Chinese President Xi Jinping and then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2015. | Carolyn Kaster / AP
Passing the 100-day mark of President Joe Biden’s administration, one word we hear often is “bold.” From the passage of the American Rescue Plan (to fight the coronavirus), to important changes proposed in the American Jobs Plan (on infrastructure), and his American Families Plan (expand paid family and medical leave, pre-school education, free community college, etc.), the president envisions important changes in several critical areas of daily life.
What we yet see are a lot of “bold” changes in U.S. foreign policy, especially in relations with four major nations China, Vietnam, Cuba, and North Korea. In many respects, the United States continues strategies forged during the Cold War. After four years of Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy, Biden is steering U.S. foreign policy back to its previous channels. In a speech at the State Department in February, he d
Alex Rodriguez Fast Facts
Here is a look at Alex Rodriguez, former New York Yankees infielder, who is in fourth place for the most career home runs in Major League Baseball history. He was suspended for the entire 2014 season after an investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Personal
Birth place: New York, New York
Birth name: Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez
Father: Victor Rodriguez, shoe salesman and baseball player
Mother: Lourdes (Navarro) Rodriguez, automotive plant worker
Marriage: Cynthia (Scurtis) Rodriguez (November 2, 2002-2008, divorced)
Children: Ella and Natasha
Other Facts
His family moved from New York to the Dominican Republic when Rodriguez was 4 years old, then moved to Miami when he was in the fourth grade.
Alex Rodriguez Fast Facts
Here is a look at Alex Rodriguez, former New York Yankees infielder, who is in fourth place for the most career home runs in Major League Baseball history. He was suspended for the entire 2014 season after an investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Personal
Birth place: New York, New York
Birth name: Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez
Father: Victor Rodriguez, shoe salesman and baseball player
Mother: Lourdes (Navarro) Rodriguez, automotive plant worker
Marriage: Cynthia (Scurtis) Rodriguez (November 2, 2002-2008, divorced)
Children: Ella and Natasha
Other Facts
His family moved from New York to the Dominican Republic when Rodriguez was 4 years old, then moved to Miami when he was in the fourth grade.
Alex Rodriguez Fast Facts
Here is a look at Alex Rodriguez, former New York Yankees infielder, who is in fourth place for the most career home runs in Major League Baseball history. He was suspended for the entire 2014 season after an investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Personal
Birth place: New York, New York
Birth name: Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez
Father: Victor Rodriguez, shoe salesman and baseball player
Mother: Lourdes (Navarro) Rodriguez, automotive plant worker
Marriage: Cynthia (Scurtis) Rodriguez (November 2, 2002-2008, divorced)
Children: Ella and Natasha
Other Facts
His family moved from New York to the Dominican Republic when Rodriguez was 4 years old, then moved to Miami when he was in the fourth grade.
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VENUES STILL WAITING FOR CASH AFTER LOBBYING VICTORY: When the pandemic hit last year, concert and performing arts venues banded together to form the National Independent Venue Association, which spent months lobbying Congress to help them. They succeeded in December: Congress included a grant program for shuttered venues in the Covid relief.