William Burns (politician)
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The probability of different kinds of attacks are not known. The only people who would have any insight about that would be the Department of Homeland Security and that would be highly protected information.
The probability of different kinds of attacks are not known. The only people who would have any insight about that would be the Department of Homeland Security and that would be highly protected information.
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US still interested in Brazilian military aircraft
days after the U.S. Air Force said it was rescinding a $354 million contract for such aircraft.Deputy Secretary of State William Burns said the U.S. "is in the midst of some internal processes" related to the deal for 20 light air-support aircraft by Brazil's Read more »
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Q Day 2: Openly Gay Presidential Candidate?
William Burns asks: First serious presidential candidate with a chance at election who is openly gay--what year, if ever? That's a tough one. Let's do some perspective. As far as I can remember, Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin this year is the first Senate ca from Jonathan Bernstein Read more »
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Energy is a Global Commodity and Should Stay That Way
A U.S. lawmaker called on the White House this week to eliminate what he said was a "disturbing connection" between U.S. energy demands and violence in the Middle East. New Englanders get about 20 percent of their liquefied natural gas from Yemen, where from OilPrice.com Read more »
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Oil, gas balance shifting globally
WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- The balance of power in terms of global oil and natural gas supplies is shifting to the Western Hemisphere, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns said. Burns addressed delegates gathered in Washington for the 42nd annual from United Press International Read more »
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Blog posts by cathyma
The United States views its relations with its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere as vital to generating prosperity and solving “the transnational challenges that no one country can solve on its own,” according to Deputy Secretary of State William Burns from Mom Blog Society Read more »
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Defense minister hopes to see sound Sino-US ties
WASHINGTON - Visiting Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie has said that he hopes to see sound and steady development of military ties between China and the United States. Pushed by the leaders of both countries, Sino-US relations have generally maint from China Daily Read more »
