ࡱ> QSP  bjbj?? ((]] 2M2O2O2O2O2O2O2H46nO2O2d2M2M2/%2?iQd0A2 z2020X7X74%2%2 y:   Monday, Oct. 18 Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, known for his role shaping United States foreign policy under Republican presidents as Secretary of State, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and national security advisor, died from complications due to COVID-19. The White House informed the Supreme Court that it will allow Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah to testify to Polish investigators by letter about his claims of being tortured at a CIA black site in Poland. The Environmental Protection Agency introduced a strategy for limiting pollution from cancer-causing forever chemicals known as PFAS, or per- and poly-fluorinated alkylated substances, that are increasingly showing up in public drinking water, private wells and food. The plan is to set aggressive limits for PFAS under the Safe Drinking Water Act and require PFAS manufacturers to report on how toxic their products are. PFAS are used in nonstick frying pans, water-repellant sports equipment, stain-resistant rugs and other products. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the FBI is working with the State Department in a coordinated effort to locate and free U.S. citizen missionaries kidnapped in Haiti. Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit attempting to block a decision by President Joe Biden and the National Archives and Records Administration to turn over his presidential records to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. The State Department announced that envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad stepped down from the post he has held since 2018, to be replaced by deputy envoy Tom West. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Khalilzad said the reasons for his resignation are numerous but that it follows shortcomings in handling the political arrangement between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Tuesday, Oct. 19 The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a criminal referral against former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, who has refused to comply with requests to be interviewed and supply documents to the committee. The U.S. joined with the United Kingdom and France to condemn North Koreas testing of a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile that goes against international sanctions. Wednesday, Oct. 20 The Biden administration released an outline for its plan to deliver COVID-19 vaccinations to the estimated 28 million children in the country aged 5 to 11 years old. It will be available at pediatricians offices, pharmacies and potentially even schools, according to White House documents. Former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel appeared before the Senate foreign relations committee in a bid for congressional approval as Bidens pick for ambassador to Japan, but was waylaid by questions surrounding his handling of the police shooting for a Black teenager named Laquan McDonald in 2014, when it was revealed Emanuel knowingly ran with a police cover story until he won his re-election campaign. The Washington Post reported that U.S. authorities arrested an all-time high number of migrants at the Mexican border this fiscal year: About 1.7 million people. The number bolstered leftwing critics messaging against Biden that he is falling short on his promise to set in motion a more humane approach to immigration policy. The Food and Drug Administration backed a plan to allow people in the U.S. to mix and match their COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, accepting a different formulation than the one initially taken. The FDA approved booster shots for both the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, joining Pfizer as approved. The Centers for Disease Control also approved the expansion later in the week. Thursday, Oct. 21 The Financial Times reported that China conducted two tests of new hypersonic cruise missile weapons, triggering Biden to say he was concerned by the news. Sen. Angus King called the weapons