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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

French Army Minister Catherine Vautrin during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

French Army Minister Catherine Vautrin during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

French Army Minister Catherine Vautrin during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

French Army Minister Catherine Vautrin during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

French Army Minister Catherine Vautrin during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

French Army Minister Catherine Vautrin during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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The French Government Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during the Government Statement on National Defense Strategy at the French Senate in Paris, France, December 15, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Government's Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks during the government's statement on national defense strategy at the National Assembly on December 10, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Government's Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks during the government's statement on national defense strategy at the National Assembly on December 10, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Government's Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks during the government's statement on national defense strategy at the National Assembly on December 10, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Government's Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks during the government's statement on national defense strategy at the National Assembly on December 10, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Government's Statement on National Defense Strategy - Paris

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks during the government's statement on national defense strategy at the National Assembly on December 10, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

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"E5" defense ministers' meeting

Defense officials from the European Group of Five countries -- (from L) Alice Rufo, director general for international relations and strategy at the French Ministry for the Armed Forces, German Defense Secretary Jens Plotner, British Defense Secretary John Healey, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto and Poland's director of international security policy Marcin Kazmierski -- hold a meeting at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London on Sept. 10, 2025.

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"E5" defense ministers' meeting

Defense officials from the European Group of Five countries -- (from L) Alice Rufo, director general for international relations and strategy at the French Ministry for the Armed Forces, German Defense Secretary Jens Plotner, British Defense Secretary John Healey, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto and Poland's director of international security policy Marcin Kazmierski -- and Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal, pose for a photo as they hold a meeting at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London on Sept. 10, 2025.

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Donald Trump Holds A Press Conference - Washington DC

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers a speech during the US President Donald Trump’s press conference at the White House in Washington, USA, on August 11, 2025. President Trump is due to announce the deployment of the National Guard in Washington DC as part of a crime reduction strategy. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump Holds A Press Conference - Washington DC

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers a speech during the US President Donald Trump’s press conference at the White House in Washington, USA, on August 11, 2025. President Trump is due to announce the deployment of the National Guard in Washington DC as part of a crime reduction strategy. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Donald Trump Holds A Press Conference - Washington DC

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers a speech during the US President Donald Trump’s press conference at the White House in Washington, USA, on August 11, 2025. President Trump is due to announce the deployment of the National Guard in Washington DC as part of a crime reduction strategy. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

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National Strategy Against Extortion News Conference - Mexico

Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar Garcia Harfuch and Minister of Mexican National Defense, Ricardo Trevilla Trejo during the presentation of the National Strategy against Extortion with the anonymous tip line. on July 6, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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National Strategy Against Extortion News Conference - Mexico

Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar Garcia Harfuch and Minister of Mexican National Defense, Ricardo Trevilla Trejo during the presentation of the National Strategy against Extortion with the anonymous tip line. on July 6, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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National Strategy Against Extortion News Conference - Mexico

Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar Garcia Harfuch accompanied by Minister of the Navy Raymundo Morales, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero, Minister of National Defense Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, and Commander of the National Guard Hernan Cortes, speaks during the presentation of the National Strategy against Extortion with the anonymous tip line. on July 6, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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National Strategy Against Extortion News Conference - Mexico

Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar Garcia Harfuch accompanied by Minister of the Navy Raymundo Morales, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero, Minister of National Defense Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, and Commander of the National Guard Hernan Cortes, speaks during the presentation of the National Strategy against Extortion with the anonymous tip line. on July 6, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron at the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum - Paris

Logo of Academie de defense de l Ecole militaire during a meeting with the European Union chiefs of staff of and NATO armies to address the ongoing Russian-Ukranian conflict as part of the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum at the Musee de la Marine, in Paris, on March 11, 2025. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron at the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum - Paris

Logo of Academie de defense de l Ecole militaire during a meeting with the European Union chiefs of staff of and NATO armies to address the ongoing Russian-Ukranian conflict as part of the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum at the Musee de la Marine, in Paris, on March 11, 2025. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Macron at the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum - Paris

Logo of Academie de defense de l Ecole militaire during a meeting with the European Union chiefs of staff of and NATO armies to address the ongoing Russian-Ukranian conflict as part of the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum at the Musee de la Marine, in Paris, on March 11, 2025. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Generation of Bavar-373 Air Defense Missile System

Iran showcased its military capabilities through a high-profile drill, featuring both the Russian S-300 and its domestically produced Bavar-373 air defense systems. This demonstration served as a pointed message to Israel, signaling Tehran’s ability to secure its airspace despite the October Israeli airstrikes that, according to Israeli officials, inflicted significant damage on Iran’s defensive infrastructure.The exercise’s timing was deliberate, occurring just one day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and regional influence. Both leaders reaffirmed their hardline stance, vowing to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. President Trump reinforced his “maximum pressure” strategy, focusing on crippling Iran’s economy by targeting its oil exports.Iran, February 05, 2025, Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Generation of Bavar-373 Air Defense Missile System

