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At first [British Treasury Secretary] Waley sold gold to support the drachma, conditioning the sale on a series of fiscal and monetary reforms the Greeks adopted in principle and promised to implement– at some later date when it was somewhat more convenient. ..

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From 1947 to 1949, he was member of Party Committee of Joint Zone III, and served as Secretary of Party Committee of Ninh Binh province and Secretary of Party Committee of Hoa Binh province. . ... At the 7th National Party Congress June 1991, he was re-elected and held the position of..

could trump take down the american empire?

In a meeting with his national security team in the summer of 2017, in which Secretary of Defense James Mattis recommended new military measures against Islamic State affiliates in North Africa, Trump expressed his frustration with the unending wars. ... It was there, on July 20, 2017, that Mattis,..

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erik prince, in kabul, pushes privatization of the afghan war

Quoting earlier comments by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Votel said, “I don’t think this is a very good strategy.” . ... Bannon is now gone from the White House, but so is McMaster and former secretary of state Rex Tillerson, who joined Mattis in trying to shut the door permanently..

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unnamed US official had told Reuters on Sunday that China had canceled the security meeting between American Secretary of Defense James Mattis and his Chinese counterpart, alleging that China had been unable to make its secretary for the scheduled talks. ..

giovanni v. u.s. departme

The court then explained that § 120 'provides a road map for application of CERCLA to federal facilities[,]' and that there would be little reason for the President to delegate response authority to the Secretary of Defense '[i]f section [104] did not apply to federal facilities.' ..

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