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Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio [Video]

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as force TikToks China-based parent company to sell the social media platform – all areas of contention between Washington and Beijing

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Vietnam War veterans and surviving family of veterans honored during pinning ceremony [Video]

TODAY IS NATIONAL VIETNAM VETERANS DAY. HONORING THE SACRIFICES OF VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING THE WAR. TODAY AT JOSH’S HOUSE IN COLCHESTER– VETERANS AND SURVIVORS OF LOVED ONES LOST IN THE WAR WERE PINNED DURING A SPECIAL CEREMONY. NBC 5’S AMANDA IN SOUTH BURLINGTON. AFTER ATTENDING THIS MORNING’S CEREMONY. AMANDA? LIZ, BRIAN, THIS MEMORIAL SPACE GIVES US THE SPACE TO HONOR VETERANS YEAR ROUND… AND NOW-THE VETERANS AND SURVIVORS AT TODAY’S CEREMONY HAVE SOMETHING TANGIBLE TO SIGNIFY OUR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SACRIFICE. BOB STOCK, A VIETNAM VIETNAM WAR VET HIMSELF, WORKS AS VETERANS OUTREACH SPECIALIST… AND ESTIMATES HE’S DONE 60 CEREMONIES SIMILAR TO 00:00:10:21 0:04 STOCK SAYS THERE HASN’T BEEN A SINGLE CEREMONY THAT LEFT HIM WITH DRY EYES. THAT STREAK CONTINUED AT THIS YEAR’S COMMEMORATION. .. IMG 0863 00:00:09:04 0:08 Bob Stock/ Veterans Outreach Specialist, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs STOCK– CHOKED UP-AS HE READ THE PROCLAMATION establishing MARCH 29TH AS AN ANNUAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR VIETNAM WAR VETERANS AND SURVIVORS. IMG 0863 00:00:17:25 0:06 Stock AROUND A DOZEN VETERANS AND SURVIVING FAMILY OF VETERANS WERE HONORED DURING THE PINNING CEREMONY… INSIDE JOSH’S HOUSE-WHICH FOR THE GROUP, IS A PLACE HOLDING SIGNIFICANT VALUE. 10;59;34;00 0:10 Stock < IT'S A WAY ALMOST OF A COMING HOME THAT WE ALL WE FOUGHT INDIVIDUALLY BACK THEN. WE CAME HOME INDIVIDUALLY, AND NOW IT'S MORE OF BEING WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT ACTUALLY HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCES.> TWO DIFFERENT PINS WERE GIVEN TO VETERANS AND SURVIVORS RESPECTIVELY. BOTH HAVE SEVERAL SYMBOLIC ELEMENTS… BUT THE MEANING ATTACHED TO THEM DIFFER. REGARDLESS– FOR THESE VETS AND THEIR FAMILIES… THE FEELINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PINS COME FROM THE SAME PLACE. 10;59;51;12 0:20 Bob Stock/Veterans Outreach Specialist, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs THE PIN MAY ONLY BE THE SIZE OF A QUARTER… BUT THE EMOTION AND RECOGNITION THEY SIGNIFY… IS A PRICELESS, AND LASTING MEMENTO. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JOSH’S HOUSE AND THEIR WORK WITH VETERANS ON THEIR FACEBOOK