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As troops leave Afghanistan, lawmakers fear dark future for women

By Patricia Zengerle and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers grilled President Joe Biden s Afghanistan peace envoy on Tuesday about how women will be protected if the hard-line Islamist Taliban take control after U.S. troops withdraw, and threatened to withhold funding if rights gains are reversed. I don’t believe under any circumstances that the United States Senate will support assistance for Afghanistan, especially under the World Bank’s program which provides budget support, if the Taliban has taken a governing role that ends civil society advances and rolls back women’s rights, said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez.

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As US troops withdraw from Afghanistan, lawmakers fear dark future for women

As US troops withdraw from Afghanistan, lawmakers fear dark future for women Reuters As US troops withdraws from Afghanistan, lawmakers fear dark future for women US lawmakers grilled President Joe Biden s Afghanistan peace envoy on Tuesday about how women will be protected if the hard-line Islamist Taliban take control after US troops withdraw, and threatened to withhold funding if rights gains are reversed. I don t believe under any circumstances that the United States Senate will support assistance for Afghanistan, especially under the World Bank s program which provides budget support, if the Taliban has taken a governing role that ends civil society advances and rolls back women s rights, said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez.

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Potential future Biden Supreme Court pick set for U S Senate hearing

Potential future Biden Supreme Court pick set for U.S. Senate hearing Reuters 3 hrs ago By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge considered a possible future U.S. Supreme Court nominee is set to testify on Wednesday at a Senate confirmation hearing for her selection by President Joe Biden to serve on an influential appeals court. U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee after being nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to replace Attorney General Merrick Garland on the bench. That appellate court in the past has served as a springboard to the Supreme Court for some justices.

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Rudy Giuliani in crosshairs of office that launched his rise

Rudy Giuliani in crosshairs of office that launched his rise
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As foreign troops leave Afghanistan, US lawmakers fear dark future for women – Voice Of Vienna

As foreign troops leave Afghanistan, US lawmakers fear dark future for women – Voice Of Vienna
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