Healthcare
In the United States, many people purchase health insurance to help them cover the sometimes high cost of healthcare services.
The U.S. is the only industrialized nation without some sort of universal healthcare systemConnecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care: The Case For Single Payer, Universal Health Care For The United States (June 4, 1999) and the proposed implementation of an American universal healthcare system has become one of the platforms of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's campaign.BarackObama.com: Healthcare
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Admiral Chabanenko
The Admiral Chabanenko is a Russian anti-submarine destroyer. Completed for the Russian Navy in 1996, the Chabanenko arrived for duty with the northern fleet in March 1999.
December 3, 2008: The Russian Navy announced that the Admiral Chabanenko will sail through the Panama Canal. This will be the first time a Russian ship has sailed through the Canal since World War II. The exercise is a symbolic gesture of Moscow's military strengthBreitbart: Russian warship to cross Panama Canal (December 3, 2008)
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N Korea Nuclear Past
In a statement made on June 18, 2008, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced North Korea would soon deliver the long-awaited document disclosing its history of nuclear activity.BBC News: N Korea nuclear statement 'due' (June 19, 2008)
The declaration would restart four-party negotiations that have been stalled since 2007 and begin the process towards removing North Korea from the United States' list of sponsors of terrorism.
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Yongbyon Tower Demolition
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Advanced Nuclear Blueprints Smuggling
The smuggling group operated out of Pakistan. The ringleader, Abdul Qadeer Khan remains under house arrest for selling secrets to Libya, North Korea and Iran. He was pardoned by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in 2004.
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Roy Chaderton
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela announced the appointment of Roy Chaderton as the ambassador to the United States, on April 18, 2009. Chaderton's appointment follows a meeting between President Barack Obama and Chavez, on April 17, 2009. At the time of the appointment, Chaderton served as Venezuela's representative to the Organization of American States (OAS).Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias: Roy Chaderton appointed Venezuelan representative before the OAS (May 6, 2008)
The U.S. and Venezuela have not had ambassadors since September 2008. At the time, Chavez dismissed the ambassador to the U.S. in solidarity with the ally country, Bolivia, whose President Evo Morales expelled their U.S ambassador.English Xinhua: Chavez names new ambassador to Washington (April 19, 2009)
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Russia - Indonesia Arms Deal
- Vladimir Putin
- Wikipedia: Vladimir Putin
- Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
- Wikipedia: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
- BBC News: Profile: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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U.S. Relations with China
- President: Hu Jintao
- Premier: Wen Jiabao
- Capital: Beijing
- Largest City: Shanghai
- Government: Socialist Republic
- Population: 1,321,851,888 (2007 est.)
- Currency: Chinese Yuan (CNY)
- Official Language: Chinese (Mandarin)
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