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July 22, 2008
July 22, 2008U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt is visiting southern Alaska this week to strengthen efforts to enhance health care delivery to Alaska Native communities and to observe best practices in the region. Full release
A former employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pleaded guilty to providing sensitive contract information to a bidder seeking to win a multi-billion dollar government contract, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced today.
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The Coalition of Injured Cintas Workers today announced the launching of a nationwide tour to expose the hidden human costs of keeping America's laundry clean. This summer, the Painful Truth Tour will span the nation to show investors, community leaders and Cintas uniform wearers in the hospitality industry the effect that unsafe machinery and production quotas at Cintas plants around the country have on laundry workers' health. Full release
More than 100 leaders from politics, business, entertainment, the military, media, religion, law, academe, finance and non-profit and community organizations from throughout the country will participate in a nationwide conference on Race and Reconciliation in America, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on July 24 and 25. Full release
Members of the United Steelworkers (USW), labor and community activists demonstrated in front of Occidental Petroleum headquarters today in support of a people's tribunal in Bogota, Colombia that is hearing evidence of murders and death threats against union activists involving the company's alleged approval. Full release
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign has confirmed Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) will act as the surrogate for Obama at The National Forum on Disability Issues, a non-partisan presidential forum organized by the Ohio Disability Vote Coalition (ODVC) and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 26, in Columbus, Ohio. Full release
The following article by Sasha Issenberg from The Boston Globe was released today by the Republican National Committee: When he arrives in Israel today, Barack Obama will set off on the same type of dignitary circuit he has planned elsewhere on his foreign trip. But nowhere are he and his brand of charismatic internationalism likely to receive such a skeptical welcome. Full release
Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown reports from Jordan: "It is not going to be a political speech," said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background. "When the president of the United States goes and gives a speech, it is not a political speech or a political rally." Full release
Progressive bloggers and activists are most concerned about solving basic economic problems and our country's energy crisis as well as ending the war in Iraq, according to a straw poll of participants at this year's Netroots Nation conference conducted by the Campaign for America's Future and Democracy Corps. Those polled also believe that ending the war in Iraq and solving our energy and health care crises should be top priorities for the next president. Full release