strategic game-changers with the dangerous potential to fundamentally undermine strategic stability as we know it. Human Rights Watch collated over 160 internal reports from U.S. immigration authorities documenting alleged abuses from between 2016 and 2021, including physical and sexual violence by federal agents against asylum seekers. The reports also allegedly show due process violations and discriminatory treatment. The House voted to charge former Trump advisor Bannon with criminal contempt after he defied a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. The Biden administration released a series of reports from intelligence and security agencies sounding the alarm about the global risks posed by climate change, warning that the intensifying physical effects of the crisis will worsen geopolitical tensions and security challenges. The Federal Reserve announced a ban on its policy makers and other senior officials from buying individual stocks and bonds, as well as other trading restrictions in a crackdown on conflicts of interest following an ethics scandal that triggered the departure of two regional Fed presidents. A federal judge ruled that the U.S. has no legal basis for detaining an Afghan man named Asadullah Haroon Gul at Guantanamo Bay. Gul has been held there since 2007 when he was captured by Afghan forces and turned over to the U.S. military. Friday, Oct. 22 Biden unequivocally said the U.S. would help defend Taiwan if it were attacked by China. We have a commitment to that, Biden said, reversing course on the standard U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity regarding international security. Officials at the National Counterintelligence and Security Center said Chinas ambition to dominate in advanced technologies could give it an upper hand over the U.S. in healthcare, the military and other sectors. Army Major John Rigsbee released a statement saying that the military killed senior al-Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar in a drone strike in Syria. No other casualties were reported from the strike. Saturday, Oct. 23 No news to report. Sunday, Oct. 24 Senior U.S. diplomat on North Korean affairs Sung Kim met with South Korean officials to discuss North Koreas missile system tests, urging the peoples republic to end such concerning and counterproductive tests and resume negotiations.   Rbc   h!h| h<h| hh| h[h| h|5h?xh|5h|ha_hehers h}5h?xh?x5 RcK7   & Fgd|  gd| & Fgd| & Fgd|   & Fgd| & F gd| & Fgd|&1h:p|/ =!"#$%666666666vvvvvvvvv666666>6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666hH6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666662 0@P`p2( 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p8XV~ OJPJQJ_HmH nH sH tH @`@ NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH DA D Default Paragraph FontRiR 0 Table Normal4 l4a (k ( 0No List D@D a_ List Paragraph ^m$PK![Content_Types].xmlj0 u$Nwc$ans@8JbVKS(.Y$8MVgLYS]"(U֎_o[gv; f>KH|;\XV!]օ Oȥsh]Hg3߶PK!֧6 _rels/.relsj0 }Q%v/C/}(h"O = C?hv=Ʌ%[xp{۵_Pѣ<1H0ORBdJE4b$q_6LR7`0̞O,En7Lib/SeеPK!kytheme/theme/themeManager.xml M @}w7c(EbˮCAǠҟ7՛K Y, e.|,H,lxɴIsQ}#Ր ֵ+!,^$j=GW)E+& 8PK!\theme/theme/theme1.xmlYOoE#F{o'NDuر i-q;N3' G$$DAč*iEP~wq4;{o?g^;N:$BR64Mvsi-@R4Œ mUb V*XX! cyg$w.Q "@oWL8*Bycjđ0蠦r,[LC9VbX*x_yuoBL͐u_. DKfN1엓:+ۥ~`jn[Zp֖zg,tV@bW/Oټl6Ws[R?S֒7 _כ[֪7 _w]ŌShN'^Bxk_[dC]zOլ\K=.:@MgdCf/o\ycB95B24S CEL|gO'sקo>W=n#p̰ZN|ӪV:8z1f؃k;ڇcp7#z8]Y / \{t\}}spķ=ʠoRVL3N(B<|ݥuK>P.EMLhɦM .co;əmr"*0#̡=6Kր0i1;$P0!YݩjbiXJB5IgAФ޲a6{P g֢)҉-Ìq8RmcWyXg/u]6Q_Ê5H Z2PU]Ǽ"GGFbCSOD%,p 6ޚwq̲R_gJSbj9)ed(w:/ak;6jAq11_xzG~F<:ɮ>O&kNa4dht\?J&l O٠NRpwhpse)tp)af] 27n}mk]\S,+a2g^Az )˙>E G鿰L7)'PK! ѐ'theme/theme/_rels/themeManager.xml.relsM 0wooӺ&݈Э5 6?$Q ,.aic21h:qm@RN;d`o7gK(M&$R(.1r'JЊT8V"AȻHu}|$b{P8g/]QAsم(#L[PK-![Content_Types].xmlPK-!֧6 /_rels/.relsPK-!kytheme/theme/themeManager.xmlPK-!\theme/theme/theme1.xmlPK-! ѐ' theme/theme/_rels/themeManager.xml.relsPK] (   hpL P E K  IOclmstwRZ=@EAE6Dt t <<NNrsmpsv 00abYZ:: rl(|e/_,*+=<{7(QOPeN?@ABCDEFGIJKLMNORRoot Entry FQdT1Table7WordDocument((SummaryInformation(1\-DocumentSummaryInformation8HCompObj`ObjectPool8Qd8Qd F Microsoft Word 97-2004 DocumentNB6WWord.Document.8