Thursday, July 8, 2010

Press Briefing

Jul 09, 2010

America's Growing Innovation Gap - We've fallen behind according to studies and my experience as a CEO. Here's how to reclaim our edge.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575354863772223910.html

Persistent Unemployment - It erodes the skills of the labor force and reduces future productivity
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575354792743173672.html

The White House Blog: From Sand to Solar
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/08/sand-solar

Our Pro-Business President - The White House says he's misunderstood
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575355413601768820.html

Beyond Madrasas: Assessing the Links Between Education and Militancy in Pakistan
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/06_pakistan_education_winthrop.aspx

An Obama Home Run - He picks a fighting general for Centcom, Marine General James Mattis
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575355482667915228.html

The White House Blog: More Seniors to Receive One-Time Donut Hole Rebate Checks
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/08/more-seniors-receive-one-time-donut-hole-rebate-checks

Five Democrats on the Senate Energy Committee last week delivered a rebuke to the White House, voting with Reps to have Congress set up an "independent" commission to investigate the BP disaster, bypassing the President's appointees
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704293604575342974052176594.html

Youth Transitions to Employment and Marriage in Iran: Evidence from the School to Work Transition Survey
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/06_iran_youth_salehi_isfahani.aspx

The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy - Union 'card-check,' cap and trade, and so much more
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704293604575343262629361470.html

The White House Blog: Going Green in Denver
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/08/going-green-denver

Why This Isn't Like 1938—At Least Not Yet - Stock prices show we've dodged another depression, but toxic, antibusiness

rhetoric and policy errors like the Dodd-Frank bill are hurting the still-fragile recovery
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575354932805057578.html

The White House Blog: Smith Electric Just One Example of Innovation in Kansas City
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/08/smith-electric-just-one-example-innovation-kansas-city

New START is a Non-Starter
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/07/Experts-New-START-Is-a-Non-Starter

White House's Peter Orszag: SAVE More
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/08/save-more

Fact Checking the Fact Checker: A Response to Senator Kerry
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/07/fact-checking-the-fact-checker-a-response-to-senator-kerry

Introducing Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas Fellow Daniel M. Kammen
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/energy_climate_fellow_daniel_kammen

Federal Government Overpaid $47 Billion a Year
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/08/morning-bell-federal-government-overpaid-47-billion-a-year

Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony Establishing the U.S.-Angola Strategic Partnership Dialogue
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/07/144373.htm

Why Limits On Banker Bonuses Are Meaningless
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/07/07/why-limits-on-banker-bonuses-are-meaningless/

US Scientists Discover Powerful Antibodies for HIV
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703609004575355072271264394.html

Words you cannot say at Naval War College
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/07/06/youtube

Press Briefing

Jul 08, 2010

The White House Blog: Progress on the National Export Initiative & Job Creation
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/07/progress-national-export-initiative-job-creation

The New Start Treaty: Time for a Careful Look - The Senate shouldn't rubber stamp an arms control strategy rooted in a vision of 'nuclear zero' without opening up the negotiating record
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704293604575343360850107760.html

The White House Blog - Solar and Smart Grid: Powering a Clean Energy Future
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/07/solar-and-smart-grid-powering-a-clean-energy-future

The Right Way to Raise Wages - The president's drive to strengthen unions will increase unemployment
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703881504575344993924756892.html

The White House Blog: How Affordable Care Act Helps Veterans
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/07/how-affordable-care-act-helps-veterans

The Superfund Bait and Switch - Reviving another tax on business
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704629804575325022212103684.html

U.S. Embassy Santiago: Ambassador Simons Launches Eco-Friendly Project at Fourth of July Celebration
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/embassy_santiago_july_fourth

The Arabs on Iran - The U.A.E. ambassador tells the truth
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703636404575353230693833718.html

Patient Assistance Programs - Since the launch of the Partnership for Prescription Assistance program in April 2005, over 6 million patients have been matched with programs that provide free or nearly free medicines
http://innovation.org/index.cfm/ToolsandResources/Patient_Assistance_Programs

Unemployment Benefits Aren't Stimulus - Let's not reduce the incentive to find work. A federal tax holiday is a better way to cut the high jobless rate.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704862404575351301788376276.html

Conference on sub-Saharan Africa : Women's Inclusion and Participation. By Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2010/144053.htm

Conservatives on Federal President's Dr. Donald Berwick: "The Rationer-in-Chief"
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/07/morning-bell-the-rationer-in-chief

Secretary Clinton Holds Town Hall With Georgian Women Leaders
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/travel_diary_clinton_georgian_women_leaders

Swede Bites Dog: Moderate Party-linked students offer to load and unload Israeli cargo
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704862404575350534066015218.html

IMF: World growth is projected at about 4½ percent in 2010 and 4¼ percent in 2011. Relative to the April 2010 World Economic Outlook (WEO), this represents an upward revision of about ½ percentage point in 2010, reflecting stronger activity during the first half of the year.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/update/02/index.htm

WTO issues panel report on Airbus dispute
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news10_e/316r_e.htm

Dissent in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards
http://frontpagemag.com/2010/07/07/dissent-in-the-iranian-revolutionary-guards