Aug 25, 2010
Working Together To Save Lives in India
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/india_leh_flooding
Cleaning Up the Mortgage Mess - Obama's program to help homeowners has unfortunately made things worse
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704075604575356663725805580.html
Countering Piracy: International Partnership Achieves Steady Progress
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/piracy_international_partnership_progress
Our Blue-Collar Great Depression - American workers who are less well-educated need a lifeline until new opportunities emerge.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704023404575429864088150270.html
The Case for Economic Optimism - Investment in equipment and software is strong, as is the outlook for exports
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703995104575389041193020822.html
Why the Senate Should Block 'New Start' - The nuclear treaty is the first step toward unilateral disarmament
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405634208565808.html
U.S. Government Hosts Conference on Improving Southern Sudan's Agriculture
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2010/pr100824.html
The Trial Bar Heads to Iraq - A lawsuit that would create civil damages for wartime decisions
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703846604575447613501672210.html
Wireless in Gaza - If young Palestinians have access to better information today, they may make better decisions tomorrow
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435923218083624.html
Human Rights Kowtow - The Obama Administration makes itself an accomplice to U.N. corruption
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703447004575449960554393200.html
Vice President Biden Releases Report on Recovery Act Impact on Innovation
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/24/vice-president-biden-releases-report-recovery-act-impact-innovation
The Housing Mirage - Homeowner subsidies have only delayed the day of reckoning
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703447004575449751158395676.html
The Afghanistan War Is Mainly About Pakistan and India - Actually, it's about the whole region.
http://www.slate.com/id/2264918/
Putting the Brakes on ObamaCare How a Republican Congress could begin the process of repealing this unpopular law
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703649004575437271015655924.html
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Press Briefing
Aug 24, 2010
The White House Blog - Their Economic Policies Haven’t Changed, So They Won’t Bring the Change We Need
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/24/their-economic-policies-haven-t-changed-so-they-won-t-bring-change-we-need
Wind Power Won't Cool Down the Planet - Often enough it leads to higher carbon emissions
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703792704575366700528078676.html
White House: 31,000 Homes Weatherized in June
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/23/31000-homes-weatherized-june
Virginia Is for Surpluses - Erasing red ink without a tax increase
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703579804575442063233671300.html
The White House Blog - Your Credit Card Bill of Rights Now in Full Effect
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/23/your-credit-card-bill-rights-now-full-effect
The Politics of Plastic - The war against credit cards is raising costs and harming consumers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703846604575447613154049510.html
Identified a family of retroviruses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (update)
http://digs.by/cFFWeq
Cracks in the Iranian Monolith - Opposition is spreading in the streets, in prisons, and even in the military
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704017904575409611936612020.html
Like Bush, Not Clinton, Obama Follows His Heart Not Polls
http://blogs.wsj.com/capitaljournal/2010/08/22/like-bush-not-clinton-obama-follows-his-heart-not-polls/
The White House Blog - Their Economic Policies Haven’t Changed, So They Won’t Bring the Change We Need
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/24/their-economic-policies-haven-t-changed-so-they-won-t-bring-change-we-need
Wind Power Won't Cool Down the Planet - Often enough it leads to higher carbon emissions
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703792704575366700528078676.html
White House: 31,000 Homes Weatherized in June
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/23/31000-homes-weatherized-june
Virginia Is for Surpluses - Erasing red ink without a tax increase
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703579804575442063233671300.html
The White House Blog - Your Credit Card Bill of Rights Now in Full Effect
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/23/your-credit-card-bill-rights-now-full-effect
The Politics of Plastic - The war against credit cards is raising costs and harming consumers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703846604575447613154049510.html
Identified a family of retroviruses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (update)
http://digs.by/cFFWeq
Cracks in the Iranian Monolith - Opposition is spreading in the streets, in prisons, and even in the military
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704017904575409611936612020.html
Like Bush, Not Clinton, Obama Follows His Heart Not Polls
http://blogs.wsj.com/capitaljournal/2010/08/22/like-bush-not-clinton-obama-follows-his-heart-not-polls/
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Press Briefing
Aug 23, 2010
Lorenz Of Arabia - As a wartime strategy, Germany tried to foment a Grand Jihad in Muslim lands
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703461504575444532238358048.html
The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility - The idea that companies have a duty to address social ills is not just flawed, argues Aneel Karnani. It also makes it more likely that we'll ignore the real solutions to these problems.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703338004575230112664504890.html
The White House Blog - At the Indiana State Fair: Farmers, The First Entrepreneurs
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/20/indiana-state-fair-farmers-first-entrepreneurs
The Guns of August, 1990 - The last 20 years would have been very different had American forces taken that open road to Baghdad the first time around
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703589404575417820146420794.html
Reducing Energy Costs while Creating Green Jobs for Americans, by Secretary Shaun Donovan
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/20/reducing-energy-costs-while-creating-green-jobs-americans
Australian Boomerang - Another big spending center-left party loses its majority
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703461504575442693926568832.html
President Obama Challenges Politicians Benefiting from Citizens United Ruling to Defend Corporate Influence in Our Elections
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/21/weekly-address-president-obama-challenges-politicians-benefiting-citizen
ObamaCare's Tax on Taxes - The latest gambit to punish for-profit health insurers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435473272964804.html
