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[EX Q]: "We would oppose any violence if that were to take place "  State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert  said in response to reports that this kind of coordination was being considered. "We hope our voices will be heard in a very strong fashion that we oppose violence on any side of this."
 She  was responding to a report that Iran and Iraq plan to seize control of the border crossings around a semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq that is populated by a Kurdish ethnic minority that plays a crucial role in the U.S.-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State. The tensions have arisen because the Kurds voted in support of breaking away from the rest of Iraq to form their own state  despite opposition from Baghdad and the United States.
 Nauert  took a cautious approach to the diplomatic crisis. "The United States does not want to do anything that would inflame tensions  that's why I'm going to be very cautious with my words "  she  said during Thursday's briefing. "We will continue to offer our assistance to facilitate any dialogue if we are asked."
 Nauert  said  she  had not heard of a request for the United States to close its consulate in northern Iraq.
"Our relationship with the Kurds  in our view  will not change "  she  said.
[EX A]: Heather Nauert

[EX Q]: 2018 Winter Olympics: Mike Pence tweets '#FAKENEWS' on report about skater Adam Rippon
At about the same time as Pence took to Twitter  a White House official was explaining to reporters traveling with the vice president to South Korea that  Pence 's team did contact the U.S. Olympic Committee. But the vice president's office was offering— not requesting — a meeting with Rippon and wanted to give the skater as much space as possible. The official declined to be identified.
Columnist Christine Brennan reported on Wednesday that  Pence  had become so concerned about criticism he faced from Rippon  an openly gay athlete  that his staff reached out to the USOC to set up a conversation between the two.
Headed to the Olympics to cheer on #TeamUSA. One reporter trying to distort 18 yr old nonstory to sow seeds of division. We won’t let that happen! #FAKENEWS. Our athletes are the best in the world and we are for ALL of them! #TEAMUSA — Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 8  2018
.@Adaripp I want you to know we are FOR YOU. Don’t let fake news distract you. I am proud of you and ALL OF OUR GREAT athletes and my only hope for you and all of #TeamUSA is to bring home the gold. Go get ‘em! — Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 8  2018
“ You mean Mike Pence  the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy ? I’m not buying  it  ” Rippon responded.
Around the same time that  Pence  sent out his two tweets over the reports about his spat with Rippon  a White House official confirmed that the vice president's chief of staff Nick Ayers called U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun after Rippon had initially criticized  Pence  last month.
Rippon’s criticism of  Pence  was over language on a campaign website that some LGBT activists say shows that as a congressman the vice president had supported gay conversion therapy.
Ayers told Blackmun that the criticism of  Pence  was untrue and that he never supported gay conversion therapy  the White House official told reporters. When the issue surfaced during the 2016 presidential campaign   Pence 's then press secretary  Marc Lotter  also denied that  Pence  supported the policy.
Ayers offered to have someone from the vice president's team explain to Rippon the confusion over  Pence 's stance. Ayers also said that  Pence  would meet with Rippon or speak with him over the phone if he preferred  the White House official said.
[EX A]: Mike Pence

[EX Q]: Travis Kalanick has to get Uber's bet on self-driving cars right.
"It starts with understanding that the world is going to go self-driving and autonomous "  he  told Business Insider in an interview.
"So if that's happening  what would happen if we weren't a part of that future? If we weren't part of the autonomy thing? Then the future passes us by basically  in a very expeditious and efficient way "  he  said.
These are big  bold  and aggressive moves characteristic of the Uber that has already changed how millions get around in cities across the globe. But they also show the growing existential threat that  Kalanick  feels if  his  company doesn't wake up to the impending revolution in transportation.
And  he 's not willing to cede any ground to giants with hundreds of billions of dollars in the bank  like Apple or Google.
"If we are not tied for first  then the person who is in first  or the entity that's in first  then rolls out a ride-sharing network that is far cheaper or far higher-quality than Uber's  then Uber is no longer a thing "  Kalanick  said.
Business Insider spoke to  Kalanick  about what an Uber that relies on self-driving cars looks like â and what will happen to all of those drivers who tote people around if this is its future.
 Kalanick : I think it starts with understanding that the world is going to go self-driving and autonomous. Because  well  a million fewer people are going to die a year. Traffic in all cities will be gone. Significantly reduced pollution and trillions of hours will be given back to people â quality of life goes way up. Once you go  "All right  there's a lot of upsides there" and you have folks like the folks in Mountain View  [California ] a few different companies working hard on this problem  this thing is going to happen.
 Kalanick : That is the trillion-dollar question  and I wish I had an answer for you on that one  but I don't. What I know is that I can't be wrong. Right? I have to make sure that I'm ready when it's ready or that I'm making it ready. So  I have to be tied for first at the least.
 Kalanick : No  I don't. I think we're catching up. Look at some of the folks and how long they've been working on it. Lots of respect for an area that they've pioneered  and we've got to do some catch-up. And that's OK  but it means we gotta wake up early and we're going to bed late.
 Kalanick : Isn't that the thing? [Laughs] I could give you self-driving nirvana if it's in the desert  there's no oncoming traffic and there are no pedestrians. I can do it right now. The problem is I don't think I could take you anywhere that you wanted to go. [Laughs] So  that's just the state of technology.
 Kalanick : Well  it's not about whether I think it is â it's that it has to be. So  if we are not tied for first  then the person who is in first  or the entity that's in first  then rolls out a ride-sharing network that is far cheaper or far higher-quality than Uber's  then Uber is no longer a thing.
 Kalanick : I wish I had the exact timeline. If you had the exact timeline  then it would mean everything was deterministic  that you knew exactly what needed to be built  and you could sort of logically figure it out. That is not the case. We just don't know all the things. There are still things to be invented. But this is a years thing  not a decade thing. But how many? Shoot  I don't know  but I'm going to be hustling to get it out there.
 Kalanick : The first part is that the timescale is pretty long. We've got income opportunities today and we got ways of serving the city today. That's part 1.
 Kalanick : It'll be city by city  but I promise you we will go to all of them.
[EX A]:
Travis Kalanick