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June 10, 2009
June 10, 2009A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today condemned a shooting incident at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., during which a security guard and the alleged gunman were reportedly wounded. Full release.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the Obama Administration's order of over 17,000 fuel-efficient vehicles using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Full release.
Today, the Council on Competitiveness and the Emirates Competitiveness Council signed an agreement that will enhance economic cooperation between the United States and the United Arab Emirates. The formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will initiate public and private sector partnerships to promote sustainable economic growth, develop global competitiveness policies, and foster high-value innovation in both nations. Full release.
The number of jobs in America's emerging clean energy economy grew nearly two and a half times faster than overall jobs between 1998 and 2007, according to a report released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew developed a clear, data-driven definition of the clean energy economy and conducted the first-ever hard count across all 50 states of the actual jobs, companies and venture capital investments that supply the growing market demand for environmentally friendly products and services. Full release.
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is pleased to announce the addition of Carlson Companies to its membership. With major Internet policy being developed and enacted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -- such as the potential launch of an unlimited number of Top Level Domains (TLDs) -- brand owners like Carlson are looking to positively impact the governance of the domain name space. There are many encouraging signs that Congress' interest in these issues has been renewed, including Rep. Boucher's (D-VA) recent hearing on the U.S. government's relationship with ICANN. Full release.
Close to seven million seniors -- one in every seven -- will receive a smaller Social Security check next year, according to a new analysis by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). Millions of other seniors who do not have their Medicare premiums automatically deducted from their checks will also have fewer Social Security dollars leftover next year. Full release.
On June 9, 2009, a broad coalition of organizations representing over one million members filed supplementary material with five state legal disciplinary committees in support of its complaints to disbar twelve Bush Administration lawyers who advocated the use of torture -- John Yoo, David Addington, John Ashcroft, Douglas Feith, Alice Fisher, Alberto Gonzales, Michael Chertoff, Michael Mukasey, Michael Haynes, Stephen Bradbury, Jay Bybee, and Timothy Flanigan. Full release.