with the type of engine that exploded after taking off from Denver last weekend, and most operators that operate these planes said they would temporarily remove them from service. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.
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– FAA requires emergency inspection of selected Boeing 777s after the air blast broke the engine into pieces
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Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sean Hannity on Monday evening to discuss the candidate’s confirmation hearings for President Biden’s office.
“Garland has a good reputation as a judge,” said Cruz. “He has a reputation for being relatively non-partisan as a judge. I would say his hearing was frustrating because he basically shied away from all the questions. He refused to answer – he responded as a judicial nominee, not as a nominee to be a prosecutor – general. “
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