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  Rep. Gallagher: 'The CCP if they win this competition ... will likely use that technology for evil'

  On July 18, the Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Subcommittee (CITI) held a hearing to discuss the use of artificial intelligence on the battlefield. U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of Subcommittee, delivered the opening remarks at the hearing.

  By Andy Nghiem

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  Blinken: 'We welcome the announcement that Saudi Arabia will purchase up to 121 Boeing aircraft'

  The State Department announced March 14 that Saudi Arabia plans to purchase up to 121 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft equipped with General Electric’s most advanced GEnex engines to anchor its new Riyadh Air fleet.

  By Sam Jackson

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  Blinken: U.S. condemns court ruling as 'an attempt to suppress democracy and human rights in Belarus'

  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized the prison sentence of Belarusian opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialatski.

  By State Newswire Report

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  Blinken: Kazakhstan shows 'growing commitment to our economic partnership and his reform agenda'

  Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visited Kazakhstan Feb. 28 to strengthen bilateral cooperation by meeting with senior Kazakh officials including President Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev and Turkmen Foreign Minister Rasit Meredov in Astana.

  By State Newswire Report

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