How States Hide Their Budget Deficits - The SEC's charges against New Jersey for misleading investors should warn other states against sweeping the truth under the rug
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703579804575441240180244472.html
Iran Unveils New Drone
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704504204575444872540980904.html
Treasury Concludes Three Weeks of Global Engagement with Governments, Private Sector on Iran
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg835.htm
$4.4 Trillion - That's how much the spending baseline has increased in 31 months
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439543402718272.html
Obama Administration Housing Scorecard Shows Continued Progress in Housing Market, but Challenges Remain
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg833.htm
Gates and Buffett Take the Pledge - Wealthy businessmen often feel obligated to 'give back.' Who says they've taken anything?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575438993318888822.html
Lorenz Of Arabia - As a wartime strategy, Germany tried to foment a Grand Jihad in Muslim lands
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703461504575444532238358048.html
The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility - The idea that companies have a duty to address social ills is not just flawed, argues Aneel Karnani. It also makes it more likely that we'll ignore the real solutions to these problems.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703338004575230112664504890.html
The White House Blog - At the Indiana State Fair: Farmers, The First Entrepreneurs
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/20/indiana-state-fair-farmers-first-entrepreneurs
The Guns of August, 1990 - The last 20 years would have been very different had American forces taken that open road to Baghdad the first time around
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703589404575417820146420794.html
Reducing Energy Costs while Creating Green Jobs for Americans, by Secretary Shaun Donovan
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/20/reducing-energy-costs-while-creating-green-jobs-americans
Australian Boomerang - Another big spending center-left party loses its majority
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703461504575442693926568832.html
President Obama Challenges Politicians Benefiting from Citizens United Ruling to Defend Corporate Influence in Our Elections
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/21/weekly-address-president-obama-challenges-politicians-benefiting-citizen
ObamaCare's Tax on Taxes - The latest gambit to punish for-profit health insurers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435473272964804.html
How States Hide Their Budget Deficits - The SEC's charges against New Jersey for misleading investors should warn other states against sweeping the truth under the rug
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703579804575441240180244472.html
Iran Unveils New Drone
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704504204575444872540980904.html
Treasury Concludes Three Weeks of Global Engagement with Governments, Private Sector on Iran
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg835.htm
$4.4 Trillion - That's how much the spending baseline has increased in 31 months
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439543402718272.html
Obama Administration Housing Scorecard Shows Continued Progress in Housing Market, but Challenges Remain
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg833.htm
Gates and Buffett Take the Pledge - Wealthy businessmen often feel obligated to 'give back.' Who says they've taken anything?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575438993318888822.html
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Press Briefing
Aug 20, 2010
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/146107.htm
The Lockerbie Bomber and Scotland's Disgrace - A political stunt freed a mass murderer and brought needless grief to many in the US
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703649004575437221006992494.html
Bashing Beijing Will Not Help Our Trade Deficit - Higher wages, not a stronger yuan, will help Chinese workers and reduce US imports
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704023404575429843465266202.html
State Dept: A Critical Milestone in Iraq
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/milestone_iraq
The SEC's Jersey Score - At last, a state gets hit for securities fraud
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439431857019668.html
Seniors Already Seeing Lower Prescription Drug Costs
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/18/seniors-already-seeing-lower-prescription-drug-costs
More Countrywide Loans - What Senate ethicists didn't tell us on Dodd
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435851680516676.html
Remarks by the President at a Discussion with Ohio Families on the Economy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/18/remarks-president-a-discussion-with-ohio-families-economy
Victory in Iraq -American arms created a republic, if Iraqis can keep it
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439743828817562.html
An assessment of the long-term economic impact of stronger capital and liquidity requirements
FSB & BCBS, August 2010
http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs173.htm
The Basel Committee's assessment of the long-term economic impact finds that there are clear net long term economic benefits from increasing the minimum capital and liquidity requirements from their current levels in order to raise the safety and soundness of the global banking system. The benefits of higher capital and liquidity requirements accrue from reducing the probability of financial crisis and the output losses associated with such crises. The benefits substantially exceed the potential output costs for a range of higher capital and liquidity requirements.
The FSB-BCBS MAG assessment of the macroeconomic transition costs, prepared in close collaboration with the International Monetary Fund, concludes that the transition to stronger capital and liquidity standards is likely to have a modest impact on aggregate output. If higher requirements are phased in over four years, the group estimates that each one percentage point increase in bank's actual ratio of tangible common equity to risk-weighted assets will lead to a decline in the level of GDP relative to its baseline path by about 0.20% after implementation is completed. In terms of growth rates, this means that the annual growth rate would be reduced by an average of 0.04 percentage points over a four and a half year period, with a range of results around these point estimates. A 25% increase in liquid asset holdings is found to have an output effect less than half that associated with a one-percentage point increase in capital ratios. The projected impacts arise mainly from banks passing on higher costs to borrowers, which results in a slowdown in investment. A two-year implementation period leads to a slightly larger reduction from the baseline path, with the trough occurring after two and a half years, while extending the implementation period beyond four years makes little difference. In all of these estimates, GDP returns to its baseline path in subsequent years.
