Sorry for the delay in posting this today - I've been watching opening day baseball!
I don't include the links.
Author and cultural commentator Mark Steyn filled in for Rush on Thursday's program. Rush will be back on Monday.
"We're still a 50/50 nation where half the country
doesn't realize the fiscal crisis that faces us." -Steyn
• Reuters: White House: Libyan Defection a "Significant Blow"
• Guardian: Moussa Koussa's Defection Should be Exploited
"The problem with the United States, in a nutshell, is that we still think it's 1950. The Second World War has just ended, we got more money than we know what to do with, and we can afford to pay for other countries to fight wars." -Steyn
• WSJ: Mission: Inscrutable
• NRO: The Triumph of the Green Eyeshade
• WS: Reagan Versus Obama on Jobs
"'Federally funded cowboy poetry.' That phrase has never existed in any language in the entire course of human history. That's an innovation of our time and the fact that that combination of words can be used with all seriousness by the Senate majority leader of the world’s superpower is an indication of the depths we're in." -Steyn
• BW: CAGW Names Senator Harry Reid Porker of the Month
• MSNBC: All Hat and No Cattle? Cowboy Poetry Event Boss Talks Funding
"You don't need federal funds to write cowboy poetry. You just need the back of an envelope." - Steyn
• WN: Locals Join London Cuts Protest
"Anarchists in the good ol' days used to be anti-government. Now they're demanding more!" -Steyn
• HS: Face of Jesus Christ Appears in Three-Cheese Pizza
"How would you like to be in a situation where 20% of your income is just going towards the interest on your credit card? That's the situation the United States is in. The United States will be spending more on debt interest than on the cost of its military." - Steyn
• SS: Obama Inconsistent to OK Offshore Drilling off Brazil, but Not off U.S. Coast
• UPI: Clinton More Popular than Obama, Biden
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
31 March, 2011, Thursday, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/03/159446.htm
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
9:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton attends the funeral mass for Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro, in New York City.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with President Obama at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
3:50 p.m. Secretary Clinton announces the new U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, in the Treaty Room at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg appears before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY SENATE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES:
8:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides speaks with Deputy Attorney General James Cole.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Under Secretary Kennedy, Assistant Secretary Boswell, Deputy Special Representative Ruggiero and Iraq Transition Coordinator Pat Haslach, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan Anthony Wayne, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Under Secretary Kennedy, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Deputy Director for Foreign Assistance Rob Goldberg, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Iraqi Ambassador Sumaida’ie, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with the QDDR implementation team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH:
9:00 a.m. Administrator Shah delivers remarks at the Stop TB Coordinating Board Meeting, at the Renaissance Dupont Circle Hotel.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
1:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Representative Rosa DeLauro at the Rayburn House Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS:
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Australian Ambassador Kim Beazley, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Senator Joe Lieberman at the Capitol Visitors Center.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Mr. William Sieghart of the Ditchley Foundation, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:30 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Italian Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, the Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs BOB HORMATS:
12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers keynote remarks at a board meeting of the U.S. Information Technology Office (USTIO).
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Italian Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
6:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a round table discussion hosted by the Institute for Education’s Emerging Markets, in Washington DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
USFOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
Under Secretary McHale is on foreign travel to Portugal and Italy through April 6 to participate in programs on green energy, science and technology collaboration, digital engagement and entrepreneurship.
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO:
Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel to the Dominican Republic through March 31. Under Secretary Otero is meeting with senior government officials, international organizations and civil society representatives to discuss civilian security, human rights, financial inclusion, and trafficking in persons. Contact Giles-DiazKL@State.gov for more information.
US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ELLEN TAUSCHER:
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher meets with Tiber Toth, the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
10:45 a.m. Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher meets with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Tauscher meets with Egyptian Ambassador Sameh Shoukry, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER:
Assistant Secretary Brimmer is in Seattle, Washington to meet with civil society organizations and media. While there, she delivers remarks to the Seattle World Affairs Council on the Administration’s multilateral priorities. Assistant Secretary Brimmer also meets with students and faculty from the University of Washington as well as local chapters of the United Nations Association and the Council on Foreign Relations.
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD:
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics, in 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY SENATE)
AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL:
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell appears before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, on Capitol Hill at a hearing titled “Asia Overview: Protecting American Interests in China and Asia.”
