2019年5月29日 星期三
Mueller, in First Comments on Russia Inquiry, Declines to Clear Trump
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
Mueller, in First Comments on Russia Inquiry, Declines to Clear Trump
Robert S. Mueller III characterized his investigation of whether President Trump obstructed justice: “If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so.”
Mr. Mueller called his report “my testimony” and said that he would not provide more information.
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1:43‘The Report Is My Testimony,’ Mueller Says of Russia InquiryIn his public remarks about the special counsel’s Russia investigation, Robert S. Mueller III suggested that he was reluctant to testify before Congress. Doug Mills/The New York Times
Mueller Delivered a Message. Washington Couldn’t Agree on What It Was.
The public debut of Mr. Mueller proved as polarizing and unsatisfying as almost everything else about the Russia inquiry, our correspondent writes in an analysis.
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Standing Where Barr Cleared Trump, Mueller Makes a Different Case
The special counsel hopes an appearance will be his first and last public statement about the Russia and obstruction investigation. But he left many things unsaid.
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2019年5月27日 星期一
Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Is Delayed Until Trump Leaves Office, Mnuchin SaysHarriet Tubman $20 Bill Is Delayed Until Trump Leaves Office, Mnuchin Says
Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Is Delayed Until Trump Leaves Office, Mnuchin Says
By ALAN RAPPEPORT
President Trump said in 2016 that the Obama-era decision to put Tubman on the bill was “pure political correctness.’’ Now it won’t be in circulation until 2028.
ハリエット・タブマン（Harriet Tubman, 1820年または1821年 - 1913年3月10日）は、アメリカ合衆国メリーランド州ドーチェスター郡出身の奴隷、後に奴隷解放運動家、女性解放運動家。
特に、地下鉄道（アンダーグラウンド・レールロード。アメリカ北部やカナダへ黒人奴隷が逃亡するのを援助する秘密結社）の女性指導者のひとり。その功績から尊敬をこめて、「女モーセ」「黒人のモーセ」(Black Moses) とも呼ばれた。古代エジプトで奴隷となっていたイスラエル人をカナンの地へ導いた、古代の預言者モーセになぞらえてのことである。
2020年に発行される20ドル札で、アフリカ系アメリカ人として初めてアメリカドル紙幣にデザインされる事が決まった。
2019年5月15日 星期三
Barr asks Pelosi: 'Did you bring your handcuffs?'
“Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs?” Attorney General William Barr asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi as he crossed paths with her at the U.S. Capitol.
Pelosi smiled and said the House Sergeant at Arms was present should an arrest be necessary, according to a source who observed the exchange.
The U.S. fight over abortion escalates. Abortion Is a Problem to Be Solved, Not a Moral Issue. 恐怖的美國最近某些州的墮胎法：Alabama 州； Georgia州
Opinion: When women are educated about and have access to effective contraception, as well as legal and medically safe abortions, they initially use both strategies to prevent pregnancy and abortion rates decline.
The Alabama Legislature gave final approval to the nation's most restrictive abortion law in the country, a measure that makes performing abortion a felony at any stage of pregnancy with almost no exceptions.
美國阿拉巴馬州通過一項嚴厲的墮胎禁令 ，除女性面臨嚴重生命危險外，任何情況均不得墮胎，包括因被強姦或亂倫導致的懷孕。幫助墮胎的醫生可能會面臨長達99年的監禁。 （《 紐約時報 》）
Georgia州墮胎法的假科學
Georgia has become the sixth state banning abortions after six weeks, with no scientific basis. (via WIRED)
2019年5月14日 星期二
特朗普簽署行政命令劍指華為。報道：川普將簽署行政令，禁止美國公司與華為做生意 Exclusive: Trump expected to sign order paving way for U.S. telecoms ban on Huawei
特朗普簽署行政命令劍指華為
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白宮官員表示，特朗普總統週三采取行動，禁止美國電信公司安裝可能對國家安全構成威脅的外國設備。這一措施實際上禁止了中國電信巨頭華為在美國的銷售 。
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→細節：特朗普沒有在這項行政命令中單獨點名任何國家或公司，但此舉被廣泛認為是中美在經濟和安全問題上的最新交手，也是美國打擊中國科技行業的最極端舉措。未來150天內，美國商務部將對不符合禁令的交易進行審查。
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→焦點：五角大樓和情報官員警告稱，中國公司可能在衝突期間攔截安全信息或關閉網絡，破壞美國基礎設施。華為否認了這一指控。
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→背景：幾個月來，美國一直在警告盟友 ，如果他們使用華為建設5G網絡，將停止共享情報。這一禁令發布之際，中美貿易戰已經再度升級。
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路透援引三位美國知情官員的話稱，
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MAY 15, 2019 / 6:43 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Exclusive: Trump expected to sign order paving way for U.S. telecoms ban on Huawei
David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk, paving the way for a ban on doing business with China’s Huawei, three U.S. officials familiar with the plan told Reuters.
FILE PHOTO: A Huawei logo is pictured during the media day for the Shanghai auto show in Shanghai, China April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
The order, which will not name specific countries or companies, has been under consideration for more than a year but has repeatedly been delayed, the sources said, asking not to be named because the preparations remain confidential. It could be delayed again, they said.
The executive order would invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which gives the president the authority to regulate commerce in response to a national emergency that threatens the United States. The order will direct the Commerce Department, working with other government agencies, to draw up a plan for enforcement, the sources said.
If signed, the executive order would come at a delicate time in relations between China and the United States as the world’s two largest economies ratchet up tariffs in a battle over what U.S. officials call China’s unfair trade practices.
Washington believes equipment made by Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world’s third largest smartphone maker, could be used by the Chinese state to spy. Huawei, which has repeatedly denied the allegations, did not immediately comment.
The White House and Commerce Department declined to comment.
The United States has been actively pushing other countries not to use Huawei’s equipment in next-generation 5G networks that it calls “untrustworthy.” In August, Trump signed a bill that barred the U.S. government itself from using equipment from Huawei and another Chinese provider, ZTE Corp.
In January, U.S. prosecutors charged two Huawei units in Washington state saying they conspired to steal T-Mobile US Inc trade secrets, and also charged Huawei and its chief financial officer with bank and wire fraud on allegations that the company violated sanctions against Iran.
The Federal Communications Commission in April 2018 voted to advance a proposal to bar the use of funds from a $9 billion government fund to purchase equipment or services from companies that pose a security threat to U.S. communications networks.
Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said last week he is waiting for the Commerce Department to express views on how to “define the list of companies” that would be prohibited under the FCC proposal.
The FCC voted unanimously to deny China Mobile Ltd’s bid to provide U.S. telecommunications services last week and said it was reviewing similar prior approvals held by China Unicom and China Telecom Corp.
The issue has taken on new urgency as U.S. wireless carriers look for partners as they rollout 5G networks.
While the big wireless companies have already cut ties with Huawei, small rural carriers continue to rely on both Huawei and ZTE switches and other equipment because they tend to be cheaper.
The Rural Wireless Association, which represents carriers with fewer than 100,000 subscribers, estimated that 25 percent of its members had Huawei or ZTE equipment in their networks, it said in an FCC filing in December.
At a hearing Tuesday, U.S. senators raised the alarm about allies using Chinese equipment in 5G networks.
The Wall Street Journal first reported in May 2018 that the executive order was under review. Reuters reported in December that Trump was still considering issuing the order and other media reported in February that the order was imminent.
Reporting by David Shepardson, additional reporting by Chris Bing and Diane Bartz; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall
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2019年5月11日 星期六
‘So Help Me God’ No More: House Traditions Get a Makeover
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