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Editor's note: CNN national security analyst John Kirby, a retired rear admiral in the US Navy, was a spokesman for both the State and Defense departments in the Obama administration. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. (CNN) -- President Trump's agreement to meet with Kim Jong Un is ...

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Samuel Zeif, an 18-year-old senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., cries after speaking during a listening session with President Donald Trump and students and teachers in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.

Five years later, the effects of the lifting of the ban have turned what was once covert manipulation of the media by the government into a transparent “revolving door” between the media and the government. Robbie Martin — documentary filmmaker and media analyst whose documentary series, “A Very ...

John Kirby, a retired Navy rear admiral and former spokesman for the State Department and the Pentagon, reposted on Twitter an article he wrote for CNN's website last summer after Mr Trump mentioned he had been dazzled by the Paris parade. Mr Kirby said a big military parade in Washington is a bad ...

John Kirby, a retired Navy rear admiral and former spokesman for the State Department and the Pentagon, reposted on Twitter an article he wrote for CNN's website last summer after Mr Trump mentioned he had been dazzled by the Paris parade. Mr Kirby said a big military parade in Washington is a bad ...

Written, directed and produced by award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson (“The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution”) and produced by Firelight Films, “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities” examines the impact HBCUs have had on American ...

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Filmmaker and director of the upcoming PBS American Masters documentary “Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/ Feeling Heart,” Tracy Heather Strain explained, “Lorraine was an activist first and foremost. Of course, she identified as a writer, but she was an activist and she tried different ways of going for ...

I've worked with Black organizations like the Black Filmmaker Foundation, the Pan-African Film Festival, AAFCA, ABFF, The NAACP Image Awards and now ... Ava DuVernay will be present, along with celebrated film director Julie Dash (“Daughters of The Dust”) who directed the midseason premiere of ...

In addition to musical performances, the festival will feature many talks with many prominent voices in the arts, such as film director Edgar Wright (Baby Driver, Scott Pilgrim, Hot Fuzz), LA rap legend Ice-T, and engineer Bernie Grundman, who notably worked with Michael Jackson and Prince. Tickets go on ...

DENVER -- The $1.8 billion plan to remodel Denver International Airport's main terminal was met with opposition Wednesday afternoon. “We're really worried about the operation,” United Airlines president John Kirby said. Airline workers, carpenters and airport employees were in attendance at the meeting ...

"The Marriage Zone" at the Secret Rose Theatre in the NoHo Arts District runs through August 27. Written & Directed by Jeff Gould. The Secret Rose Theatre. 11246 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, 91601. I was fortunate enough to see Jeff Gould's last play at The Secret Rose, “It's Just Sex,” which was ...

Retired Rear Admiral and former Obama State Department spokesperson John Kirby says it appears President Trump may have been trying to avoid follow up questions on his son's meeting with a Russian lawyer by taking a question from a Chinese journalist as opposed to an American. Source: CNN ...

CNN's national security analyst, John Kirby, reflected the confusion over what had happened under darkness in the sea off Japan in a commentary for the network's website. “We do not know whether the warship's radars were operating sufficiently, he said. “We do not know what decisions the men and ...

It is described as the largest “flawless” heart-shaped diamond to appear at auction. The Christie's sale also includes a set of ruby and diamond earrings and matching bracelet given to Elizabeth Taylor in 1957 by her then husband, Mike Todd, the film director and producer. Shareemailfacebooktwitter ...

Some Turkish officials in recent days have suggested that the United States supported the assassination of Karlov, prompting a sharp rebuke from U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby on December 20. Kirby said Kerry raised concerns about "some of the rhetoric coming out of Turkey with respect ...

While Kerry has privately complained that the acrimonious presidential campaign between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump has made his job harder in recent months, department spokesman John Kirby denied that Kerry's travels were timed to keep him out of the country during the ...

Aoun's election is a “moment of opportunity, as Lebanon emerges from years of political impasse,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. ... “This will revive our economy and will stop it from collapsing further,” Amanda Abou Abdallah, a 30-year-old filmmaker who describes herself as ...

“The United States is troubled by yesterday's announcement by the Venezuelan National Electoral Council that its recall referendum process might not be completed until 2017,” opined US State Department Spokesman John Kirby in an official statement released Thursday. The statement followed an ...

In one of several high-profile cases that have drawn international criticism, a Russian military court has sentenced a Ukrainian film director to 20 years in prison for allegedly plotting ... U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby condemned the trial and sentencing, calling it "a miscarriage of justice.".

Ukrainian Filmmaker Sentenced to 20 Years in High-Security Russian Penal Colony ... Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov at a hearing at Moscow's Lefortovo District Court in December, 2014. ... “This is a clear miscarriage of justice,” echoed US State Department spokesperson John Kirby in a statement.