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World Service,19 Jun 2019,53 mins

Trump announces departure of acting defense secretary

Newsday

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The acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration for the job, amid reports of a history of family violence. The five conservative men seeking to replace Theresa May as British Prime Minister have clashed in a noisy television debate. Uganda is preparing for a surge of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where hundreds of thousands are fleeing ethnic violence.

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