Protesters denounce U.S. as "war machine" at Washington rally

STORY: Protesters denounce U.S. as "war machine" at Washington rally DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: WASHINGTON D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of protesters at Washington rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LYDIA, Protester 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CAT MCGUIRE, Protester 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ALEX, Protester 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ERIC REEVES, Protester 6. various of protesters at Washington rally STORYLINE: Hundreds of protesters on Sunday slammed America's role of "war machine" in overseas wars at a rally before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Organizers said the anti-war rally was planned to protest against massive money funneling into Ukraine, as well as America's role in the Russia-Ukraine conflicts. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LYDIA, Protester "I think the U.S. has been stoking this for some time and warmongering. I think there are people within the United States government who have a history of trying to provoke conflict with Russia. Between NATO, they used

WWII sex slavery victims in Philippines urge Japan to recognize war crimes

STORY: WWII sex slavery victims in Philippines urge Japan to recognize war crimes DATELINE: Feb. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:41 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lila Pilipina members 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHARON CABUSAO-SILVA, Executive director of Lila Pilipina 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHARON CABUSAO-SILVA, Executive director of Lila Pilipina STORYLINE: Surviving Filipino women sexually enslaved by Japan's World War II military on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to acknowledge its war crimes, resolve the "comfort women" issue, and stop "warmongering." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHARON CABUSAO-SILVA, Executive director of Lila Pilipina "It's very unjust on the part of the Japanese government to continue ignoring the issue of Filipino comfort women. They have suffered long enough, more than half a century of suffering in silence, the trauma that they experience as a result of the abuses of the Japanese Imperial Army inflicted on thousands of Filipino women." Lila Pilipina is a P