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Richard A. Boucher, Veteran State Department Spokesman, Dies at 73

1 juillet 2025 à 23:10
Working for six secretaries of state, he was known for explaining and defending U.S. foreign policy in a noncombative tone, without interjecting his own opinion.

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The State Department spokesman Richard A. Boucher talked about a standoff between the United States and China at a press briefing in Washington in 2001.

Richard A. Boucher, Veteran State Department Spokesman, Dies at 73

1 juillet 2025 à 23:10
Working for six secretaries of state, he was known for explaining and defending U.S. foreign policy in a noncombative tone, without interjecting his own opinion.

© Alex Wong/Newsmakers, via Getty Images

The State Department spokesman Richard A. Boucher talked about a standoff between the United States and China at a press briefing in Washington in 2001.
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Pat Williams, Last Montana Democrat to Serve in the House, Dies at 87

28 juin 2025 à 15:13
His liberal politics, inspired by the safety nets of the New Deal, were shaped in working-class mining country.

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Pat Williams in 1990. Two years later he was Montana’s only member of the House, after the state’s representation there had been chiseled down to one seat.

Suchinda Kraprayoon, Thai Leader Who Set Off Bloody Protests, Dies at 91

19 juin 2025 à 17:15
A top general, he was appointed prime minister in 1992, a short-lived tenure that immediately incited the Black May uprising — and a violent backlash by his military.

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Gen. Kraprayoon Suchinda at the annual Trooping the Color military parade in Bangkok in 1991. He assumed the prime ministership after saying he would not, inciting four days of violent protest in Thailand’s capital.
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