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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 been heavily criticised for curbing the financing for The World Health Organization (WHO), during the global Corona-Virus-pandemic.

philanthropist Bill Gates , a major financier of The Who , said it was "as dangerous as it sounds".

President Trump said on Tuesday that The Body had "failed in its basic duty" in its response to the Corona Virus.

The Head of The Who Said it was the review of the cuts 'impact', to ensure that our work continued without interruption".

"We regret the decision of The President of the United States to a standstill in the financing of The Who ," Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at a Press Conference , and added that the U.S. is "a long-standing and generous friend. and we hope that it will continue to be so".

Earlier on Twitter, He Said .

Un Secretary -General , António Guterres, said it was "to cut The Time " means to the, THE, the "is absolutely crucial to The World 's efforts to The War to win against Covid-19".

Mr Trump has accused The Who makes fatal mistakes and too trusting of China.

"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 reporters on Tuesday.

said A White house statement on Wednesday, had failed, The Agency , and the US people.

"The American people deserve better, the be of The Who and no longer supported, and to whose mismanagement, cover-ups, and errors can be studied," it read.

Mr Trump has come Under Fire for his own handling of the pandemic. He tried to deflect persistent 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, WHO was accused that "criticized" the decision, an apparent reference to the General advice of The Agency , against travel restrictions.

the United States is The global health body, the largest single donor, and there were More Than 400 million dollars in the year 2019. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the funding Covid-19 treatment and vaccine research, is the second-largest financier.

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

In the other response:

What Donald Trump is the argument?

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, you will lose precious time.

"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. "

What are The Who is and who is funding it?

Chinese officials first covered, until the outbreak of The Virus in Wuhan, Beijing and, later, imposed draconian restrictions, including quarantine zones, on an unprecedented scale, drawing exhuberant praise from The Who and Mr Tedros.

But 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 had China's praises in 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".

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 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa and how long it took to declare a Public Health Emergency ,



coronavirus pandemic, donald trump, world health organization (who)

Source of news: bbc.com

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