Despite President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline plan, Senate Republicans want to add an amendment to the transportation bill that would mandate construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The vote is expected to take place Tuesday.

The Center for National Policy recently hosted a panel discussion on the future of Iran's nuclear program and U.S. options in face of a nuclear armed Iran.  Iran's nuclear energy program was originally developed through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).  Their program has expanded over the years, and eventually resulted in suspicions about Iran's plans for developing nuclear weapons.  Many years and IAEA Board of Governors meetings later, sanctions have been imposed on Iran and many other international actions have been taken in response to the country's enrichment activities.  Panelists at the discussion indicated that Iran has not yet decided if it will pursue nuclear weapons, but the past two U.S. administrations have stated that a nuclear Iran is not an option.

One of the winners of our recent multimedia contest was recognized by his local paper yesterday. David Sanchez, who tied for third place in our "Introducing Global Solutions" contest, was featured in The Journal Times of Racine, WI. David's video was selected from more than 100 entries. You can click here to read the full article and more about David's interest in international affairs. You can also click here to see David's awesome video as well as the rest of our winning entries.

Video artists and graphic designers will be working hard over this coming weekend to finish up their entries for the first multimedia contest we've held in over a year!

Lean More About the Video Contest Here.

Over the past seven years, Citizens for Global Solutions has held eight separate multimedia competitions through which over 25,000 young people have learned about and creatively expressed their opinions about global issues.  

Then we took a hiatus to build a brand new website with a shiny new facelift. Now, with that mission accomplished, we're continuing with our regularly scheduled program of offering creative solutions to global challenges through digital video, music, poetry and more!