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)
AS FOR CONSULAR AFFAIRS JANICE JACOBS:
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobs meets with Ambassador of Mauritius Somduth Soborun, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES:
Assistant Secretary Jones travels to the United Arab Emirates to lead the U.S. Delegation to the first Assembly meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
AS FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER:
Assistant Secretary Posner is on travel to Chicago and New York through April 4.
AS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO:
11:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro meets with Slovak Minister Robert Ondrejcsak, State Secretary of Slovakia’s Ministry of Defense, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA:
12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets with Dinah Shelton, President of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets with UK Foreign Minister for Latin America Jeremy Browne, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN:
1:00 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA:
Ambassador CdeBaca is on foreign travel in Tunis, Tunisia for meetings with Tunisian officials on trafficking in persons.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY:
10:30 a.m. Ambassador Goosby appears before the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations (HACFO), on Capitol Hill.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
3:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer and Assistant Secretary Carson participate in a panel discussion on “Women Taking Charge in Africa” at an event celebrating the Decade of the African Woman and Women’s History Month, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
6:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends a reception in honor of 40 women judges from around the world hosted by the Virtue Foundation, at the U.S. Supreme Court.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON:
Special Representative Balderston attends the Skoll World Forum on Entrepreneurship in Oxford, England through April 1, and holds related meetings in London through April 4.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS:
11:00 a.m. Special Representative Lewis meets with New York City Commissioner on Human Rights Patricia Gatling, in New York City.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
1:00 p.m. Special Representative Lewis meets with JoAnn KamufWard and Risa E. Kaufman, of Columbia University’s Human Rights in the U.S. Project, in New York City.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
3:30 p.m. Special Representative Lewis meets Kenneth Adams of Empire State Development Corporation, in New York City.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH:
Special Representative Pandith participates in the ethicsA Conference hosted by the New Zealand Ministry of Interior in Auckland, New Zealand through April 2. On April 1, Special Representative Pandith will deliver keynote remarks to the conference.
Deputy Assistant Secretary FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS Brian Nichols:
10:00 a.m. Deputy Assistant Secretary Nichols appears before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management, in 311 Cannon House Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
1:15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner
______
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
9:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton attends the funeral mass for Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro, in New York City.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with President Obama at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
3:50 p.m. Secretary Clinton announces the new U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, in the Treaty Room at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg appears before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY SENATE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES:
8:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides speaks with Deputy Attorney General James Cole.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Under Secretary Kennedy, Assistant Secretary Boswell, Deputy Special Representative Ruggiero and Iraq Transition Coordinator Pat Haslach, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan Anthony Wayne, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Under Secretary Kennedy, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Deputy Director for Foreign Assistance Rob Goldberg, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Iraqi Ambassador Sumaida’ie, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with the QDDR implementation team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH:
9:00 a.m. Administrator Shah delivers remarks at the Stop TB Coordinating Board Meeting, at the Renaissance Dupont Circle Hotel.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
1:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Representative Rosa DeLauro at the Rayburn House Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS:
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Australian Ambassador Kim Beazley, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Senator Joe Lieberman at the Capitol Visitors Center.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Mr. William Sieghart of the Ditchley Foundation, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:30 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Italian Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, the Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs BOB HORMATS:
12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers keynote remarks at a board meeting of the U.S. Information Technology Office (USTIO).
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Italian Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
6:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a round table discussion hosted by the Institute for Education’s Emerging Markets, in Washington DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
USFOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
Under Secretary McHale is on foreign travel to Portugal and Italy through April 6 to participate in programs on green energy, science and technology collaboration, digital engagement and entrepreneurship.
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO:
Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel to the Dominican Republic through March 31. Under Secretary Otero is meeting with senior government officials, international organizations and civil society representatives to discuss civilian security, human rights, financial inclusion, and trafficking in persons. Contact Giles-DiazKL@State.gov for more information.
US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ELLEN TAUSCHER:
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher meets with Tiber Toth, the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
10:45 a.m. Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher meets with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Tauscher meets with Egyptian Ambassador Sameh Shoukry, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER:
Assistant Secretary Brimmer is in Seattle, Washington to meet with civil society organizations and media. While there, she delivers remarks to the Seattle World Affairs Council on the Administration’s multilateral priorities. Assistant Secretary Brimmer also meets with students and faculty from the University of Washington as well as local chapters of the United Nations Association and the Council on Foreign Relations.
