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“When they began with the drone attacks, it was a fairly severe impact—the sudden appearance of a capability that, quite frankly, wasn’t on our radar,” said Maj.

From The Wall Street Journal

"What he said was clearly quite abhorrent. Nobody would subscribe to that - certainly not the government. And now there is an inquiry by the Foreign Office about how these tweets were overlooked," he said.

From BBC

The most recent averages have him hovering around 40%, with quite a few of the individual surveys showing his approval rating even lower, in the 30s.

From Salon

But she admits feeling "quite lonely" since separating from her partner four years ago, which led to fewer social invitations with couples in their network.

From BBC

"The lasting influences of the temperance movement went on for quite a long time," Ms Marshall says.

From BBC