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March 27, 2009
March 27, 2009Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today voiced strong support for President Obama's plan to boost civilian assistance efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for the President's overall international affairs budget request, which proposes long-overdue investments in diplomacy and development. Full release.
Agents with the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Wyoming Department of Criminal Justice arrested Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Franklin Joseph Ryle late yesterday in Douglas, Wyo., on criminal civil rights charges. Full release.
Clifford J. Harris Jr., a.k.a. "T.I.," 27, of College Park, Ga., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. on charges of unlawfully possessing machine guns and silencers and possession of firearms by a convicted felon, announced David Nahmias, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. Full release.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in support of President Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan: "I support President Obama's comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. The President's plan is the result of a detailed study and is wisely centered on dismantling al Qaeda and denying safe havens in both Afghanistan and Pakistan to those who would attack the United States. This strategy recognizes a point that I have emphasized for years, and one that I shared with the President following my visit last month to Afghanistan, which is that we must have a regional approach to countering terrorism." Full release.
he president of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder, has called for an explicit revocation at the forthcoming United Nations Durban Review Conference of those sections in the controversial 2001 Durban Declaration and Program of Action (DDPA) which stigmatize Israel as a racist state. In a letter addressed to UN Human Rights Commissioner Navanethem Pillay, Lauder warned of the dangers of a repeat of the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa (nicknamed "Durban I") at next month's Review Conference in Geneva, which is organized by the UN Human Rights Council and Pillay. Full release.
The following is a statement of Ralph Nader on the 30th anniversary of Three Mile Island. Full release.
AARP today applauded the Senate for passing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act -- a bill that will strengthen and expand civic engagement and volunteer opportunities for people of all ages. Designated as a "key vote" by AARP on behalf of its 40 million members, each senator's final vote is posted on AARP's Government Watch site (www.aarp.org/governmentwatch) so individuals across the nation can see how their legislators voted on this important bill. Full release.