Winning the Peace in Iraq - The last American combat troops left Iraq this week. But when 'Operation New Dawn' begins on Sept. 1, the U.S. will still have a vital mission—and interests—there
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439381641164538.html
Get Ready for Ads in Books
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435243350910792.html
Proposal to ensure the loss absorbency of regulatory capital at the point of non-viability - consultative document
http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs174.htm
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/146107.htm
The Lockerbie Bomber and Scotland's Disgrace - A political stunt freed a mass murderer and brought needless grief to many in the US
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703649004575437221006992494.html
Bashing Beijing Will Not Help Our Trade Deficit - Higher wages, not a stronger yuan, will help Chinese workers and reduce US imports
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704023404575429843465266202.html
State Dept: A Critical Milestone in Iraq
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/milestone_iraq
The SEC's Jersey Score - At last, a state gets hit for securities fraud
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439431857019668.html
Seniors Already Seeing Lower Prescription Drug Costs
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/18/seniors-already-seeing-lower-prescription-drug-costs
More Countrywide Loans - What Senate ethicists didn't tell us on Dodd
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435851680516676.html
Remarks by the President at a Discussion with Ohio Families on the Economy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/18/remarks-president-a-discussion-with-ohio-families-economy
Victory in Iraq -American arms created a republic, if Iraqis can keep it
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439743828817562.html
An assessment of the long-term economic impact of stronger capital and liquidity requirements
FSB & BCBS, August 2010
http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs173.htm
The Basel Committee's assessment of the long-term economic impact finds that there are clear net long term economic benefits from increasing the minimum capital and liquidity requirements from their current levels in order to raise the safety and soundness of the global banking system. The benefits of higher capital and liquidity requirements accrue from reducing the probability of financial crisis and the output losses associated with such crises. The benefits substantially exceed the potential output costs for a range of higher capital and liquidity requirements.
The FSB-BCBS MAG assessment of the macroeconomic transition costs, prepared in close collaboration with the International Monetary Fund, concludes that the transition to stronger capital and liquidity standards is likely to have a modest impact on aggregate output. If higher requirements are phased in over four years, the group estimates that each one percentage point increase in bank's actual ratio of tangible common equity to risk-weighted assets will lead to a decline in the level of GDP relative to its baseline path by about 0.20% after implementation is completed. In terms of growth rates, this means that the annual growth rate would be reduced by an average of 0.04 percentage points over a four and a half year period, with a range of results around these point estimates. A 25% increase in liquid asset holdings is found to have an output effect less than half that associated with a one-percentage point increase in capital ratios. The projected impacts arise mainly from banks passing on higher costs to borrowers, which results in a slowdown in investment. A two-year implementation period leads to a slightly larger reduction from the baseline path, with the trough occurring after two and a half years, while extending the implementation period beyond four years makes little difference. In all of these estimates, GDP returns to its baseline path in subsequent years.
Winning the Peace in Iraq - The last American combat troops left Iraq this week. But when 'Operation New Dawn' begins on Sept. 1, the U.S. will still have a vital mission—and interests—there
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439381641164538.html
Get Ready for Ads in Books
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435243350910792.html
Proposal to ensure the loss absorbency of regulatory capital at the point of non-viability - consultative document
http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs174.htm
Press Briefing
Aug 19, 2010
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/146066.htm
Barney Frank to Fannie Mae: Drop Dead - Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703649004575437574151872544.html
Barney Frank has been all over the airwaves this week with a clear and—we never thought we'd say this—perfectly sound message about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: "They should be abolished."
Well, praise be. Two years ago next month, then Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson put the two government-sponsored mortgage-finance giants into conservatorship, and Congressman Frank declared himself pleased that there was a good chance, according to government bean-counters, that the rescue wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime. Also at the time, Mr. Frank scoffed at the Bush Administration's view that Fan and Fred should be wound down, saying it would never happen. One and a half trillion dimes ($149 billion) later, Mr. Frank appears to have seen the light.
Recall that in 2007 Mr. Frank had complained that the reason Fannie and Freddie hadn't been reformed earlier was "the insistence of some economic conservative fundamentalists in the Bush Administration who, to be honest, don't think there should be a Fannie Mae or a Freddie Mac." Welcome aboard, Barney.
In another sign that he's an avid reader of these columns, Mr. Frank even told Fox Business, "If we want to subsidize housing then we could do it upfront and let the budget be clear about that." That is certainly a more honest way to subsidize housing and makes us think we don't write in vain.
We prefer no subsidy for homeownership, not least because the painful experience of the last 40 years is that such policies lead to boom and bust and awful economic harm. Canada has neither a Fannie Mae nor a mortgage-interest tax deduction, and yet its homeownership rate is higher than America's. The homebuilder-Realtor-mortgage banker lobby will object, which is no doubt why Treasury chief Tim Geithner continued to call for some federal role in guaranteeing mortgages at his housing finance gabfest this week. But that road inevitably leads to the Son of Fannie.
The housing reform debate is only beginning, but for now we'll associate ourselves with Mr. Frank's view that if Congress wants to subsidize housing, it ought to do so directly out of annual appropriations, allocating dollars in open and transparent fashion against other priorities.
