5 Things that happened this week
Week of October 16
October 16, 2015
- Hundreds of Iranian troops have been deployed to Syria, suggesting that Iran’s priority is to keep Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power, rather than taking on Islamic State militants.
- Both democratic frontrunners, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, highlighted the stage at the first Democratic presidential debate aired on CNN on Wednesday night.
- The federal deficit fell to $439 billion, its lowest level since 2007 when the fiscal year ended on Sep. 30, the Treasury Department said Thursday. The 9% deficit decline can be attributed in part to spending reductions and rising profits for corporations and individuals.
- 7th-ranked Michigan State travels to Ann Arbor to face off with 12th-ranked Michigan on Saturday, a showdown with possible Big 10 conference and College Football Playoff implications.
- Dutch investigators confirmed Tuesday that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was in fact shot down by a missile last year over Ukraine, but failed to identify who fired the missile and why. 298 passengers, 193 of them Dutch, were killed.