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD:
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics, in 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY SENATE)
AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL:
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell appears before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, on Capitol Hill at a hearing titled “Asia Overview: Protecting American Interests in China and Asia.”
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)
AS FOR CONSULAR AFFAIRS JANICE JACOBS:
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobs meets with Ambassador of Mauritius Somduth Soborun, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES:
Assistant Secretary Jones travels to the United Arab Emirates to lead the U.S. Delegation to the first Assembly meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
AS FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER:
Assistant Secretary Posner is on travel to Chicago and New York through April 4.
AS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO:
11:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro meets with Slovak Minister Robert Ondrejcsak, State Secretary of Slovakia’s Ministry of Defense, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA:
12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets with Dinah Shelton, President of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets with UK Foreign Minister for Latin America Jeremy Browne, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN:
1:00 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA:
Ambassador CdeBaca is on foreign travel in Tunis, Tunisia for meetings with Tunisian officials on trafficking in persons.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY:
10:30 a.m. Ambassador Goosby appears before the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations (HACFO), on Capitol Hill.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
3:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer and Assistant Secretary Carson participate in a panel discussion on “Women Taking Charge in Africa” at an event celebrating the Decade of the African Woman and Women’s History Month, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
6:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends a reception in honor of 40 women judges from around the world hosted by the Virtue Foundation, at the U.S. Supreme Court.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON:
Special Representative Balderston attends the Skoll World Forum on Entrepreneurship in Oxford, England through April 1, and holds related meetings in London through April 4.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS:
11:00 a.m. Special Representative Lewis meets with New York City Commissioner on Human Rights Patricia Gatling, in New York City.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
1:00 p.m. Special Representative Lewis meets with JoAnn KamufWard and Risa E. Kaufman, of Columbia University’s Human Rights in the U.S. Project, in New York City.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
3:30 p.m. Special Representative Lewis meets Kenneth Adams of Empire State Development Corporation, in New York City.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH:
Special Representative Pandith participates in the ethicsA Conference hosted by the New Zealand Ministry of Interior in Auckland, New Zealand through April 2. On April 1, Special Representative Pandith will deliver keynote remarks to the conference.
Deputy Assistant Secretary FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS Brian Nichols:
10:00 a.m. Deputy Assistant Secretary Nichols appears before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management, in 311 Cannon House Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
1:15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
31 March, 2011, Thurs, Pres and VP Schedules
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/complete
10:00 am The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press
3:00 pm The President and the Vice President meet with Secretary of State Clinton
Oval Office
Closed Press
10:30 pm The President meets with senior advisors
Oval Office
Closed Press
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president
10:00 am The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press
3:00 pm The President and the Vice President meet with Secretary of State Clinton
Oval Office
Closed Press
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
10:00 am The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press
3:00 pm The President and the Vice President meet with Secretary of State Clinton
Oval Office
Closed Press
10:30 pm The President meets with senior advisors
Oval Office
Closed Press
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president
10:00 am The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press
3:00 pm The President and the Vice President meet with Secretary of State Clinton
Oval Office
Closed Press
________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Incompetence Rules Again
A few months ago, Rush shared a story about a couple of researchers who were close to a cure for cancer. They had all their data on a laptop computer - which they had never backed up.
And someone stole their laptop.
How stupid is that? To not back up your data, onto multiple backup sources, and then to carry the laptop around in a car and leave that car somewhere where theives abounded?
Now apparently the same thing has happened to BP. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Frightening to think of such stupidity loose in the world.
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
And someone stole their laptop.
How stupid is that? To not back up your data, onto multiple backup sources, and then to carry the laptop around in a car and leave that car somewhere where theives abounded?
Now apparently the same thing has happened to BP. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Frightening to think of such stupidity loose in the world.
