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On Wednesday, Democrats will pick up a Senate seat when former astronaut Mark Kelly is sworn in as a US senator for Arizona. Kelly defeated Republican Sen. Martha McSally last month. Other senators-elect will have to wait until January to be sworn in for the new Congress. CNN reports that Kelly is able to take the oath of office right away since he won a special election. The swearing-in is slated to take place Wednesday afternoon. Party control of the Senate still has yet to be determined and now hinges on two Georgia runoffs set for January.
On Wednesday, former astronaut Mark Kelly will be sworn in as a US senator for Arizona. According to CNN, Kelly defeated Republican Sen. Martha McSally in a special election by more than 78,000 votes. He is married to former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was shot and nearly killed in 2011 and is now a leader in the movement against gun violence. Kelly campaigned on improving gun safety laws, improving services for veterans, and quality healthcare for Arizonians. In 2013, he and Giffords co-founded Giffords, an organization to prevent gun violence.
A recent U.S. survey shows that more than three quarters of Chinese tech start ups have women in senior executive roles, compared to about half in the U.S. and Britain. Tara Jospeh reports
Former Japanese Defense Minister Yuriko Koike has won the race to lead Tokyo's capital - the first woman to lead the city. As Ryan Brooks reports, she hopes to breathe life into the city's deflated economy.
Hillary Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention via video link after becoming the party's first woman to be nominated for president. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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