Thursday, July 1, 2010

Press Briefing

Jul 02, 2010

Promoting Practices that Reflect our Ideals: A Sharper Focus for International Migration Policy. By Eric P. Schwartz, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. Seventh Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, Georgetown University Law and Conference Center
http://www.state.gov/g/prm/rls/rmks/2010/143900.htm

U.S. National Voluntary Presentation, by Melanne Verveer. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2010/143882.htm

Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063004358.html

Do not use the Army to fight the Naxalites
http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/AlwaysintheLineofFire_220610

Afghanistan and the 'Resource Curse' - With its newly discovered mineral wealth, it could end up like Nigeria. Or like Mexico
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338461852379140.html

U.S. Counterterrorism Policy, by Robert F. Godec, Principal Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism. Global Young Leaders Conference, Washington, DC
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rm/2010/143809.htm

High Speed Rail in America: Hope We Can Believe in
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-matthews/high-speed-rail-in-americ_b_630081.html

Reconfirming John Roberts - Why Democrats are targeting the Chief Justice
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703571704575340721773147414.html

Iran Sanctions: Where We Go From Here - A coordinated strategy by the U.S. and the European Union will determine success or failure
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338443415494022.html

The Obama Tax Trap - How some Republicans are preparing to walk right into it
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338991852947182.html

The Polarization of Job Opportunities in the U.S. Labor Market - Implications for Employment and Earnings
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/04/job_polarization_report.html

Why Is the Gulf Cleanup So Slow? - There are obvious actions to speed things up, but the government oddly resists taking them
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575339650877298556.html

Terrorist Use of the Internet, by Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism. Joint U.S. Embassy and Philippine Welcome. 2nd Tri-Border Conference, Manila, Philippines
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rm/2010/143876.htm

"A nation of laws and a nation of immigrants"
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/elizabethchan/gGGGPc

Maureen Dowd Critiques: 'Thin-Skinned' Federal President Doesn't Like Media Portrayal
http://www.mrc.org/timeswatch/articles/2010/20100701100634.aspx

Standing Up to the Unholy Alliance Between Washington and Wall Street
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-russ-feingold/standing-up-to-the-unholy_b_630834.html

The Three Biggest Myths About Tax Cuts and the Budget Deficit
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/06/The-Three-Biggest-Myths-About-Tax-Cuts-and-the-Budget-Deficit

IMF Staff: The Fundamental Determinants of Credit Default Risk for European Large Complex Financial Institutions
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=23997.0

The Limitless Power of the Obama-Kagan Congress
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/01/morning-bell-the-limitless-power-of-the-obama-kagan-congress/