Story #2: BP Loses Laptop Containing Oil Spill Claimants Data
RUSH: I saw this next story. I keep running into stories like this, and I was flummoxed. "BP Loses Laptop Containing Thousands of Oil Spill Victims' Personal Information -- As if BP's reputation on the Gulf Coast couldn't get any worse, the company is now scrambling to address the disappearance of a laptop containing thousands of names of victims from the last year's massive oil spill. The company announced [yesterday] that an employee lost the laptop, containing 13,000 names and the personal information of individuals who made claims related to the Deepwater Horizon accident last April.
"The password-protected laptop," which will not be a challenge to a thief, "contained an expansive list that contained Social Security numbers, phone numbers and address of the individuals." Thirteen thousand people! What are you thinking right now, Snerdley? What are you...? (laughing) You're thinking LifeLock! There are 13,000 people, their Social Security names now in the hands of somebody who has this laptop. Oh, my gosh. I can't begin... I'm glad my name's not on that laptop. Of course I don't care, 'cause I'm a member of LifeLock, and my Social Security number is protected.
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Rush Taking Thursday and Friday Off
Rush will be gone Thursday and Friday, Mark Steyn will be sitting in for him.
Not sure what Rush is doing - playing golf, I think.
Possibly in Hawaii.
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Not sure what Rush is doing - playing golf, I think.
Possibly in Hawaii.
Story #1: El Rushbo Will Surrender to Honolulu City Council
RUSH: We're gonna do Open Line Friday on Wednesday today. I will be out the next two days, ladies and gentlemen. It's simply unavoidable. You may recall that the city council of Honolulu, Hawaii, officially condemned me over what they said was making fun of the ChiCom Premiere Hu Jintao and the ChiCom language. And they issued an official proclamation denouncing me, criticizing me, throwing me overboard, demanding that I apologize and so forth. So I am going to go to Honolulu and surrender to the Honolulu City Council. I'm gonna tackle this head on, right after my tee time at noon. In the meantime, Mark Steyn will be here. I expect to be released in time to return to the Golden EIB Microphone here by next Monday.
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
30 Mar, 2010, Wed, Rush Limbaugh headlines
--Wisconsin State Worker Whines and Moans About Governor Walker
Mary Jo in Madison shows us what we're up against.
--The New York Times Prays to God That Obama Gets Lucky in Libya
Thomas L. Friedman's op-ed: A prayer for Obama.
--Obama Gives Campaign-Style Energy Speech to Audience of Kids
He's back to firing up college kids with nonsense.
--Obama Approval Hits All-Time Low, Libs Focus on CNN's Tea Party Poll
When Bush's approval dropped, it was breaking news.
--Chuck Schumer Wants Extremism? Maybe We Should Give Him Some
What we need are more extremists in Washington.
--Democrat Party vs. US Taxpayer
The Democrat Party has taken aim at American families.
--Bite Me Locks Reporter in Closet and the Reporter Doesn't Mind It!
Imagine if Dick Cheney had done something like this.
Stack of Stuff Quick Hits Page
» El Rushbo Will Surrender to Honolulu City Council
» BP Loses Laptop Containing Oil Spill Claimants Data
» Illinois House OKs Lifting Casino Smoking Ban
» Khadafy Hires Former Sandinista to Represent at UN
» Back to the Future: 20% Down for Home Mortgages
--Trump Lawyer: Only Buildings Named After Obama are in Africa
Donald Trump is not letting up on the birth certificate.
Obama Parody: I Was Born in the USA
--Howard Dean Wants a Shutdown
If Dems want a government shutdown, let's do it.
_______
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Mary Jo in Madison shows us what we're up against.
--The New York Times Prays to God That Obama Gets Lucky in Libya
Thomas L. Friedman's op-ed: A prayer for Obama.
--Obama Gives Campaign-Style Energy Speech to Audience of Kids
He's back to firing up college kids with nonsense.
--Obama Approval Hits All-Time Low, Libs Focus on CNN's Tea Party Poll
When Bush's approval dropped, it was breaking news.
--Chuck Schumer Wants Extremism? Maybe We Should Give Him Some
What we need are more extremists in Washington.
--Democrat Party vs. US Taxpayer
The Democrat Party has taken aim at American families.
--Bite Me Locks Reporter in Closet and the Reporter Doesn't Mind It!
Imagine if Dick Cheney had done something like this.