Assessing the macroeconomic impact of the transition to stronger capital and liquidity requirements - Interim Report
BCBS & FSB
http://www.bis.org/publ/othp10.htm
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Financial Stability Board set up the Macroeconomic Assessment Group (MAG) to assess the macroeconomic effects of the transition to strengthened capital and liquidity regulations. The MAG comprises economic modelling experts from central banks and other authorities. In its Interim Report, the MAG concludes that, for each percentage point increase in the target capital ratio implemented over a four-year horizon, the level of GDP relative to the baseline path declines by a maximum of about 0.19%. The maximum GDP loss occurs four and a half years after the start of implementation, after which GDP recovers towards its baseline path. The associated rise in banks' lending rates would amount to about 15 basis points for each percentage point increase in capital. These costs will slowly dissipate during and after the phase-in, returning GDP to the path it would have followed in the absence of the changes. The impact of the new regulatory framework on specific national financial systems will depend on current levels of capital and liquidity in those systems, and on the consequences of changes to the definitions used in calculating the relevant regulatory ratios. These results imply that the reforms proposed by the Basel Committee are likely to have, at most, a modest impact on aggregate output, provided that appropriate transition arrangements are in place.
Deconstructing Harry Reid - The Senate majority leader's inexplicable desire to debate taxes in September
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703649004575437413307858620.html
Somalia: Frozen Warfare in Mogadishu
http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Analysis/Somalia_Frozen_Warfare_in_Mogadishu_Intelligence_Brief_2.shtml
Blagojevich 23, Fitzgerald 1 - Chicago's jester politician humiliates the Justice Department
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703649004575437490986410482.html
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/146066.htm
Barney Frank to Fannie Mae: Drop Dead - Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703649004575437574151872544.html
Barney Frank has been all over the airwaves this week with a clear and—we never thought we'd say this—perfectly sound message about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: "They should be abolished."
Well, praise be. Two years ago next month, then Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson put the two government-sponsored mortgage-finance giants into conservatorship, and Congressman Frank declared himself pleased that there was a good chance, according to government bean-counters, that the rescue wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime. Also at the time, Mr. Frank scoffed at the Bush Administration's view that Fan and Fred should be wound down, saying it would never happen. One and a half trillion dimes ($149 billion) later, Mr. Frank appears to have seen the light.
Recall that in 2007 Mr. Frank had complained that the reason Fannie and Freddie hadn't been reformed earlier was "the insistence of some economic conservative fundamentalists in the Bush Administration who, to be honest, don't think there should be a Fannie Mae or a Freddie Mac." Welcome aboard, Barney.
In another sign that he's an avid reader of these columns, Mr. Frank even told Fox Business, "If we want to subsidize housing then we could do it upfront and let the budget be clear about that." That is certainly a more honest way to subsidize housing and makes us think we don't write in vain.
We prefer no subsidy for homeownership, not least because the painful experience of the last 40 years is that such policies lead to boom and bust and awful economic harm. Canada has neither a Fannie Mae nor a mortgage-interest tax deduction, and yet its homeownership rate is higher than America's. The homebuilder-Realtor-mortgage banker lobby will object, which is no doubt why Treasury chief Tim Geithner continued to call for some federal role in guaranteeing mortgages at his housing finance gabfest this week. But that road inevitably leads to the Son of Fannie.
The housing reform debate is only beginning, but for now we'll associate ourselves with Mr. Frank's view that if Congress wants to subsidize housing, it ought to do so directly out of annual appropriations, allocating dollars in open and transparent fashion against other priorities.
Assessing the macroeconomic impact of the transition to stronger capital and liquidity requirements - Interim Report
BCBS & FSB
http://www.bis.org/publ/othp10.htm
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Financial Stability Board set up the Macroeconomic Assessment Group (MAG) to assess the macroeconomic effects of the transition to strengthened capital and liquidity regulations. The MAG comprises economic modelling experts from central banks and other authorities. In its Interim Report, the MAG concludes that, for each percentage point increase in the target capital ratio implemented over a four-year horizon, the level of GDP relative to the baseline path declines by a maximum of about 0.19%. The maximum GDP loss occurs four and a half years after the start of implementation, after which GDP recovers towards its baseline path. The associated rise in banks' lending rates would amount to about 15 basis points for each percentage point increase in capital. These costs will slowly dissipate during and after the phase-in, returning GDP to the path it would have followed in the absence of the changes. The impact of the new regulatory framework on specific national financial systems will depend on current levels of capital and liquidity in those systems, and on the consequences of changes to the definitions used in calculating the relevant regulatory ratios. These results imply that the reforms proposed by the Basel Committee are likely to have, at most, a modest impact on aggregate output, provided that appropriate transition arrangements are in place.
