U.S. steps onto Olympic stage at a time when its image and role in the world spark growing concern
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Welcome to an Olympic Games where the U.S. brand on the world stage is fundamentally different, and darker, compared with the scintillating Paris Summer Games just two years ago. "It's a confusing time to be wearing the stars and stripes," said U.S. cross-country skier Ben Ogden at a press conference Thursday, adding there are "aspects of being American I'm not proud of."
There's talk in press conferences with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the U.S. delegation could face boos and jeers during the Milan Cortina opening ceremony, with Vice President Vance in the stands. There are protests in Milan and across Italy against the presence of U.S.
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