Stack of Stuff Quick Hits Page
» El Rushbo Will Surrender to Honolulu City Council
» BP Loses Laptop Containing Oil Spill Claimants Data
» Illinois House OKs Lifting Casino Smoking Ban
» Khadafy Hires Former Sandinista to Represent at UN
» Back to the Future: 20% Down for Home Mortgages
--Trump Lawyer: Only Buildings Named After Obama are in Africa
Donald Trump is not letting up on the birth certificate.
Obama Parody: I Was Born in the USA
--Howard Dean Wants a Shutdown
If Dems want a government shutdown, let's do it.
_______
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
30 Mar, 2011, Wed, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/03/159354.htm
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
2:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers a classified briefing to Members of the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood host a ceremony celebrating the negotiation of agreements between the United States and 100 Open Skies partners, in the Ben Franklin Room at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
5:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers a classified briefing to Members of the Senate, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES STEINBERG
9:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg delivers remarks to the Peace and Security Funders Group, at the Center for American Progress in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY THOMAS NIDES
7:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides holds a secure video teleconference with the staff from Embassy Islamabad.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
9:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Assistant Secretary Fernandez, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador Mark Sedwill, NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador Goosby, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
1:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with David Lane, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
3:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Paul Grove and Tim Reiser, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Representative Kay Granger, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
6:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador to South Africa Donald Gips, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
7:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends the Export-Import Bank Dinner, in Washington DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJIV SHAH
10:00 a.m. Administrator Shah appears before the House Appropriations Committee on Foreign Operations, at the Rayburn House Office Building.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Administrator Shah holds a conference call with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:00 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Ambassador Mark Sedwill, NATO Senior-Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WILLIAM BURNS
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs ROBERT HORMATS
10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach, German State Secretary for the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE).
4:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends Secretary Clinton’s ceremony celebrating the negotiation of agreements between the United States and 100 Open Skies partners, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
6:45 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the Radio & Television Correspondents' Association Dinner, in Washington DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE
1:00 p.m. Under Secretary McHale and Assistant Secretary Stock meet with South African Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel to the Dominican Republic through March 31. Under Secretary Otero is meeting with senior government officials, international organizations and civil society representatives to discuss civilian security, human rights, financial inclusion, and trafficking in persons.
US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ELLEN TAUSCHER
1:30 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher meets with New Zealand’s Deputy Secretary for the Multilateral and Legal Group Gerald van Bohemen and Senior Negotiator for Disarmament Joan Mosley, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher meets with Sergey Rogov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:25 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher delivers remarks to young professionals at a Youth Summit, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
COUNSELOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF CHERYL MILLS
8:00 a.m. Counselor Mills participates in a White House meeting via secure video conference.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER
Assistant Brimmer is in Seattle, Washington to meet with civil society organizations and media. While there, she delivers remarks to the Seattle World Affairs Council on the Administration’s multilateral priorities. Assistant Secretary Brimmer also meets with students and faculty from the University of Washington as well as local chapters of the United Nations Association and the Council on Foreign Relations. Contact alerner@world-affairs.org for information on attending the Seattle World Affairs Council remarks.
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), at ONDCP headquarters.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez introduces Secretary Clinton at the ceremony celebrating the negotiation of agreements between the United States and 100 Open Skies partners, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON
Assistant Secretary Gordon is on foreign travel in London, United Kingdom.
AS FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller participates in a panel discussion on “The Vision of Prague 2 Years On” at the Generation Prague: Arms Control and Nonproliferation in the 21st Century conference, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones discusses the Keystone pipeline with environmental NGO executives, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones participates in an interagency meeting on the Keystone pipeline, at the White House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER
Assistant Secretary Posner is on travel to Chicago and New York through April 4.
AS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro delivers remarks on U.S. counter-piracy efforts to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS-US), at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock and Under Secretary McHale meet with South African Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela hosts U.S.-Israel consultations on Latin America, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela attends a reception hosted by the Ambassador of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED BY HOST)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
Ambassador CdeBaca arrives in Tunis, Tunisia for bilateral meetings on trafficking in persons.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
8:00 p.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer speaks on a panel at the “Building Afghanistan’s Future” conference hosted by the George Bush Foundation, in Dallas, Texas.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON
Special Representative Balderston attends the Skoll World Forum on Entrepreneurship in Oxford, England through April 1, and holds related meetings in London through April 4.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH
11:00 a.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal and Special Representative Pandith hold a conference call with the media on the 2011 Hours Against Hate campaign.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
RSVP to CookRL@state.gov.
SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM HANNAH ROSENTHAL
11:00 a.m. Special Representative Pandith and Special Envoy Rosenthal hold a conference call with the media on the 2011 Hours Against Hate campaign.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
1: 15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing.
_____
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
2:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers a classified briefing to Members of the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood host a ceremony celebrating the negotiation of agreements between the United States and 100 Open Skies partners, in the Ben Franklin Room at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
5:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers a classified briefing to Members of the Senate, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES STEINBERG
9:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg delivers remarks to the Peace and Security Funders Group, at the Center for American Progress in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY THOMAS NIDES
7:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides holds a secure video teleconference with the staff from Embassy Islamabad.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
9:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Assistant Secretary Fernandez, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador Mark Sedwill, NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador Goosby, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
1:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with David Lane, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
3:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Paul Grove and Tim Reiser, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Representative Kay Granger, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
6:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador to South Africa Donald Gips, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
7:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends the Export-Import Bank Dinner, in Washington DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJIV SHAH
10:00 a.m. Administrator Shah appears before the House Appropriations Committee on Foreign Operations, at the Rayburn House Office Building.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Administrator Shah holds a conference call with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:00 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Ambassador Mark Sedwill, NATO Senior-Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WILLIAM BURNS
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs ROBERT HORMATS
10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach, German State Secretary for the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE).
4:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends Secretary Clinton’s ceremony celebrating the negotiation of agreements between the United States and 100 Open Skies partners, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
6:45 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the Radio & Television Correspondents' Association Dinner, in Washington DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE
1:00 p.m. Under Secretary McHale and Assistant Secretary Stock meet with South African Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel to the Dominican Republic through March 31. Under Secretary Otero is meeting with senior government officials, international organizations and civil society representatives to discuss civilian security, human rights, financial inclusion, and trafficking in persons.
US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ELLEN TAUSCHER
1:30 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher meets with New Zealand’s Deputy Secretary for the Multilateral and Legal Group Gerald van Bohemen and Senior Negotiator for Disarmament Joan Mosley, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher meets with Sergey Rogov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:25 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher delivers remarks to young professionals at a Youth Summit, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
COUNSELOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF CHERYL MILLS
8:00 a.m. Counselor Mills participates in a White House meeting via secure video conference.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER
Assistant Brimmer is in Seattle, Washington to meet with civil society organizations and media. While there, she delivers remarks to the Seattle World Affairs Council on the Administration’s multilateral priorities. Assistant Secretary Brimmer also meets with students and faculty from the University of Washington as well as local chapters of the United Nations Association and the Council on Foreign Relations. Contact alerner@world-affairs.org for information on attending the Seattle World Affairs Council remarks.
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), at ONDCP headquarters.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez introduces Secretary Clinton at the ceremony celebrating the negotiation of agreements between the United States and 100 Open Skies partners, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON
Assistant Secretary Gordon is on foreign travel in London, United Kingdom.
AS FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller participates in a panel discussion on “The Vision of Prague 2 Years On” at the Generation Prague: Arms Control and Nonproliferation in the 21st Century conference, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones discusses the Keystone pipeline with environmental NGO executives, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones participates in an interagency meeting on the Keystone pipeline, at the White House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER
Assistant Secretary Posner is on travel to Chicago and New York through April 4.
AS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro delivers remarks on U.S. counter-piracy efforts to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS-US), at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock and Under Secretary McHale meet with South African Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela hosts U.S.-Israel consultations on Latin America, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela attends a reception hosted by the Ambassador of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED BY HOST)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
Ambassador CdeBaca arrives in Tunis, Tunisia for bilateral meetings on trafficking in persons.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
8:00 p.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer speaks on a panel at the “Building Afghanistan’s Future” conference hosted by the George Bush Foundation, in Dallas, Texas.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON
Special Representative Balderston attends the Skoll World Forum on Entrepreneurship in Oxford, England through April 1, and holds related meetings in London through April 4.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH
11:00 a.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal and Special Representative Pandith hold a conference call with the media on the 2011 Hours Against Hate campaign.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
RSVP to CookRL@state.gov.
SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM HANNAH ROSENTHAL
11:00 a.m. Special Representative Pandith and Special Envoy Rosenthal hold a conference call with the media on the 2011 Hours Against Hate campaign.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
1: 15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing.
_____
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
30 Mar, 2011, Wed, Pres and VP Schedules
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/president
10:00 am The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press
11:20 am The President delivers a speech on his plan for America’s energy security
Georgetown University
Open to pre-credentialed media
12:30 pm The President and the Vice President meet for lunch
Private Dining Room
Closed Press
4:25 pm The President meets with senior advisors
Oval Office
Closed Press
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president
10:00 am The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press
12:30 pm The President and the Vice President meet for lunch
Private Dining Room
_________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
10:00 am The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press
11:20 am The President delivers a speech on his plan for America’s energy security
Georgetown University
Open to pre-credentialed media
12:30 pm The President and the Vice President meet for lunch
Private Dining Room
Closed Press
4:25 pm The President meets with senior advisors
Oval Office
Closed Press
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president
10:00 am The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press
12:30 pm The President and the Vice President meet for lunch
Private Dining Room
_________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Sounbytes from the Mainstream Media - "The Obama Doctrine"
We're already fighting two non-winnable wars in the Middle East, Libya is the third, and it's going to take a whole year before we're out of there. We're already bankrupt, we need to cut our budget in a myriad of ways, and yet Obama has no problem committing our forces to Libya (but not of course to prevent genocide in Darfur, the Sudan, any number of other places).
Only in Libya, where, unlike Egypt, it seems a majority of the folks, in particular their military, are quite content with the status quo.
________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Only in Libya, where, unlike Egypt, it seems a majority of the folks, in particular their military, are quite content with the status quo.
RUSH: Let's go back to the audio sound bites. We're gonna pick up here at number seven. We have a media montage. The media twisting themselves into pretzels to try to see the Obama Doctrine in this Libyan mess. Now, remember, you know what the Obama Doctrine is. It's three words: 2012 or bust.
BLITZER: The clearest form of what we can call the Obama Doctrine, when to deploy US military forces around the world.
GERGEN: The emerging Obama Doctrine. Unless we are directly threatened, he's only going to use force in extremely limited circumstances.
HENRY: Laying out an Obama Doctrine, when he said, "I refuse to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves."
SPITZER: There is the beginning of a doctrine about how President Obama views the use of force.
KUCINICH: This is a new Obama Doctrine, which is that you act on threats.
ENGEL: Talked about a new doctrine of preemptive war, going to war when the President of the United States doesn't feel it is morally right not to go to war.
MORGAN: It's an unusual doctrine
RUSH: That was Piers Morgan at CNN. It's an unusual doctrine. Well, everybody's got their own theory as to what the doctrine is. I would have been embarrassed to say half of those, what I thought the doctrine is. I mean, "The emerging doctrine, unless we're directly threatened. We're only gonna use force in limited circumstances." That's a doctrine? "There's a beginning of a doctrine about how Obama views the use of force." That's a doctrine? "You act on threats." That's what Dennis Kucinich said the Obama doctrine is, you act on threats. Last night on CNN Piers Morgan spoke with Rudy Giuliani. Question: "What happens if, as we're seeing now in Syria, for example, you're seeing the leadership there killing large numbers of people, ever increasing numbers of people, same kind of argument. You know there's a humanitarian situation in Syria, likely to be one in Yemen, both probably more dangerous places than Libya as far as the security of America than Libya. What do we do?"
GIULIANI: To say that he has a policy, even like an Obama Doctrine, is really just a fawning on Obama. There's no doctrine in this. Here's the doctrine, if France wants us to do it, if the UN wants us to do it, if the Arab League wants us to do it, then we'll do it, that's the Obama Doctrine.
RUSH: Rudy's close. The Obama Doctrine is it's the UN. Our sovereignty, we're waving it good-bye. Obama didn't go to Congress. He went to the UN. He appoints NATO. Citizen of the world. James Carville, last night, CNN, The Situation Room. Wolf Blitzer: "So, you think the president made a mistake by doing this?"
