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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
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Inside the New York Fed: Secret Recordings and a Culture Clash
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National Institutes of Health & The Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, WHO and Clinical Trials
From the World Health Organization: Nearly 1000 new cases were reported in the week ending 14 September alone — certainly an underestimate of the true burden of disease. If the present rate of increase continues — if nothing is done to intervene — somewhere between 2500 and 5000 cases will occur, each week, just four weeks from now. Affected countries could be seeing more than 10,000 cases weekly by mid-November. more »
How Active Shooter Incidents Play Out: The FBI Releases a New Study
The FBI is releasing a study of 160 active shooter incidents that occurred between 2000 and 2013 throughout the US. The largest percentage of incidents — 45.6 percent — took place in a commercial environment (73 incidents), followed by 24.3 percent that took place in an educational environment (39 incidents. The remaining incidents occurred in open spaces, military and other government properties, residential properties, houses of worship, and health care facilities. more »
