Word: spokes
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Pelosi, the highest-ranking woman in the history of American government, also discussed the importance of encouraging women to enter politics and spoke about the upcoming decision on increasing troop deployment to Afghanistan...
Panelist Alba E. Alvarez reinforced this point as she spoke about her life experiences, including being the only woman out of the 110 real estate agents at the company where she worked...
...after the Airbus 320 struck a flock of geese near LaGuardia Airport and lost all power. A Vanity Fair correspondent and former professional pilot, Langewiesche has written the most detailed account yet of the short flight, Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson. He spoke with TIME about the near disaster, the media's role in shaping perceptions of the incident and the forgotten star of the fateful flight...
...remarks which will have made for the main headlines. Obama defending the freedom of the internet by stating that "I think that the more freely information flows, the stronger the society becomes, because then citizens of countries around the world can hold their own governments accountable." He also spoke frankly about the benefits of individual freedoms when saying, "We do not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation," before adding that unrestricted access to information and political participation are not principles held by the United States but "universal rights...
...their press conference there was some hint of the discord, especially as it related to the basing of U.S. marines on Okinawa. Obama said the continuing discussions over U.S. bases in Japan would "focus on the implementation of the agreement" that was already struck. Hatoyama, by contrast, spoke of the possibility of considering relocation of U.S. forces "outside Okinawa and outside of the country...