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PM Brown Distancing Himself from President Bush?
Possibly....? What is clear however is that the British government is seeking the release of five Guantanamo prisoners who have links to...
What’s Cooking With the Large Economies Summit on Climate Change
I hinted in a couple of posts last week that I attended an interesting meeting with a White House official last week...
Law of the Sea Digest
The Senate won't move on the Law of the Sea until after the August recess. Holding hearings on the Convention this month,...
Senate to take up Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill after recess
Yesterday it was revealed that the Senate will take up the FY 2008 Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill after the August recess. This...
Lugar on Energy and Iraq
I heard Sen. Dick Lugar deliver some insightful remarks this morning on energy, Iraq, and U.S. foreign policy at the 20/20 Vision...
A Modest Proposal
Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson ran an intriguing piece yesterday worth mentioning. In Global Safeguards for a Global Economy he suggests a...
Carl Bernstein: A Personal Encounter
When I wasn't outside playing baseball or some other sport in the spring and summer of 1973, I was glued to the...
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...
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...