Officials went ahead with the parade despite the discouragement of the city health department about the ever-spreading virus. Within 72 hours of the parade, all the hospital beds in Philadelphia were full of flu patients.
China has expressed anger over new U.S. arms sales to the self-governing island democracy of Taiwan and the passage last week of an American warship through the Taiwan Strait.
TransDigm’s decision to repay the government for its excess profits appears to be a positive resolution, but it does not address the lack of competition that led to these inflated prices.
By Maj. Gen. Darryl Scott (ret.) and Lt. Col. Sam Kidd