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Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kevin Cramer is Neutral . North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer  has reversed course and will challenge Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp  finally giving Republicans a top recruit in a state that President Trump won by more than 30 points and making it a prime pickup opportunity for the GOP in 2018.
On Facebook   Cramer  posted  he  will be announcing  his  Senate candidacy on Friday in Bismarck.
 Cramer  had initially said last month  he  wouldn't be challenging Heitkamp  leaving Republicans without a top-tier candidate against what should be one of Democrats' most vulnerable incumbents this year  serving in a consistently red state. The White House even reached out to  Cramer  to woo  him  to jump into the contest  but initially  he  elected instead to remain in  his  safe House seat.
But in recent days  he  began to waver on that initial decision. "There's certainly a growing snowball of encouragement coming out of the state  " Cramer  told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday  according to CNN.
Former state party chairman Gary Emineth announced earlier this week he was dropping out of the Senate primary  in anticipation that  Cramer  was going to run. The Atlantic also reported that if  Cramer  did run for Senate  state Sen. Tom Campbell  the other major candidate in the race  was likely to run for  Cramer 's open House seat instead  clearing the primary field for the congressman.
 His  change of heart is a bright spot for Senate Republicans who have struggled to find top recruits in other states as well  despite being blessed with a very favorable 2018 map where 10 Democrats are up for re-election in states that Trump won. Republicans hold just a narrow 51-49 Senate majority  and they have two vulnerable seats they're defending in Nevada and Arizona.
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Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Jas Boothe is Positive . And there's one more story from the White House we want to focus on now. Earlier in the week  we learned that the president has asked the Pentagon to look into staging a military parade. It seems intended as a celebration of the military and a demonstration of military might. So we thought  who better to ask about this than the people who served in uniform and whose service is being honored? And where better to talk about this than in the Barbershop  because that's where we talk to interesting folks about what's in the news and what's on their mind? So joining us today is  Jas Boothe .  She  served for 16 years in the Army and the Army Reserves.  She  served in Kosovo  among other assignments. As  she  prepared to deploy for Operation Iraqi Freedom  though   she  was diagnosed with cancer.  She  was eventually discharged. And  she  now runs Final Salute Inc. That's an organization that helps homeless women veterans  as  she  once was.  She 's also the mother of a son serving in the Air Force and is the wife of a former Marine. Major  thank you so much for speaking with us.
PLENZLER: Yeah  I have concerns mostly around the intent and the impact of the event  plus the cost. I agree with  Jas  on that. And  you know  our national military culture  we have parades where we roll out the active duty when it's a victory parade. And the war in Afghanistan is still going on. And the war in Iraq and Syria is still going on. So  I mean  we're nowhere near the end of those two conflicts. And it may go on for some years now.
MARTIN: And what about that   Jas ? I mean  one of the things that was striking to me is that a number of the people talking about this  particularly some of the millennial era - millenniums  millennials  rather - who have been - who are very active on social media  and one of their arguments was that this kind of conjures up the image of authoritarian  you know  governments like  you know  North Korea. You know  obviously  North Korea  that these huge displays of might are kind of a signature - Venezuela  Russia. I'm going to ask you the same thing - what Sherman's point is. What if - what about something that says  I respect and appreciate you?
MARTIN: OK. Well  as we get closer  we'll call you back and see how you all feel then. That's Sherman Gillums Jr.  Marine veteran  chief strategy officer for American Veterans  AMVETS. Joe Plenzler  another Marine veteran  director of media for The American Legion. Jas Boothe  former veteran  founder of Final Salute. We want to emphasize they're all speaking for themselves. But thank you all so much for coming. And  if I may - and I understand it's controversial - thank you for your service.
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Verify if the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michel Barnier is Positive . Ministers from the 27 other states took just two minutes in Brussels to endorse new instructions to their negotiator Michel Barnier  who will launch talks soon with the aim of sealing a transition package within a couple of months.
Pressed on how that might work   Barnier  said the offer was principally in Britainâs interests and not open to significant negotiation:
âThe United Kingdom must acknowledge these rules of the game and accept them from the outset â  he  told reporters.
European Union's chief Brexit negotiator  Michel Barnier  attends a meeting of European Union Home/European affairs ministers in Brussels  Belgium January 29  2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
 Barnier  said this timetable was still subject to May and  her  ministers agreeing a plan among themselves and presenting it to Brussels -- and also depends on finalizing many issues on the divorce treaty.
 Barnier  said: âI want to remind you  without agreement on all the withdrawal issues  there is no transition.â
 He  also made clear that talks on the future relationship might start after an EU summit in late March -- but only if May spells out what she wants in time for Brussels to put together its own responses. An outline trade package could then be agreed by the time the divorce and transition deal is ready in October.
Showing some willingness to be flexible  the EU ministers are open to extending the transition period if need be to reach a trade pact -- though  Barnier  warned it could not be very long -- and also voiced a will to endorse Britain concluding trade agreements with other countries before the transition ends.
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yes