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All The President's Men?
The U.S. Senate's 2017 confirmation process for President Trump's Cabinet. It forensically reveals the ethics, beliefs and philosophy behind four key Cabinet figures: Rex Tillerson, the former CEO of Exxon, now Secretary of State responsible for America's foreign policy; Attorney-General Jeff Sessions, a leading campaigner for the President and now his chief law officer; Dr Tom Price, a strident critic of Obamacare now Health Secretary and Scott Pruitt, a climate change sceptic confirmed as Director of the Environmental Protection Agency. The appointment of these men will have huge implications. They will lead the administration's policy on Russia, the Middle East, Iran and North Korea, on human rights worldwide, on the Paris Climate control agreement, as well as on the civil rights and the health of millions of Americans.
All the President's men?: scenes from the Senate confimation hearings of President Trump's cabinet
The U.S. Senate's 2017 confirmation process for President Trump's Cabinet. It forensically reveals the ethics, beliefs and philosophy behind four key Cabinet figures: Rex Tillerson, the former CEO of Exxon, now Secretary of State responsible for America's foreign policy; Attorney-General Jeff Sessions, a leading campaigner for the President and now his chief law officer; Dr Tom Price, a strident critic of Obamacare now Health Secretary and Scott Pruitt, a climate change sceptic confirmed as Director of the Environmental Protection Agency.The appointment of these men will have huge implications. They will lead the administration's policy on Russia, the Middle East, Iran and North Korea, on human rights worldwide, on the Paris Climate control agreement, as well as on the civil rights and the health of millions of Americans.
Deception : Munchausen's disorder
People afflicted with Munchausen's disorder invent illnesses in order to be admitted to a hospital. They repeatedly turn up in emergency rooms, claiming to be in acute distress and falsifying their medical histories. So convincing is their deception that they may even be operated on needlessly. This powerful documentary follows 41-year-old Nina and 26-year-old Simon into their bizarre world where reality has all but disappeared. Nina has made over 500 hospital visits in her lifetime. Having once suffered a genuine ectopic pregnancy, she has faked many such emergencies and been operated on seven times. While Nina s case is tragic, Simon is an even more complex individual who exhibits a dangerous combination of medical obsessions and habitual lying. He has made over a hundred hospital visits, often taking a taxi directly from the medical library where he researches symptoms. Psychiatrist Dr. Ben John admits the medical profession is largely defeated by Munchausen s disorder. These people divert valuable health resources from the truly sick in their endless drive to gain attention. Psychiatrist Dr. Michael Murphy of Queen Mary s Hospital observes that the typical Munchausen patient has few peer relationships and uses nursing and medical staff for social contact that does not become too intimate.
Obituary: Letter: Robert Hughes
[Bob] knows that [Dan] used to be a commando and asks him if he is carrying a gun. Dan says he never leaves home without it. Bob says he has a favour to ask: if the gasoline ignites, he wants Dan to shoot him. Bob doesn't want to die, but if he has to die he does not want to burn to death. Dan promises Bob he will do as he asks. Before it comes to that, the helicopter ambulance arrives. As Bob is strapped into the stretcher, Dan says, \"Bob, you're the bravest man I ever met.\" Bob replies, \"Come off it, Dan. That's bullshit.\" Dan reconsiders. \"OK, Bob. You're the bravest art critic I ever met.\"
G2: Arts: The day I emptied the Pentagon: At the height of the turmoil in Egypt, 1,200 Pentagon staff went off to the theatre for a day. Director Nicolas Kent explains how he seduced the US military
When the audience streamed out for lunch, the conversations were all about Afghanistan. \"You hit the ball right of the park,\" said Douglas Wilson, the Pentagon's assistant secretary for public affairs. \"This is absolutely wonderful.\" During the evening break, there was a crowded press conference. I was amazed to see such interest, until I realised how unprecedented these performances were: the Pentagon had never before sponsored a theatre show. I know Wilson had encountered fears the plays would be anti-war, and would deliver a counterproductive, negative message to a military audience; but he had always felt it was a \"no-brainer\", and responded to one question with the words: \"There is an assumption that the arts and our men and women in uniform are from different planets. It's not the case. The arts can provide a means to discuss and explore and, in this case, learn about the history and culture of a very complicated country. It is tremendous food for thought.\" The next day's show should have been an anticlimax, but wasn't. This audience was very different: there seemed to be more servicemen, some diplomats, an ex-deputy director of the CIA, as well as Michele Flournoy, tipped to be the next US secretary of defense. In the verbatim section, when the actors speak the words of General Sir [David Richards], Hillary Clinton and a Taliban commander, you could have heard a pin drop - especially as the actor playing Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid said: \"With the divisions, uncertainty and lack of clarity gripping the main decision-makers in Kabul, Washington and Europe, it becomes even more urgent that, before a pull-out of troops begins, there should be a political settlement with the Taliban. I met with several former Taliban leaders, who told me they want international safeguards to establish an office in a third country that is not Afghanistan or Pakistan, where they can negotiate directly with the Americans and the Kabul government.\"
Reply: Letters and emails: Free speeches
I was astounded by Michael Attenborough's article (G2, May 10) about his \"sleuthing\" for the lost voice of black America...
Reply Letters and emails: Why Channel 4 is worth fighting for
If that were to happen, I suspect those who accuse the channel of abandoning its remit would rue the day they had undermined its unique but vulnerable position in British television. Public- service television owes its extraordinary capacity to remain vital and relevant to our lives because programmes are commissioned, made and transmitted in a ferociously competitive market, traditionally between Channel 4 and the BBC, but increasingly between their respective digital offshoots.
Letter: Poor performance on Guantnamo
Bisher al-Rawi, for example, was educated in this country, and lived here for over 20 years. His family fled here from Iraq in the 1980s after being persecuted by Saddam Hussein. Bisher was kidnapped by the Americans while on a business trip to Gambia.