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MARCH 11, 2021
President Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill
President Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 economic relief bill into law. He spoke briefly about the bill, also known as the “American Rescue Plan” and was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris.


Biden will announce that he is ordering U.S. states, territories and tribes to make all adults eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine by May 1, administration officials said.
Joe Biden signs $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, eyes next stage of pandemic fight


Mar. 12 - Hours after signing his $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on Thursday, President Joe Biden prepared to tell Americans in a televised address he is taking aggressive action to speed COVID-19 vaccinations and move the country closer to normality by July 4.

Biden signed the measure, designed to bring relief to Americans and boost the economy, with Vice President Kamala Harris at his side in the Oval Office. The package is a major political victory for the Democratic president some 50 days into his administration.     more details

MARCH 11, 2021
White House Daily Briefing
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki held a briefing shortly after President Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, also known as the “American Rescue Plan.” She announced direct deposits for stimulus checks will start in the coming days and spoke about other benefits of the bill. She also previewed President Biden’s primetime address, saying it will focus on COVID-19's impact on the country and how the nation moves forward from the pandemic.
Biden to Meet Virtually With Quad Leaders from Japan, India, Australia

Mar. 12 - WASHINGTON—U.S. President Joe Biden will hold an online meeting on Friday with the leaders of Japan, India, and Australia, the White House said on Tuesday, the first leader-level meeting of a four-country group that seeks to promote a rules-based international order in the Indo-Pacific region in response to increased military and economic aggression by China’s ruling communist party in the region.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the meeting of the “Quad” countries showed the importance placed by Biden on U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region.     more details

On Wings of Eagles: The Inspiring True Story of One Man's Patriotic Spirit--and His Heroic Mission to Save His Countrymen

#1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . . 

When two of his employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands: businessman H. Ross Perot. His team consisted of a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of his corporation, handpicked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. To free the imprisoned Americans, they would face incalculable odds on a mission that only true heroes would have dared. . .
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President Joe Biden Addresses Asian-American Hate Crimes, COVID Vaccines & More In Coronavirus Memorial Speech

Mar. 12 - President Joe Biden marked the one year of coronavirus with an inclusive speech on Thursday (March 11).

The 78-year-old Commander in Chief addressed a handful of issues, including Asian-American hate crimes and the vaccine roll out, all while honoring the 500,000+ lives that were lost.

“No more searching day and night for an appointment for you and your loved ones,” he mentioned about the roll out, adding that all adults, no matter what age, will be able to get the vaccine by May.

He continued, “If we do our part, if we do this together, by July the fourth, there is a good chance that you, your family and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or your neighborhood and have a cookout or a BBQ and celebrate Independence Day. After this long hard year, that will make this Independence Day something truly special, where we not only mark our independence as a nation, but we begin to mark our independence from this virus.”

Biden also denounced rising “vicious hate attacks” on Asian-Americans: “So many of them are fellow Americans, are on the frontlines of this pandemic trying to save lives – and still are forced to live in fear for their lives just walking down streets in America. It’s wrong. It’s un-American. And it must stop.”     source from

MARCH 11, 2021
President Biden Addresses Nation on One-Year Anniversary of Coronavirus Pandemic
President Biden addressed the nation from the White House on the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic hitting the U.S. and the shutdowns that resulted from the virus. During his remarks, the president announced that he will order states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for COVID-19 vaccines by May 1. He also discussed reopening schools and increasing the number of vaccination sites across the country. At the beginning of his remarks, President Biden said that to date, the number of Americans who died from the virus is 527,726. 
WATCH LIVE: Biden addresses nation on one-year anniversary of Covid-19 shutdowns — 3/11/2021
Mar. 12, 2021
Kosovo Sends Entire Platoon of Peacekeepers To Aid US in the Middle East

Mar. 12 - ​The restoration of neoliberal-neoconservative axis of interventionism in Washington is proceeding apace, with the announcement that Kosovo has sent its first contingent of peacekeepers abroad
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The renegade province of Serbia, recognized by the US as an independent state since 2008 but in reality at best a vassal principality, held a ceremony on Tuesday for a platoon – 32 troops in total – that departed for Kuwait, and from there to parts unknown.

AP reported that the troops will be deployed for six months after "a request from the US Central Command" and will be under the command of the Iowa National Guard.     continue to read