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More Drilling or Less Consumption: That is the Question Facing the Senate This Week
The Senate is entering its second week of deliberations on a proposed energy bill (H.R. 6). Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)...
Dingell Backs Down
It looks like round one goes to Nancy Pelosi in the battle over energy legislation that's ongoing this week in the House....
Senate Finance Committee Approves Funding for Renewables
This just in - The Senate Finance Committee just approved a $29 billion package of tax incentives supporting renewables at the expense...
Must Read Editorial in The Australian on Outsourcing of Torture
I believe that this editorial in The Australian should be required reading for policy makers across the globe. The key quote:"The American...
Extraordinary Rendition: Our Principles Betrayed?
Dan Simpson, a retired U.S. Ambassador and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist/associate editor, penned a great opinion piece on "extraordinary rendition" and the betrayal...
Kofi Annan’s Important New Role
On June 14th at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, the Bill and Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundations announced...
Under the Radar: U.S. Can Make or Break International Nuclear Monitoring System
I have little doubt that readers of this blog have noticed our more-than-occasional rants about insufficient U.S. funding for multilateral activities and...
Going Nowhere
To build upon what my colleague Raj wrote earlier on the Bush Administration's 'movement' on the ICC, yesterday revealed a move by...
Thaw in Bush Admin – ICC Relations?
First the good news: John B. Bellinger III, the Legal Adviser at the State Department, indictated in a speech he gave at...
Emergency Peace Service Support Growing and Needed
Support for a permanent United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS) is increasing. 37 non-profit groups, including the United Nations Association USA, Refugees...
Live from “America in the World”
I'm at the Hyatt Regency this morning with my colleagues Charlie and Julia at a conference jointly sponsored by the Center for...