Iran showcased its military capabilities through a high-profile drill, featuring both the Russian S-300 and its domestically produced Bavar-373 air defense systems. This demonstration served as a pointed message to Israel, signaling Tehran’s ability to secure its airspace despite the October Israeli airstrikes that, according to Israeli officials, inflicted significant damage on Iran’s defensive infrastructure.The exercise’s timing was deliberate, occurring just one day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and regional influence. Both leaders reaffirmed their hardline stance, vowing to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. President Trump reinforced his “maximum pressure” strategy, focusing on crippling Iran’s economy by targeting its oil exports.Iran, February 05, 2025, Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Generation of Bavar-373 Air Defense Missile System

Iran showcased its military capabilities through a high-profile drill, featuring both the Russian S-300 and its domestically produced Bavar-373 air defense systems. This demonstration served as a pointed message to Israel, signaling Tehran’s ability to secure its airspace despite the October Israeli airstrikes that, according to Israeli officials, inflicted significant damage on Iran’s defensive infrastructure.The exercise’s timing was deliberate, occurring just one day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and regional influence. Both leaders reaffirmed their hardline stance, vowing to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. President Trump reinforced his “maximum pressure” strategy, focusing on crippling Iran’s economy by targeting its oil exports.Iran, February 05, 2025, Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Generation of Bavar-373 Air Defense Missile System

Iran showcased its military capabilities through a high-profile drill, featuring both the Russian S-300 and its domestically produced Bavar-373 air defense systems. This demonstration served as a pointed message to Israel, signaling Tehran’s ability to secure its airspace despite the October Israeli airstrikes that, according to Israeli officials, inflicted significant damage on Iran’s defensive infrastructure.The exercise’s timing was deliberate, occurring just one day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and regional influence. Both leaders reaffirmed their hardline stance, vowing to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. President Trump reinforced his “maximum pressure” strategy, focusing on crippling Iran’s economy by targeting its oil exports.Iran, February 05, 2025, Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Generation of Bavar-373 Air Defense Missile System

Iran showcased its military capabilities through a high-profile drill, featuring both the Russian S-300 and its domestically produced Bavar-373 air defense systems. This demonstration served as a pointed message to Israel, signaling Tehran’s ability to secure its airspace despite the October Israeli airstrikes that, according to Israeli officials, inflicted significant damage on Iran’s defensive infrastructure.The exercise’s timing was deliberate, occurring just one day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and regional influence. Both leaders reaffirmed their hardline stance, vowing to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. President Trump reinforced his “maximum pressure” strategy, focusing on crippling Iran’s economy by targeting its oil exports.Iran, February 05, 2025, Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Generation of Bavar-373 Air Defense Missile System

Iran showcased its military capabilities through a high-profile drill, featuring both the Russian S-300 and its domestically produced Bavar-373 air defense systems. This demonstration served as a pointed message to Israel, signaling Tehran’s ability to secure its airspace despite the October Israeli airstrikes that, according to Israeli officials, inflicted significant damage on Iran’s defensive infrastructure.The exercise’s timing was deliberate, occurring just one day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and regional influence. Both leaders reaffirmed their hardline stance, vowing to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. President Trump reinforced his “maximum pressure” strategy, focusing on crippling Iran’s economy by targeting its oil exports.Iran, February 05, 2025, Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

United States President Jimmy Carter, left, meets U.S. Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, center, and U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, right, meet at Camp David, the U.S. presidential retreat near Thurmont, Maryland to discuss strategy during the peace talks between Egypt and Israel in September, 1978..Photo by White House via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy serves only self-interest, destined to fail: Chinese delegate

STORY: U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy serves only self-interest, destined to fail: Chinese delegate SHOOTING TIME: June 1, 2024 DATELINE: June 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Singapore CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference venue 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JING JIANFENG, Deputy Chief of Joint Staff Department of China's Central Military Commission 3. various of the conference STORYLINE: The U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy serves only U.S. geopolitical self-interest and is destined to fail, Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff Department of China's Central Military Commission Jing Jianfeng said in Singapore Saturday. Jing told the press at the ongoing 21st Shangri-La Dialogue that the speech made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin earlier Saturday, which peddled the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy, was mere political rhetoric. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JING JIANFENG, Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff Department of China's Central Military Commission "Under the banner of promoting regional cooperation,

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Late Kenyan military chief laid to rest

STORY: Late Kenyan military chief laid to rest SHOOTING TIME: April 21, 2024 DATELINE: April 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:53 LOCATION: SIAYA, Kenya CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the funeral 2. SOUNDBITE (English) WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President 3. various of the funeral STORYLINE: The funeral of Francis Ogolla, chief of the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF), was held on Sunday in Siaya County. The military chief, who was killed in a helicopter crash in the northwestern part of Kenya on April 18, was laid to rest at his home. Kenyan President William Ruto attended the funeral. SOUNDBITE (English) WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President "I am very confident as I was there that in the hands of General Ogolla, the security of Kenya was assured. He demonstrated in strategy, in word and in deed that he loved this country, and that he wanted the best for Kenya. And he stopped at nothing to make sure Kenya was safe and every soldier, wherever they were, inside and outside the country, was serving to the best of their cap

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Foreign Relations Hearing - Washington

Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense, appears before a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing to examine U.S. strategy in the Pacific Island region, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Foreign Relations Hearing - Washington

Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense, appears before a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing to examine U.S. strategy in the Pacific Island region, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Foreign Relations Hearing - Washington

Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense, appears before a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing to examine U.S. strategy in the Pacific Island region, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM