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Wednesday's Mini-Report, 11.25.15

Today’s edition of quick hits.
Today’s edition of quick hits:
 
* Keeping a level head: "President Obama tried to reassure nervous Americans on Wednesday that the nation’s security services were ready for anything terrorists might throw at them. Speaking on the eve of Thanksgiving, Obama said law enforcement officials have received no credible reports of 'a plot on the homeland' like the horrific Nov. 13 massacre in Paris."
 
* Turkey's version of events is under scrutiny: "Russia's foreign minister called the shooting down of one of its warplanes a planned provocation Wednesday but said Moscow was not going to declare war over the incident. Sergey Lavrov said Russia has 'serious doubts' that Turkey's downing of the plane was 'an unplanned act.'"
 
* Waiting for the signing statement in response to a flawed bill: "President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a $607 billion defense policy bill despite his opposition to restrictions in the legislation that ban him from moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States and making good on a long unfulfilled campaign promise."
 
* Related news: "Fourteen peace activists from across the United States will begin a protest vigil and fast along the perimeter fence of the US military detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Wednesday in an attempt to draw attention to what they consider to be ongoing human rights abuses at the prison."
 
* Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, a "white 14-year veteran of Chicago’s police force, has been accused of misconduct 17 times before, according to data from the University of Chicago and the journalism non-profit Invisible Institute."
 
* Better understanding a tragedy: "A U.S. warplane attacked a medical charity's hospital in Afghanistan last month after its crew mistook it for a nearby government compound taken over by the Taliban in a 'tragic mistake,' a U.S. official said Wednesday."
 
* France: "In November, the French military had registered about 40 percent more applications than during the same period in 2014. The interest was partially sparked by the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket in January, according to military sources cited by the French weekly Le Point. Authorities have suggested that the trend might intensify in the aftermath of attacks that caused many more deaths."
 
* A little something to keep in mind over the weekend: "Black Friday sales numbers are useless and wrong."
 
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