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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the Biden administration is working with Congress to provide $300 million in aid to Afghanistan in 2021 amid fears of a collapse of the Afghan government following the withdrawal of US troops in September.
2021-04-21

At a hearing in New York City, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two associates of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who aided him with a search in Ukraine for detrimental information on President Trump's political opponents, plead not guilty to charges that they funneled $350,000 in illegal donations to a pro-Trump political committee and another $20,000 to former Republican Congressman Pete Sessions while acting on behalf of at least one Ukrainian government official.
2019-10-23

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton notifies Congress of her intent to include the Haqqani network on the government's terror list. An attaché at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington dismisses the decision as an "internal matter" of the United States and reaffirms Pakistan's commitment to "combating extremism and terrorism." Haqqani senior commanders say the decision will not help in bringing peace to Afghanistan.
2012-09-7

Barack Obama, the President of the United States, and Congressional leaders reach a deal on extending the debt ceiling.
2011-07-31

The U.S. military is sending M1 Abrams tanks to Afghanistan for the first time in the nine-year war in Afghanistan.
2010-11-19

The opposition Social Democrats are awarded control of the Czech senate by the people in mid-term elections, giving them the chance to oppose right-wing government attempts to cut the wages of workers, stop them sending more troops to Afghanistan and make government reforms "socially more tolerable". [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-europe-11614494 (BBC)] [http:--www.france24.com-en-20101023-czech-leftist-opposition-tops-senate-vote-may-slow-reforms (AFP via France24)]date=August 2019
2010-10-23

More than 1,200 NASA employees are laid off despite a $19 billion funding budget passed by the United States Congress earlier in the week.
2010-10-1

7 American soldiers are killed in fighting in Afghanistan over the weekend.
2010-08-29

At least 63 members of the US military have died in the War in Afghanistan during July 2010 making it the deadliest month for US forces in the history of the war.
2010-07-30

The United States House of Representatives Ethics Committee begins a public hearing into New York Democratic Congressman Charles B. Rangel.
2010-07-29