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Barr: undermining election caused the riot
William Barr, the former attorney general and staunch Donald Trump ally, said that doubts raised about the legitimacy of the election results precipitated the riot at the Capitol.
But he would not say whether he believed Trump had incited the mob that ransacked the building on January 6, instead blaming free-speech issues and the news media.
Barr, who stepped down last month after pushing back on Trump s false claims that the election had been stolen from him, told the British news channel ITV on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) it was unacceptable that a pro-Trump mob broke into the Capitol building and disrupted proceedings to certify President-elect Joe Biden s electoral college victory.
Lara Jakes, The New York Times
Published: 19 Jan 2021 01:04 AM BdST
Updated: 19 Jan 2021 01:04 AM BdST Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on during a news briefing at the White House on Jan 10, 2020. Pompeo has been regarded by some analysts as the worst secretary of state in American history. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
Spurned by many foreign allies, ridiculed by adversaries, disliked by a significant number of his own diplomats and trying to preserve his political future, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week offered an insight into his legacy as a commander of the Trump administration’s scorched-earth foreign policy by citing a seminal moment in his personal history.
RIYADH: Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar of Riyadh received the US ambassador to the Kingdom on Sunday. John Abizaid has reached the end of his term as ambassador to Saudi Arabia and had gone to the governor’s office to say farewell. Abizaid is a fluent Arabic speaker of Lebanese-Christian descent who headed US Central Command, which covers the Middle East, during the Iraq war
Architect Norman Perttula’s buildings helped define the mid-century modern look of Northeast Ohio cities
Updated Jan 17, 2021;
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have become familiar presences across Northeast Ohio, contributing to the region’s sense of place.
Perttula’s buildings display a love of big gestures and strong geometric forms that make them stand out as dramatic sculptural objects on suburban campuses or city streets.
His work includes the B.F. Goodrich World Headquarters in Akron, built in 1967-71, and the 1982 Ohio Bell Headquarters building, now known as Ameritech Center or as 45 Erieview Plaza, located at the southeast corner of East Ninth Street and Lakeside Avenue in Cleveland.