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September 16th, 2014
06:59 PM ET
U.S. Strategy on ISIS: Destroy them in Iraq, disrupt them in Syria
CNN’s Brooke Baldwin spoke with David Lesch, Middle East History Professor at Trinity University, about the U.S. Strategy on ISIS. David Lesch is the author of "Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad about the United States’ strategy against ISIS".
September 16th, 2014
06:29 PM ET
“Scandal” Star Joins Anti-abuse Campaign
Kerry Washington joins the AllState Foundation's "Purple Purse" project geared towards halting financial abuse against women. Using her fame, the Emmy-nominated actress has come up with a purple purse for women, now a strong symbol of financial independence. Kerry Washington says the project hopes to educate the public in general. CNN's Brooke Baldwin spoke with Mioshi Johnson, wife of retired NFL player Chris Johnson about this campaign.
On Twitter
“I relive that day every single day,” Pulse survivor Brandon Wolf says on the fifth anniversary of the shooting.
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Crew members and passengers of a Delta flight subdued an unruly passenger after he assaulted two flight attendantstwitter.com/i/web/status/1…2T
President Biden said that he and French President Emmanuel Macron are “on the same page” during a bilateral meetitwitter.com/i/web/status/1…baGjDa
Millions of dollars in private safe deposit boxes were seized by the FBI, according to a report.
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The ACLU’s mission should be to uphold “basic constitutional principles,” David Goldberger, former legal directwitter.com/i/web/status/1…LbfMmcsyY
