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• Booker says Biden is 'causing a lot of frustration and even pain with his words'
• Schumer: ATF should investigate Dominican Republic deaths
• Japan's Abe offers Saudi crown prince help in reducing oil dependency

Booker says Biden is 'causing a lot of frustration and even pain with his words' Posted: 30 Jun 2019 11:11 AM PDT Sen. Cory Booker criticized 2020 presidential rival Joe Biden, saying the former vice president was doing a poor job at healing racial divisions in the country.

Schumer: ATF should investigate Dominican Republic deaths Posted: 30 Jun 2019 05:10 AM PDT The Senate's top Democrat called on the U.S. government Sunday to step up its efforts to investigate the deaths of Americans who traveled to the Dominican Republic and is asking the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to get involved. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the agency should step in to lend investigative support to the FBI and local law enforcement officials after at least eight Americans died in the Dominican Republic this year. The ATF — the agency primarily investigates firearms-related crimes but is also charged with regulating alcohol and tobacco — is uniquely positioned to provide technical and forensic expertise in the investigation, Schumer said. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Japan's Abe offers Saudi crown prince help in reducing oil dependency Posted: 30 Jun 2019 02:10 AM PDT Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday praised Saudi Arabia's efforts to reduce its dependence on oil and promised Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that Japan will help the kingdom with a sweeping reform plan. "Saudi Arabia's 'Vision 2030' is an unprecedented major reform aimed at shifting away from dependence on oil and at diversifying industry, under your majesty's initiative," Abe told the crown prince at the beginning of a bilateral meeting after a summit of Group of 20 leaders in the city of Osaka.

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