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The War

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First episode dateSeptember 23, 2007
Final episode dateOctober 2, 2007
Narrated by Keith David
Oct 1, 2007
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Origin releasSeptember 23 –; October 2, 2007
Product compani National Endowment for the Humanities
Direct byKen Burns; Lynn Novick
Theme music composWynton Marsalis; "American Anthem" music and lyrics by Gene Scheer; performed by Norah Jones
EpisodesEpisodesE07 · A World Without WarOct 2, 2007 E06 · The Ghost FrontOct 1, 2007 E05 · FUBARSep 30, 2007 View 4+ more
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About The War


Six years in the making, Ken Burns' seven-part documentary series chronicles the horrifying historical impact of World War II from an American perspective by focusing on the personal stories of private citizens from four American towns: Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota. Together, these four communities serve as a tapestry of the ordeal Americans went through during the four years of the war, as witnesses share their own vivid and often harrowing accounts of how the war dramatically altered their lives as well as those of their friends and neighbours. … MORE

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US President Donald Trump has said he will stop the financing of The World Health organization (WHO), because it "could not outbreak in its basic duty" in its response to the Corona Virus.

He accused the UN Agency of mismanaging and cover-up of the spread of The Virus , after it originated in China, and said it must be Held Accountable .

In response, the UN chief said that it is "cut time", resources for The Who .

Mr Trump has come Under Fire for his own handling of the pandemic.

He tried to continued to draw criticism that he acted too slowly to stop to spread The Virus can also restrictions for travel out of China with regard to its decision at The End of January.

He has accused The Who that "criticized", that decision-making and prejudice against China in General .

"I Am all of my administration to halt funding while a review carried out to assess The World -health-organization role in the strong mismanaging and cover-up of the spread of the Corona Virus," Mr Trump told a press conference at the White house on Tuesday .

The Who has China often praised for its treatment of the outbreak

the United States is The global health body, the largest single donor, and there were More Than 400 million dollars in the year 2019.

A decision about whether or not the U.S. resumes funding, after the assessment, Mr Trump said it would last 60 to 90 Days .

The not answers directly, but the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres said The International community should unite "to stop in solidarity with The Virus ".

"It is my conviction that The World health organization must be supported, because it is absolutely crucial to The World 's efforts to The War to win against Covid-19," He Said .

Foreign Minister tweeted that the strengthening finances of the "under" was one of The Best investments that could be made at This Time .

What are The Who is and who is funding it?

The Who launched an appeal, which reported in March for $675 m for the fight against the Corona Virus pandemic, and is, that planning out a fresh appeal for at least $1 billion.

Bill Gates , the Microsoft founder and philanthropist, said on Twitter: "containment of the financing for The World health organization during The World health crisis is as dangerous as it Sounds . "

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the second-largest financier of The Who .

What The Argument is Donald Trump ?

"With the outbreak of the Covid-19-pandemic, we have concerns deep, whether America's generosity was put to The Best use possible in The First place," said the US President.

The United States has by far the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths worldwide, with More Than 600,000 cases and 26 000 deaths.

Mr Trump has accused The Who , to have failed to adequately assess the outbreak, when for the First Time in The City of Wuhan.

"Had done their work to get medical experts in China, in order to objectively assess The Situation on site and you withdraw from China, the lack of transparency, the outbreak would have been contained at its source with very Little Death ," he told reporters.

"That would have saved thousands of lives and avoided the worldwide economic damage. Instead, THE willingly accepted China's assurances to the Face Value . and defended the actions of the Chinese government. "

Chinese officials initially covered up the outbreak of The Virus in Wuhan, Beijing and, later, imposed draconian restrictions, including quarantine zones, the praise on an unprecedented scale, drawing exuberant, The Who and its Director-General , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

THE experts were only allowed to visit China and investigate the outbreak on the 10th of February, by which time the country had More Than 40,000 cases.

White House a Reporter noted, however, that Mr Trump praises himself China's response to the outbreak, and played down the risk that The Virus At Home , Long After The Who had declared a "Public Health emergency of international concern".

Democrats accused him of trying to shift blame away from themselves in an election year, but many Republicans in Congress vowed to cut his decision means.

Why has the criticism?

this is not the First Time , THE response to the outbreak under control.

On 14 January had found preliminary Chinese studies "no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission" of the new virus.

Mr Trump, and others have used the tweet to be an attack on those who believe just China, in spite of evidence to the contrary. But about a week after this tweet, on January 22,

at The End of January, on the same day, declared a Public Health emergency, the Who Said that travel restrictions were not needed, in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19 - including The Trump administration, on The Next day.

In March, is the UN Agency has also been accused of unduly influenced from China to the outbreak.

Meanwhile, some health experts also say that.

Other frequently-made criticism of the more that, in General , it is limited by politics and excessive bureaucracy. It came under particular fire for its response to the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa and how long it took to declare a Public Health emergency,

trump targets the growing influence of China

On one level, this movement is about the coronavirus. Administration officials have been sharply accused of blunders in the handling of the pandemic, saying it was biased against China.

you say to support that was also prepared in China deceives the early claims about The Virus And Then not pressing hard enough against Beijing tried to Cover Up his misinformation. In particular, the President, Trump has been the criticism of his travel restrictions against China.

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But that decision also comes from a current discussion on whether the link U.S. aid dollars, The Number of Americans who work in the groups you get.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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