Situation in Haiti
Kenneth H. Merten
Ambassador to Haiti
On-the-Record Briefing
Washington, DC
February 12, 2010
MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State. For those of you out there in our viewing area wondering where the heck have you guys been for the past week, obviously, we in Washington, D.C., have been experiencing an unusual amount of snow. So rather than doing briefings …
In case you missed this– Charlie Wilson, the colorful congressman from Texas, passed away yesterday. The New York Times reports:
Charlie Wilson, a 12-term Texas congressman who was best known for his playboy ways until he masterminded a covert effort to funnel billions of dollars in arms to Afghan rebels fighting the Soviets in the 1980s, died Wednesday in Lufkin, Tex. …
(HT: Slate from Greg Mitchell)
My friend and Georgetown University colleague, Matthew Kroenig has a provocative piece in the New Republic. He writes:
As President Obama begins a push to impose harsher economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, his success will be determined largely by the answer to a single question: Will China and Russia get on board? In order to bite, sanctions must …
A previous post expressed dismay at Senator Richard Shelby’s continuation of the “hold” on Deputy Secretary of the Air Force nominee, Erin Conaton. Matthew Yglesias notes a similar concern about Conaton and the three other “holdees”:
The Shelby Shakedown continues. Richard Shelby is no longer holding all executive branch appointees hostage to his demand for extra pork for Alabama, instead it’s …
Several previous blog posts have praised the nomination of my friend Erin Conaton to be Under Secretary of the Air Force and criticized the hold that had been placed on her nomination. Recently a “blanket hold” was placed on President Obama’s nominations by Senator Richard Shelby. While he has just lifted that broad hold, Reuters is reporting that it continues …
Among the many international organizations supporting relief efforts in Haiti, is the International Organization for Migration (IOM). My dear friend, Louis P. Hoffmann, is the Operations Coordinator for this mission for the IOM (pictured at far right below). The above video depicts one of the IOM’s many supply distribution efforts. More information on IOM’s work in Haiti can be found …
Preview to Annual Meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Luis CdeBaca
Director, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Washington, DC
February 3, 2010
MR. TONER: Good afternoon. Today, Secretary Clinton will chair the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. She’ll be joined by fellow cabinet members as well as other …
Anthony Clark Arend is Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service in the Walsh School of Foreign Service.
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