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Stateside: Iraq Reconstruction Update - Nov 13 '07
Friday, 16 November 2007, 10:09 am | Rosalea Barker
At this week's State Department live satellite link with Baghdad, the Army’s Colonel Funk and State’s Thomas F. Burke gave an update of progress in the north and western outskirts of Baghdad. Burke’s reconstruction team is embedded with the 1st “Iron ... More >>
Impeachment “Under Active Consideration" - Conyers
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 11:02 pm | Rosalea Barker
Following a discussion on “War and the Fourth Estate”, held in the Ways and Means Committee hearing room on Wednesday night, Rep. John Conyers—Chair of the Judiciary Committee—said that the impeachment resolution against Vice President Cheney is ... More >>
Dennis Kucinich Talks Impeachment With Scoop.co.nz
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 5:12 pm | Rosalea Barker
Click for big version Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich with a pocket version of the document he believes gives Americans the tool to protect themselves against excesses of executive power: the Constitution of the United States of America. More >>
Stateside: Speaking With Webbed Tongue
Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 4:22 pm | Rosalea Barker
During the past fortnight, I have had a couple of chances to interact with the Internet in (for me) new ways. The first was during the Democratic presidential candidate debate in Pennsylvania, from which former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel was banned. ... More >>
Small Handsome Man In Pin-Striped Suit At Congress
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 11:32 am | Rosalea Barker
Look, sorry. Even a mock slap-about-the-chops for the French journalist who set up his laptop next to mine in the House Press Gallery did not fully make up for his team beating ours in the Rugby World Cup, so President Sarkozy doesn’t get his ... More >>
2007 Florida Democratic Party Convention, Part 3
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 4:43 pm | Rosalea Barker
Sunday morning starts with an information session in the Grand Ballroom about Family Values and the “Marriage” Amendment. On the same ballot as the presidential primaries there might be a proposed amendment to Florida’s State Constitution saying: “Inasmuch ... More >>
2007 Florida Democratic Party Convention, Part 2
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 4:13 pm | Rosalea Barker
The second day’s event schedule starts with an 8am breakfast entitled “The Future of Florida”, the proceeds from which will benefit the Florida Young Democrats, followed by the Democratic Convention General Session, a three-hour pep rally, which ... More >>
2007 Florida Democratic Party Convention, Part 1
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 3:26 pm | Rosalea Barker
“You smell nice,” says the SuperShuttle driver to the Condi Doll we’ve just picked up from a swank apartment building in the very early hours of a DC morning. Immaculately coiffed, dressed in a business suit and carrying a leather briefcase. ... More >>
Stateside With Rosalea Barker: Dear Diary
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 2:17 pm | Rosalea Barker
Here I am sitting in the Treasury media room, which has a false floor judging by the way it shakes. The building is beautiful. Black and white diamond tile floors. More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: Off-Hill Vehicles
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 10:12 am | Rosalea Barker
Although the US Capitol building dominates the landscape at one end of the National Mall, the activity up on the Hill is miniscule compared to what goes on at the many interest group organizations that bloat the commercial landscape of The District. ... More >>
Provincial Reconstruction Teams Progress In Iraq
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 1:05 pm | Rosalea Barker
Provincial Reconstruction Teams Progress In Iraq News From Rosalea Barker In Washington D.C. For Scoop.co.nz More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: All The Olds (Part 2)
Monday, 15 October 2007, 10:52 am | Rosalea Barker
My three means of covering this were C-SPAN radio’s broadcast of the phone-ins to Washington Journal early that morning; the National Press Club’s live webcast of the Iranian president’s appearance, via video, at their Newsmaker luncheon; ... More >>
Stateside: All The Olds That’s Fit To Print
Monday, 15 October 2007, 10:52 am | Rosalea Barker
Questions are being asked. By folk at the NZ Embassy and at the US State Department, both of which have been crucial to my getting an overseas press credential, the open sesame to so much that goes on here in DC. “I’ve been looking online to see your ... More >>
FISA Court Restoration Bill Almost In The House
Monday, 15 October 2007, 10:27 am | Rosalea Barker
On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee held a mark-up session to fine-tune H.R. 3773, the RESTORE Act, before it goes to the floor. It will also be marked up by the House Intelligence Committee. The acronym stands for Responsible Electronic Surveillance ... More >>
Rosalea Reports: FISA action
Saturday, 13 October 2007, 5:31 pm | Rosalea Barker
Note for NZ readers: In the U.S. there is no Opposition. There’s a majority party and a minority party. The majority party gets the chairmanship and control of the committees; the minority party equivalent of the chair is called the ranking member. More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: Sweet Debatable You
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 9:32 pm | Rosalea Barker
The 2008 presidential election is before us so often every day that I’m beginning to worry if I’m mistaken when I put 07 at the end of the date. It’s not just in the news that 2008 is plastered everywhere. There are the T-shirts and the baseball ... More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: The Warfare State
Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 5:25 pm | Rosalea Barker
In today’s keynote address at the Association of the United States Army Convention and Exposition in Washington DC, the Secretary of the Army, the Hon. Pete Geren, announced a new initiative designed to help army families. At a Family Forum later, ... More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: Play Big
Monday, 8 October 2007, 2:33 pm | Rosalea Barker
Behind the checkout desk in a clothing store, a handwritten sign intended to inspire the sales associates pretty much sums up what Washington, DC, is all about: Play big or go home crying. I want to go home crying every night, and not just from the ... More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: Doco-diplomacy
Sunday, 7 October 2007, 7:42 pm | Rosalea Barker
Back in 2005, public television broadcasters from around the world came together for a conference in San Francisco at which they showed their work to their peers and met both formally and informally to discuss the role of public broadcasting in ... More >>
Joint Statement on Six-Party Talks Due Soon
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 11:12 am | Rosalea Barker
“No unilateral changes” to the draft joint statement drawn up by the Chinese hosts of the latest Six-Party Talks would be requested by the US, US Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Christopher Hill, told a gathering of reporters ... More >>