Deconstructing Harry Reid - The Senate majority leader's inexplicable desire to debate taxes in September
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703649004575437413307858620.html
Somalia: Frozen Warfare in Mogadishu
http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Analysis/Somalia_Frozen_Warfare_in_Mogadishu_Intelligence_Brief_2.shtml
Blagojevich 23, Fitzgerald 1 - Chicago's jester politician humiliates the Justice Department
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703649004575437490986410482.html
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Press Briefing
Aug 18, 2010
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/146049.htm
Obama Follows Nixon On Oil Spills - The overreaction to Santa Barbara in 1969 left the country dangerously vulnerable
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575425541427252542.html
Ralph Nader: Where Left and Right Converge - Anticorporatist views are becoming more and more common
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435321716423354.html
FASB's Tort Bar Gift - New accounting rules would give lawyers a lawsuit roadmap
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435851610547946.html
If 10-year interest rates, which are now 2.8%, rise to 4% as they did last spring, bondholders will suffer a capital loss more than three times the current yield
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575425384002846058.html
The Avastin Mugging - The FDA rigs the verdict against a good cancer drug
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405203894857436.html
Secretary of Treasury Tim Geithner Opening Remarks at theConference on the Future of Housing Finance APFD
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg830.htm
Lift the wraps on the Himalayan border situation - Let facts speak for themselves on the India-China frontier
http://chellaney.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4913C7C8A2EA4A30!1237.entry
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/146049.htm
Obama Follows Nixon On Oil Spills - The overreaction to Santa Barbara in 1969 left the country dangerously vulnerable
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575425541427252542.html
Ralph Nader: Where Left and Right Converge - Anticorporatist views are becoming more and more common
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435321716423354.html
FASB's Tort Bar Gift - New accounting rules would give lawyers a lawsuit roadmap
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435851610547946.html
If 10-year interest rates, which are now 2.8%, rise to 4% as they did last spring, bondholders will suffer a capital loss more than three times the current yield
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575425384002846058.html
The Avastin Mugging - The FDA rigs the verdict against a good cancer drug
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405203894857436.html
Secretary of Treasury Tim Geithner Opening Remarks at theConference on the Future of Housing Finance APFD
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg830.htm
Lift the wraps on the Himalayan border situation - Let facts speak for themselves on the India-China frontier
http://chellaney.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4913C7C8A2EA4A30!1237.entry
Monday, August 16, 2010
Press Briefing
Aug 17, 2010
The White House Blog - Slowing Large Health Insurance Premium Increases
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/16/slowing-large-health-insurance-premium-increases
Comrade Duch and the Killing Fields - When will justice come to more senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703940904575395052402779036.html
The White House Blog - New Battery Technology and New Jobs in Wisconsin
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/16/new-battery-technology-and-new-jobs-wisconsin
Uncle Sam, Venture Capitalist - Meet the battery company that Obama visited yesterday
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704868604575433882374313148.html
Japan as Number Three - Beijing's rise, Tokyo's fall and the wealth of nations
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704868604575433212314778700.html
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145997.htm
The Future of Housing Finance - We'll never get a rational mortgage system until the government's affordable housing mandates are ended
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575425231311880538.html
The White House Blog - Slowing Large Health Insurance Premium Increases
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/16/slowing-large-health-insurance-premium-increases
Comrade Duch and the Killing Fields - When will justice come to more senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703940904575395052402779036.html
The White House Blog - New Battery Technology and New Jobs in Wisconsin
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/16/new-battery-technology-and-new-jobs-wisconsin
Uncle Sam, Venture Capitalist - Meet the battery company that Obama visited yesterday
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704868604575433882374313148.html
Japan as Number Three - Beijing's rise, Tokyo's fall and the wealth of nations
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704868604575433212314778700.html
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145997.htm
The Future of Housing Finance - We'll never get a rational mortgage system until the government's affordable housing mandates are ended
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575425231311880538.html
Press Briefing
Aug 16, 2010
Exploring the Many Facets of Deterrence, by Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
http://www.state.gov/t/vci/rls/145954.htm
The Fed Can't Solve Our Economic Woes
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575418964014417740.html
US Groundbreaking Effort to Provide Emergency Food Assistance to Earthquake Victims in Haiti - Two New Grants Utilize Cash and Food Vouchers to Complement In-Kind Food Aid
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2010/pr100813.html
Subsidy As a Way of Life - In the U.S. it's 'work, work, work.' A rock drummer in France gets a state stipend.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703960004575427731291231298.html
Presidential Memorandum--Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/12/presidential-memorandum-continuation-us-drug-interdiction-assistance-gov
How Not to Win Hearts and Minds - In a U.N. survey, 52% of Afghans said foreign aid organizations 'are corrupt and are in the country just to get rich.'
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703999304575399422302747074.html
Exploring the Many Facets of Deterrence, by Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
http://www.state.gov/t/vci/rls/145954.htm
The Fed Can't Solve Our Economic Woes
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575418964014417740.html
US Groundbreaking Effort to Provide Emergency Food Assistance to Earthquake Victims in Haiti - Two New Grants Utilize Cash and Food Vouchers to Complement In-Kind Food Aid
http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2010/pr100813.html
Subsidy As a Way of Life - In the U.S. it's 'work, work, work.' A rock drummer in France gets a state stipend.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703960004575427731291231298.html
Presidential Memorandum--Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/12/presidential-memorandum-continuation-us-drug-interdiction-assistance-gov
How Not to Win Hearts and Minds - In a U.N. survey, 52% of Afghans said foreign aid organizations 'are corrupt and are in the country just to get rich.'
