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White House Announcements to Focus on Advancing Cybersecurity Talent – Nextgov

White House Announcements to Focus on Advancing Cybersecurity Talent  Nextgov Biden to discuss cybersecurity with Amazon, Google and Apple CEOs at White House  The Washington Post Biden to host tech, finance and energy CEOs for security summit at White House following wave

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2 U.S. lawmakers’ Kabul trip prompts questions, condemnation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared it not “a good idea.” But the two lawmakers said they were conducting important oversight of the Biden administration’s handling of the withdrawal.

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Inspired by Airbnb, Hims & Hers offers 10,000 free medical visits to displaced Afghan refugees

Hims & Hers co-founder and CEO Andrew Dudum said Thursday that his company is in the process of distributing 10,000 primary care and mental health visits to displaced Afghan refugees. Founded in 2017, San Francisco-based Hims & Hers has built

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A Focused Look At Abdul Ghani Baradar, Who (For Now) Leads The Taliban

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Carter Malkasian, historian and former adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, about Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar and his talk with the CIA director.

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British Army surgeon used new dad skills to comfort baby passed over barbed wire in Kabul

A British Army surgeon has told of using his skills as a new father to settle a baby passed over barbed wire at Kabul airport, as an “unexpectedly high number” of children are being handed over to troops.

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NATO Secretary General Sees Risk In Staying In Afghanistan Past Deadline

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of NATO, about the ongoing effort to evacuate U.S. and NATO allies from Afghanistan.

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At A D.C. Restaurant, One Generation Of Afghan Refugees Helps The Next

The Afghan restaurant Lapis in Washington D.C., owned by a family of Afghan immigrants who fled in the 1980s, has been accepting donations to help Afghan refugees who are expected in the area.

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Is China’s Zero Tolerance Approach To Fighting The Delta Variant Worth The Cost?

China is taking a zero tolerance approach to the delta variant through mass testing and sudden lockdowns. Can those measures work? And are they sustainable?

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How you can help Afghan refugees arriving to the U.S.

Thousands of Afghan refugees are being evacuated to the United States. Here’s how you can help.

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How you can help Afghan refugees arriving to the U.S.

Thousands of Afghan refugees are being evacuated to the United States. Here’s how you can help.

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