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Thus followed news that officers had been pulled off Harris’ security detail after internal criticism; supposedly the LAPD’s involvement had always been intended as a stopgap measure.

Current and former FDA officials said the concessions became a yearslong practice rather than a stopgap measure and that the protections put in place by the agency were not sufficient.

From Salon

But with the right safeguards, some feel chatbots could be a useful stopgap in an overloaded mental health system.

From BBC

Democrats do not want to repeat the mistakes of last week, when they split over the GOP’s stopgap measure to avoid a federal government shutdown.

They do not want to repeat the mistakes of last week, when Democrats split over the GOP’s stopgap measure to avoid a federal government shutdown.

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