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FILTER RESULTS ►The Iranian election — the foreign policy establishment’s take
(Paul Mirengoff) The House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on the Middle East and Northern Africa) held a hearing yesterday on the Iranian elections. Wanting to know more about the subject, and to see our friend Tom Cotton in action, I attended. Show More Summary
Issa, Cummings Fight Publicly Over Interview Transcript
The uneasy relationship between the top Democrat and Republican on the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee took a turn for the worse on Tuesday after the Democrat published a transcript of an interview with an Internal Revenue...Show More Summary
VA’s computer system hacked; backlog cleared overnight
Veterans’ Affairs Administrator Eric Shinseki appeared before the House Veterans Affairs Committee this morning and in a somewhat disjointed statement announced that overnight someone had hacked into the VA’s computer system and processed the 800,000 claims that had been the single blackest mark on the Vietnam veteran’s stint leading that Agency. The NSA, investigating the [...]
Avril Haines, CIA Deputy Director
April Haines, 43, has been appointed CIA deputy director, replacing Michael Morell. Ms. Haines served as legal adviser to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee (where she met Joe Biden and John Kerry) and as legal adviser to the National Security Council (where she met John Brennan). Show More Summary
VA says it has reached ‘tipping point’ in backlog struggle
The Department of Veterans Affairs has reached a “tipping point” in its struggle to get a grip on the massive backlog of disability claims plaguing veterans, a senior department official told a Senate committee Wednesday. The number of pending cases … Continue reading ?
NETANYAHU: CONSTRUCTION HAS NO BEARING ON PEACE DEAL
Speaking behind closed doors at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that if peace negotiations with the Palestinians are started, they are expected to “be long and tough,” but that the alternative Israel faces is “a bi national state, which Israel does not want,” Israel Hayom reported. Read more here.
Senate panels back Obama nominee Froman for top trade post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved the nomination of White House chief international economic affairs adviser Mike Froman to be U.S. trade representative, setting the stage for full Senate approv...
Foreign Affairs Select Committee welcomes "Double Majority" voting at the EBA as concrete example of UK influence in Europe
Double majority lock voting at the EBA was asignificant and valuable use of UK influence In a report published today the influential cross-party House of Commons Foreign Select Affairs Committee commended David Cameron "for launching an ambitious agenda for EU reform". Show More Summary
WisdomTree Dreyfus Indian Rupee Fund ETF (ICN), EG Shares India Consumer ETF (INCO): India’s Partial Deregulation of Sugar Mixes Politics with Economics
The sugar price in India has finally been partially deregulated by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). This was a greatly anticipated decision and now allows the sugar companies to sell their product in the open market. This decision is just part of the Committee’s report which covers larger economic reforms of the agricultural [...]
Senator Whitehouse’s Mistaken Austerity Addition
On Tuesday I testified to the Senate Budget Committee about the effects of the debt on our country’s growth expectations. These tend to be dry, academic affairs, but this one had a bit of drama.
At one point, Rhode Island’s junior senator, Sheldon Whitehouse, rose to question my numbers and to call me meretricious, which is an SAT word for lying. Show More Summary
Reps. Ed Royce and Eliot Engel dispatch aides near Syrian border
Last week, two leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Reps. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Eliot Engel (D-NY), dispatched aides to Turkey to meet members of the Syrian opposition, The Cable has learned. The trip went from May 27 to June...Show More Summary
The “Chinese Dream” Come True: Gobbling Up Assets Overseas
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The “Chinese dream” is the dream of the whole nation and also of every individual Chinese, explained Fu Ying, chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress. Show More Summary
Reminder: Senate Estimates On NEHTA etc. Tonight 7:15pm
Here is a link to the live video. Watch the Community Affairs Stream http://www.aph.gov.au/News_and_Events/Watch_Parliament See here: Senate, Community Affairs Legislation Committee (Senate Estimates) David. This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
Worldwide poll finds Iran least popular country; American-Iranian Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) complains of delegitimization
A newly released poll of 26,000 respondents in 25 countries reveals that Iran is the least popular country in the world. The poll, commissioned by the BBC World Service, found that only 15% considered Iran to have a positive influence in international affairs, while 59% gave it a negative rating.
In AIPAC calls, Israel faces endless ‘serious threats’ from Hamas, Goldstone, terrorists, detractors, delegitimizers, Iran, Syria, the P.A., you name it
AIPAC calling! Below we publish four telephone pitches on behalf of the Israel lobby group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and you can see that over four years, the script never changes. Israel is always on the cliff. Israel … Continue reading ?
Obligations Regarding Our Overseas Factories
This past Tuesday I had the honour of being invited to testify before the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of Canada’s House of Commons. The hearing was part of a “study on corporate practices by companies supplying and manufacturing products in developing countries for Canadian consumers.” The discussion wasn’t specifically about the factory that collapsed […]
D.C. Council Committee Rejects Food Truck Regulations
As expected, the D.C. Council's Committee on Business, Regulatory, and Consumer Affairs gave its unanimous disapproval to the District government's proposed regulations over food trucks. [ more › ]
Week ahead in committees
The week's big event on the Committee Corridor - if they can make it work - will be the Home Affairs Committee's evidence session on the Woolwich murder. A witness from the Met is promised, to answer questions on the Police handlingShow More Summary
Orange Introduces Bill Rejecting Food Truck Regulations
The D.C. Council committee that oversees regulatory affairs is set to move tomorrow on recommending that the full body reject the District's proposed food truck regulations. [ more › ]
House spending bills neutral on 2014 federal pay raise
Spending bills advancing in the House leave open the door for across-the-board pay raises for federal employees in January 2014. The House Appropriations Committee last week approved separate bills for Veterans Affairs and the Homeland Security that do not endorse … Continue reading ?
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