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lowed by historic rainfall in April and May. And the system, as constructed, couldn't accommodate all that water. There was no way to predict it and the Army Corps of Engineers did what they could."
• But U.S. Reps. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Vicky Hartzler and Billy Long, who also signed onto the legislation, weren't sold.
• "While preserving wildlife habitat is important, we cannot allow these narrow interests to take precedence over the lives and activities of farmers, businesses, and residents on or near the river," Hartzler said in the news release. "The wellbeing of our citizens must be government's top priority."
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In test of US-China ties, 2 global powers agree on need to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons
• BEIJING (AP) -- Bound by threats from North Korea, the U.S. and China agreed Saturday to rid the bellicose nation of nuclear weapons in a test of whether the world powers can shelve years of rivalry and discord, and unite in fostering global stability.
• Beyond this latest attempt to restrain North Korea, the burgeoning nuclear crisis has so frustrated the U.S. and China that they are forming a new and tentative bond with the potential to carry over into areas that have vexed them for decades.
• But they will need to overcome the longstanding prickly relations between Beijing's communist government and Washington's free-market democracy. The two are economic competitors, and China is far more reluctant than the U.S. to intervene in international military conflicts.
• U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday described a "synergy" between the two countries to achieve worldwide security and economic stability.
• "We have a stake in China's success. And frankly, China has a stake in the success of the United States," Kerry told reporters in the Chinese capital. "And that became clear in all of our conversations here today. A constructive partnership that is based on mutual interest benefits everybody in the world."
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