September 18, 2008

Hurricane Ike crashed into the Texas coast as a Category 2 hurricane and the American Red Cross is providing shelter, food and emotional support to tens of thousands of residents affected by the powerful storm. Full release

The 2008 Clinton Global Initiative convening in New York September 24th - 26th will bring together a community of global leaders and NGOs who are devising and implementing solutions to the world's most pressing challenges. Key players in this mix are social entrepreneurs, broadly recognized as essential drivers of innovation and progress who are effecting change at the systemic level. Social entrepreneurs have proven their ability to empower communities at the grassroots to achieve lasting benefit on their own. Full release

This Friday, September 19th, Governor Howard Dean will visit Pennsylvania to register voters and continue to campaign on behalf of the Obama-Biden ticket and their message for change. Over the past three months Governor Dean has campaigned in more than 22 states and the District of Columbia to bring Barack Obama's message of change to the grassroots and register voters. The tour has recruited hundreds of volunteers and registered thousands of voters. Full release

Advancement Project, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Michigan and the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP filed a federal lawsuit late yesterday challenging two statewide voter purge programs that could potentially disfranchise hundreds of thousands of Michigan voters in advance of the November 2008 presidential election. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Detroit against Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, Michigan Bureau of Elections Director Christopher M. Thomas, and Ypsilanti Clerk Frances McMullen. Full release

Nine of the nation's largest veterans service organizations, representing a combined 8 million members, today praised Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Filner (D-Calif.), and a group of bipartisan cosponsors for introducing legislation to reform the budget process to assure sufficient, timely and predictable funding for veterans' health care programs. Full release

Senior foreign policy advisors to presidential candidates Senator McCain and Senator Obama will debate the future of U.S. foreign policy toward the Asia-Pacific on September 22. The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is hosting the debate to help inform the public of the presidential candidates' views toward this important region. The next U.S. administration will need an effective Asia policy to address challenges ranging from global warming to traditional and nontraditional security threats as well as maintaining prosperity. Full release

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released the responses of presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to a detailed questionnaire about mental health care -- along with highlights of the Democratic and Republican platforms. Full release

The Republican National Committee (RNC) today announced that its Spanish-language radio advertisement, titled "Commitment v. Rhetoric," will begin running in Miami, Florida on Friday, September 19, 2008. As Obama travels into Florida this weekend, the radio ad highlights his lack of leadership in defending the interests of the Latino community, while John McCain has consistently taken on the difficult issues facing America. Full release

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