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Biden releases memo highlighting standards for countries that receive US military aid

By Samantha Waldenberg and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden released a memo Thursday highlighting the standards foreign governments that receive US military aid must adhere to, according to the White House. Under the memo, the secretary of state must “obtain certain credible and reliable written assurances from foreign governments receiving defense articles,”

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US military drills in Philippines unaffected by America’s focus on Ukraine and Gaza, US general says

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A U.S. general says combat exercises between the United States and the Philippines that involve thousands of forces each year will not be affected by America’s focus on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Maj. Gen. Marcus Evans, commanding general of the U.S. Army’s

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Bend Police, Fire medics respond to four fentanyl overdoses in just six hours Tuesday, use Narcan to help all four survive

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In the span of just six hours Tuesday, Bend fire medics and police officers responded to four fentanyl overdoses, helping all four survive by administering Narcan. This happened just a day before Deschutes County commissioners voted on party lines (with Phil Chang abstaining) to enact a 90 day countywide fentanyl state

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