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703999304575399422302747074.html
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Press Briefing
Aug 13, 2010
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145945.htm
State Sec Clinton On New START Treaty Ratification
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/08/145879.htm
Awlaki vs. Predator - American members of al Qaeda aren't merely criminal suspects. They're active enemy combatants who can be targeted like other terrorists.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423253031580156.html
Obama Administration Announces Additional Support For Targeted Foreclosure-Prevention Programs To Help Homeowners Struggling with Unemployment
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg823.htm
Georgia and the Limits of Russian Power - Moscow's occupation forces remain in the country, but the future looks bright for Tbilisi
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575425090664809722.html
White House: Teaching Our Way to a Stronger Economy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/10/teaching-our-way-a-stronger-economy
Rosty and Reagan - A lesson in tax reform and bipartisanship
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575425661456858140.html
Are Plastics Making Us Fat? - Health gurus claim chemicals—not calories—are the cause of obesity
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703545604575407201305888876.html
How did Sudan implode so catastrophically?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421901117532376.html
Hezbollah, Radical but Rational
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100811_hezbollah_radical_rational
The Dodd-Frank Bailout is Already Here
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/08/12/morning-bell-the-dodd-frank-bailout-is-already-here/
Nanostructured Metamaterial Enables Invisibility Cloak, Amplifies Light, Reduces Dramatically Absorption
http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/nanostructured-metamaterial-enables-invisibility-cloak
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145945.htm
State Sec Clinton On New START Treaty Ratification
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/08/145879.htm
Awlaki vs. Predator - American members of al Qaeda aren't merely criminal suspects. They're active enemy combatants who can be targeted like other terrorists.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423253031580156.html
Obama Administration Announces Additional Support For Targeted Foreclosure-Prevention Programs To Help Homeowners Struggling with Unemployment
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg823.htm
Georgia and the Limits of Russian Power - Moscow's occupation forces remain in the country, but the future looks bright for Tbilisi
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575425090664809722.html
White House: Teaching Our Way to a Stronger Economy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/10/teaching-our-way-a-stronger-economy
Rosty and Reagan - A lesson in tax reform and bipartisanship
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575425661456858140.html
Are Plastics Making Us Fat? - Health gurus claim chemicals—not calories—are the cause of obesity
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703545604575407201305888876.html
How did Sudan implode so catastrophically?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421901117532376.html
Hezbollah, Radical but Rational
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100811_hezbollah_radical_rational
The Dodd-Frank Bailout is Already Here
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/08/12/morning-bell-the-dodd-frank-bailout-is-already-here/
Nanostructured Metamaterial Enables Invisibility Cloak, Amplifies Light, Reduces Dramatically Absorption
http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/nanostructured-metamaterial-enables-invisibility-cloak
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Press Briefing
Aug 12, 2010
Why Obama Is Still the Favorite in 2012 - Hispanic voters hold the balance of power—and Republicans aren't winning their support
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704017904575409300064389276.html
Europe Jumps Off the Keynesian Bus - The economy is looking bright in Britain and Germany after those governments announced plans to reduce spending
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421231390302638.html
Nuclear Reactor Renaissance - Nuclear reactor design is poised for a desperately needed revival. Here are seven contenders.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/nuclear/nuclear-reactor-renaissance
The White House Blog - Another Step Towards Sustainable Recovery
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/10/another-step-towards-sustainable-recovery
No Bad Idea Left Behind - Congress turns even a border security bill into a job killer
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575422293810650232.html
Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore a Stimulus Success Story; Project to Add Desperately Needed Highway Capacity
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/10/caldecott-tunnel-fourth-bore-a-stimulus-success-story-project-add-desperately-needed
Gay Marriage: Leave It to the Voters - I support it as a policy matter, but having the courts mandate it promises trauma of the sort that followed Roe v. Wade
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421223725915454.html
Commerce Secretary: The Cost-Saving Census
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/10/cost-saving-census
Washington vs. Paul Ryan - What happens when a politician is more honest than his critics
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419473063003094.html
Why Obama Is Still the Favorite in 2012 - Hispanic voters hold the balance of power—and Republicans aren't winning their support
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704017904575409300064389276.html
Europe Jumps Off the Keynesian Bus - The economy is looking bright in Britain and Germany after those governments announced plans to reduce spending
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421231390302638.html
Nuclear Reactor Renaissance - Nuclear reactor design is poised for a desperately needed revival. Here are seven contenders.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/nuclear/nuclear-reactor-renaissance
The White House Blog - Another Step Towards Sustainable Recovery
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/10/another-step-towards-sustainable-recovery
No Bad Idea Left Behind - Congress turns even a border security bill into a job killer
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575422293810650232.html
Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore a Stimulus Success Story; Project to Add Desperately Needed Highway Capacity
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/10/caldecott-tunnel-fourth-bore-a-stimulus-success-story-project-add-desperately-needed
Gay Marriage: Leave It to the Voters - I support it as a policy matter, but having the courts mandate it promises trauma of the sort that followed Roe v. Wade
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421223725915454.html
Commerce Secretary: The Cost-Saving Census
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/10/cost-saving-census
Washington vs. Paul Ryan - What happens when a politician is more honest than his critics
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419473063003094.html
