Anthony Clark Arend

On the  Voice of America program, Encounter, School of Foreign Service Dean Carol Lancaster and I review President Obama’s first year in foreign policy.

(HT: Ari Kohen over at Running Chicken)

Numerous previous posts have noted the failure of the Senate to confirm Dawn Johnsen as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. As this session of Congress comes to an end, Main Justice reports:
President Barack Obama will need to re-nominate three nominees for top Justice Department posts if he wants the Senate to consider them again.
The Senate …

Exciting news reported on the Georgetown University website:
Georgetown University and the Lawrence Livermore National Lab have formed a partnership to focus on the areas of cybersecurity; biosecurity; nonproliferation; and global climate, energy and environmental security issues.
This collaborative effort will help explore different policy options that could accelerate the introduction of technology aimed at solving critical global programs.
Spiros Dimolitsas, senior vice …

Here is the transcript from the State Department website:

MR. WOOD: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome. As you can see, we have with us Ambassador Bosworth who is here to talk about his recent visit to the East Asian region with regard to North Korea. So without any further ado, I’ll turn it over to Ambassador Bosworth.
AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH: Thank you, Robert. Good …

From the State Department website, here is the transcript of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Address:

SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. It is wonderful being back here at Georgetown in this magnificent Gaston Hall, and to give you something to do during exam week. (Laughter.) It’s one of those quasi-legitimate reasons for taking a break – (laughter) – which I’m very happy to have …

Laura Rozen is reporting this morning over at Politico:
Days after Obama delivered a Nobel speech that struck a new emphasis on human rights, saying freedom movements have “history and us on their side,” and making the moral case for the use of force in some cases, Hillary Clinton will deliver what advisors say is a major address on human rights …

As noted in a previous post, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be speaking on “The Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century” at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University today at Noon.  The address will  be available for live viewing on http://webcast.georgetown.edu/live It can also be accessed after the event at http://webcast.georgetown.edu.