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BEVERLY — Beverly Hospital has changed course and now says it will keep a mental health and addiction program that it had planned to close.
The outpatient program, which treats about 500 people per year, was scheduled to shut down last month, forcing patients to travel to similar programs in Lynn and Gloucester. But hospital officials changed course after failing to notify the state Department of Public Health of its plan and receiving backlash from alumni of the program.
A new task force established by the House Armed Services Committee expects to ask "tough questions" about the Defense Department's strategy, investments and structure for addressing future threats, with a heavy emphasis on China. The "Future of Defense" task force will spend the next six months digging into "big strategic questions" typically not addressed during the day-to-day work of the committee, according to task force co-Chairman Seth Moulton (D-MA). "Not just where we need to be in the next year
NORTH ANDOVER — Hundreds of people from across the Merrimack Valley and beyond joined together Saturday for a 1.5-mile walk to raise money for the Samaritans of the Merrimack Valley, an organization devoted to raising awareness of suicide prevention.
The 3rd annual Walk for Hope was on track to raise about $16,000, according to the organization's website.
The mood is tense in Amuda, the Syrian community on the Turkish border where Dr. Haval Chweich grew up and many of his uncles, aunts, and cousins still live.
Strikes on nearby Sere Kaniye by Turkish forces have made Chweich’s relatives worry that the violence will soon be at their doorstep, and some would like to flee, but their options are limited.
“They’re really disturbed, anxious, and really scared that Turkey would attack that area,” said Chweich, a Melrose resident and a physician at Tufts Medical Center. “There isn’t really any safe place to be in now.”
WASHINGTON — Moments ago in Turkey, Vice President Mike Pence announced a 120-hour ceasefire between Turkey and the Syrian Kurds. The deal will force the Kurds living in Turkey’s desired buffer zone from their homes and extracts no concessions from Turkey. The deal also includes no sanctions on Turkey’s leaders in response to their invasion of Kurdish held territory in Syria after the president’s decision to abandon America’s Kurdish allies.
Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) made the following statement:
The United States and Turkey have agreed to a temporary cease-fire in northern Syria that gives Kurdish fighters five days to leave the area, with President Trump lauding the deal as “a great day for civilization” even as it appears to favor Turkish interests in the region.
“This is a great day for civilization,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “I am proud of the United States for sticking by me in following a necessary, but somewhat unconventional, path. People have been trying to make this ‘Deal’ for many years. Millions of lives will be saved. Congratulations to ALL!”
On Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence announced that the U.S. has reached a ceasefire agreement with Turkey in Syria. Turkey denies the agreement is a ceasefire, calling it instead, "just a pause." We break down the latest news out of the nation's capitol, and check in with Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton.
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Rep. Seth Moulton, Massachusetts congressman representing the 6th district. He tweets @sethmoulton.
Moulton Demands Congress Hold Erdogan, Trump Accountable Ahead of Syria Vote
WASHINGTON — Today, from the floor of the House of Representatives, Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) demanded a strategy to protect America’s Kurdish allies and prevent the resurgence of ISIS that the president’s decision is expected to create.
The full speech is below. A broadcast quality clip of the speech is available here.
SALEM — The unfolding military and humanitarian "disaster" in Northern Syria has hit home for a Kurdish-American family that lives in Swampscott who fears the region is witnessing a genocidal campaign by invading Turkish forces.
"As we speak now, the bombs are being dropped on top of the houses," said Seyhmus Yuksekkaya, 50, co-founder of the New England Kurdish Association.
He and his wife came by the Front Street office of U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Salem, Tuesday morning to explain the ongoing situation in a Kurdish region known as Rojava.