Press Briefing
Aug 11, 2010
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145860.htm
Washington Post economics columnist Robert Samuelson on avoiding the economic fate of Western Europe
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421721525088464.html
Pakistan's Project of Renewal - The floods are only the latest challenge to hit my country, says President Zardari
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419632502446788.html
The High Costs of Very Low Interest Rates - Money that should be invested to create jobs is instead funding government debt, while worried consumers sit on the sidelines
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405592876165452.html
The Case For Birthright Citizenship - Since the abolition of slavery, we have never denied citizenship to any group of children born in the U.S. Why change now?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421222258065684.html
Urging Iran to Respect the Fundamental Freedoms of its Citizens, by State Sec Hillary Clinton
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/08/145857.htm
Recusal Refusal - NLRB appointee Craig Becker's evolving definition of ethics
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421702003156386.html
Discussion on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145855.htm
Quantitative Easing 2 - The Fed revs up the helicopter
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421670983872464.html
Implementation of Iran Sanctions, by Robert J Einhorn, Special Advisor Nonproliferation and Arms Control
http://www.state.gov/t/isn/rls/rm/145348.htm
End of the Net Neut Fetish - What the Google-Verizon deal really means for the wireless future
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421434187090098.html
New START Bilateral Consultative Commission (BCC)
http://www.state.gov/t/vci/rls/145830.htm
Stimulus Pushers - The latest bailout for public unions and spendthrift states
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421613093659730.html
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145860.htm
Washington Post economics columnist Robert Samuelson on avoiding the economic fate of Western Europe
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421721525088464.html
Pakistan's Project of Renewal - The floods are only the latest challenge to hit my country, says President Zardari
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419632502446788.html
The High Costs of Very Low Interest Rates - Money that should be invested to create jobs is instead funding government debt, while worried consumers sit on the sidelines
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405592876165452.html
The Case For Birthright Citizenship - Since the abolition of slavery, we have never denied citizenship to any group of children born in the U.S. Why change now?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421222258065684.html
Urging Iran to Respect the Fundamental Freedoms of its Citizens, by State Sec Hillary Clinton
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/08/145857.htm
Recusal Refusal - NLRB appointee Craig Becker's evolving definition of ethics
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421702003156386.html
Discussion on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145855.htm
Quantitative Easing 2 - The Fed revs up the helicopter
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421670983872464.html
Implementation of Iran Sanctions, by Robert J Einhorn, Special Advisor Nonproliferation and Arms Control
http://www.state.gov/t/isn/rls/rm/145348.htm
End of the Net Neut Fetish - What the Google-Verizon deal really means for the wireless future
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421434187090098.html
New START Bilateral Consultative Commission (BCC)
http://www.state.gov/t/vci/rls/145830.htm
Stimulus Pushers - The latest bailout for public unions and spendthrift states
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421613093659730.html
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Press Briefing
Aug 10, 2010
Karachi's complex culture of violence
http://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/08/09/karachis_complex_culture_of_violence
President Obama on Higher Education in Austin: "We Are Not Playing for Second Place"
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/09/president-obama-higher-education-austin-we-are-not-playing-second-place
Hillary for Vice President? The movement is gaining traction.
http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748704388504575419421407147424.html
The White House Asks: How do the Women You Know Continue to Break Barriers?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/09/white-house-asks-how-do-women-you-know-continue-break-barriers
Joel Kotkin on California as a "failed state."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419561240207650.html
The Calm Amidst the Smoke - I've never lived in a city where the bizarre is so interwoven into daily routines as in Moscow
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419263127245830.html
Statement of President Barack Obama on Secretary Gates Reform Agenda
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/09/statement-president-barack-obama-secretary-gates-reform-agenda
In Lebanon, a Power Struggle and Pitiable Choices - A young prime minister pays court in Syria, while Iran also jockeys for more influence
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575418881692455798.html
The White House Blog - Top 5 Things You Should Know Before Heading Back to College
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/09/top-5-things-you-should-know-heading-back-college
Of CEOs and Congressmen - Private vs. public accountability
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419550839726076.html
Confronting China's Snarl - Beijing's truculence warrants a firm American response
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703309704575413112417865690.html
Compensation in Bell, California - Want $600,000 a year in retirement? Work for the government.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419600042368596.html
The False Fed Savior - Monetary policy can't make up for failed fiscal and regulatory policy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419231591024478.html
Unlocking The Genetic Secrets Of Autism
http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1903/healthissue_detail.asp
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145814.htm
Naomi Campbell and the 'Blood Diamond' Hoax - Diamonds aren't a major reason for Africa's conflicts, and the Kimberley Process is no guarantee of a stone's pedigree in any case
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703589404575417460834079500.html
Critical Role of Women in Peace and Security, by Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, DC
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2010/145786.htm
Building on Iran Sanctions - With the regime under pressure, now is not the time to ease up
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704017904575408872075399544.html
Karachi's complex culture of violence
http://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/08/09/karachis_complex_culture_of_violence
President Obama on Higher Education in Austin: "We Are Not Playing for Second Place"
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/09/president-obama-higher-education-austin-we-are-not-playing-second-place
Hillary for Vice President? The movement is gaining traction.
