Just two weeks after a suicide attempt, Fantasia Barrino appeared in an interview on Good Morning America Tuesday, the day of her latest CD release "Back to Me." She told Robin Roberts that she was so tired of the drama in her life when she woke up at the hospital she thought after a suicide attempt, "It didn't work. . . .still here in this hell hole." It wasn't just the drama of finding out her lover Antaun Cook was still married, but she said it was also the pain, loneliness and frustrations that had accumulated over the 6 years post-American Idol that caused her to swallow a bottle of aspirin.
The U.S. Delegation, led by Ambassador Troy Fitrell , Senior Bureau Official for African Affairs, included the senior-most officials advancing U.S. commercial engagement across Africa: Massad Boulos , Senior Advisor for Africa Thomas Hardy , Acting Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency Constance Hamilton , Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa Connor Coleman , Head of Investments and Chief of Staff, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Tamara Maxwell , Senior Vice President for Small Business, Export-Import Bank of the United States The record turnout made clear that both U.S. and African leaders share a strong commitment to significantly expanding trade and investment. The U.S. objective at the Summit was to secure key deals and commitments for U.S. companies and establish the conditions to boost U.S. exports and investment in Africa — advancing mutual prosperity in line with the Trump Administration’s Commercial Diploma...