http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748704388504575419421407147424.html
The White House Asks: How do the Women You Know Continue to Break Barriers?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/09/white-house-asks-how-do-women-you-know-continue-break-barriers
Joel Kotkin on California as a "failed state."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419561240207650.html
The Calm Amidst the Smoke - I've never lived in a city where the bizarre is so interwoven into daily routines as in Moscow
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419263127245830.html
Statement of President Barack Obama on Secretary Gates Reform Agenda
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/09/statement-president-barack-obama-secretary-gates-reform-agenda
In Lebanon, a Power Struggle and Pitiable Choices - A young prime minister pays court in Syria, while Iran also jockeys for more influence
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575418881692455798.html
The White House Blog - Top 5 Things You Should Know Before Heading Back to College
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/09/top-5-things-you-should-know-heading-back-college
Of CEOs and Congressmen - Private vs. public accountability
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419550839726076.html
Confronting China's Snarl - Beijing's truculence warrants a firm American response
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703309704575413112417865690.html
Compensation in Bell, California - Want $600,000 a year in retirement? Work for the government.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419600042368596.html
The False Fed Savior - Monetary policy can't make up for failed fiscal and regulatory policy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419231591024478.html
Unlocking The Genetic Secrets Of Autism
http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1903/healthissue_detail.asp
Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145814.htm
Naomi Campbell and the 'Blood Diamond' Hoax - Diamonds aren't a major reason for Africa's conflicts, and the Kimberley Process is no guarantee of a stone's pedigree in any case
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703589404575417460834079500.html
Critical Role of Women in Peace and Security, by Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, DC
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2010/145786.htm
Building on Iran Sanctions - With the regime under pressure, now is not the time to ease up
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704017904575408872075399544.html
Monday, August 9, 2010
Press Briefing
Aug 09, 2010
Tough new global financial rules are a must
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/08/AR2010080802478.html
Canada, Land of Smaller Government - Its corporate income tax rate is 18% and falling. America's is 35%
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703977004575393221638794924.html
Libertarians: Medicare's chief actuary vs. President Obama on the ObamaCare facts
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703309704575413263344491010.html
White House: The Employment Situation in July
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/06/employment-situation-july
Fairness and the Capital Tax Fetish - No serious economist thinks higher dividend and cap gains taxes are efficient ways to raise revenue. Why not limit deductions for high earners instead?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703700904575391463715177240.html
The Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill
http://app.restorethegulf.gov/go/doc/2931/840851/
Why I'm Not Hiring - When you add it all up, it costs $74,000 to put $44,000 in Sally's pocket and to give her $12,000 in benefits
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704017904575409733776372738.html
Will Iraq Fall Victim to the Oil Curse? - The Baghdad government runs a top-down command economy and only pays lip service to private jobs and economic diversification
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703748904575411231275371108.html
John Fund on Medicare's questionable financial condition
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703309704575413491311091442.html
Honoring Elena Kagan
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/06/honoring-elena-kagan
Government and the Uncertainty Trap - It's not a lack of liquidity that's holding back our economy. Investors and business leaders are waiting to learn more about future taxes and regulations.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405302726656506.html
Federal President's Weekly Address: Medicare Officially Safer After Health Reform
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/07/weekly-address-medicare-officially-safer-after-health-reform
The World Drills On - There's no ban in Norway, Brazil, Australia, Canada . . .
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575339290774710032.html
Tough new global financial rules are a must
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/08/AR2010080802478.html
Canada, Land of Smaller Government - Its corporate income tax rate is 18% and falling. America's is 35%
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703977004575393221638794924.html
Libertarians: Medicare's chief actuary vs. President Obama on the ObamaCare facts
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703309704575413263344491010.html
White House: The Employment Situation in July
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/06/employment-situation-july
Fairness and the Capital Tax Fetish - No serious economist thinks higher dividend and cap gains taxes are efficient ways to raise revenue. Why not limit deductions for high earners instead?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703700904575391463715177240.html
The Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill
http://app.restorethegulf.gov/go/doc/2931/840851/
Why I'm Not Hiring - When you add it all up, it costs $74,000 to put $44,000 in Sally's pocket and to give her $12,000 in benefits
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704017904575409733776372738.html
Will Iraq Fall Victim to the Oil Curse? - The Baghdad government runs a top-down command economy and only pays lip service to private jobs and economic diversification
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703748904575411231275371108.html
John Fund on Medicare's questionable financial condition
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703309704575413491311091442.html
Honoring Elena Kagan
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/06/honoring-elena-kagan
Government and the Uncertainty Trap - It's not a lack of liquidity that's holding back our economy. Investors and business leaders are waiting to learn more about future taxes and regulations.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405302726656506.html
Federal President's Weekly Address: Medicare Officially Safer After Health Reform
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/08/07/weekly-address-medicare-officially-safer-after-health-reform
The World Drills On - There's no ban in Norway, Brazil, Australia, Canada . . .
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575339290774710032.html
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