CARVILLE: You know, there was always a good reason to go in Iraq. There was a good reason to go in Afghanistan. There's a good reason to go in Pakistan. There was a good reason to go in Libya. There'll be a good reason to go in Bahrain. There'll be a good reason to start a war anywhere. And, you know, I don't know, but we're a little tuckered out here. I don't know if he made a mistake. You know, the secretary of state and other people really were urging him it was a humanitarian crisis. I hope that it turns out to be the right decision.
RUSH: That's James Carville speaking from a barrel toss in New Orleans. The partying continues in the French Quarter. Ed Henry last night, The Situation Room, CNN, Wolf Blitzer said, "Set the scene for us. Give us a little bit of the flavor of what's going on there in the Oval Office here. Obama is getting ready to make history."
HENRY: A lot of people expect that an address about military action tends to be in the Oval Office. In private administration officials acknowledge the president didn't want an Oval Office address because he did not want to raise the stakes any more or raise the level of this and compare it to Iraq, Afghanistan, because his point tonight is that this is a much more limited engagement than either one of those conflicts.
RUSH: Ed Henry on the case. Did anybody understand what he said? You got it? More comfortable standing alone, godlike reverb. Donald Trump was on CNN last night. Every sound bite here is from CNN. Well, partly because MSNBC, I've said no more, no more sound bites from MSNBC primetime. So we gotta go somewhere. Trump was on with Piers Morgan. Question: "When you hear Obama say that he wants to get rid of Khadafy but he doesn't want regime change, does that make sense to you?"
TRUMP: It makes no sense whatsoever. What he said just makes absolutely no sense, and at this point if you don't get rid of Khadafy, it's a major, major black eye for this country, but you also have to ask the other question, who's paying for this? You have Saudi Arabia, the Arab League, the richest nations in the world saying, "Go in and get him. We don't like him. Go in and get him." And why aren't they paying for this?
RUSH: (laughing) I get the impression Trump doesn't like paying for much. He's got a good point here, everybody is saying, "You go get 'm, you go get 'm, you go get 'm, you go get 'm." Okay, how much you gonna pay us? Makes perfect sense to me, too.
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When Are We Going to Take Out Hugo Chavez?
Uf you read up on Hugo Chavez, he's just as big a strong-arm man as Khadafy. He's also bankrupting his own country.
Now - he's also giving his country good advice - I don't care for alcholics, breast implants, or violent TV, myself.
But I'd think he'd have bigger problems than that to worry about in his country.
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Now - he's also giving his country good advice - I don't care for alcholics, breast implants, or violent TV, myself.
But I'd think he'd have bigger problems than that to worry about in his country.
Story #2: Chavez Orders Venezuelans to Cut Calorie Intake
RUSH: In Venezuela, "Hugo Chavez has urged Venezuelans to cut their calories to avoid obesity – the latest lifestyle recommendation by the self-proclaimed socialist crusader. The president has lobbied in recent weeks against what he calls the evils of capitalism, including alcoholism, breast implants and violent television programmes." I was gonna say, has he looked in the mirror? "'Be careful with weight gain,' he warned during his weekly television and radio programme. 'We are eating better, that's been proven. We're leaving malnutrition behind. It no longer exists in the country, but be careful with obesity.'"
There's somebody else on a crusade like this. I'm having a mental block. Help me out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right, Moochelle Obama. How did I forget? Moochelle Obama is telling Americans that we are eating too many calories. You know, Hugo, you better stop and think about something, bud. You are becoming almost as controlling as Moochelle Obama is. I knew this sounded familiar. I knew some authoritarian leadership figure was telling us that we're eating too much. I just couldn't remember where. I couldn't place it.
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Obama Undermining American Soverignty
Sonia Sotomayor was asked, in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, if she'd consult legal precedent from other countries, and allow that to inform her rulings on American jurisprudence.
There was a reason she was asked that question. A lot of judges - liberal activist judges - are basing their decisions on what is happening in other countries - and frankly we don't want what is happeing in other countries to happen here!
There was the case, albeit many years ago, of a man who'd put a help-wanted sign in the window. He needed someone to stock his shelves. A pregnant woman came in and applied, and he turned her down because she was pregnant. He didn't want her over-exerting herself and giving birth right there in his stockroom! Made sense to me, but she sued on grounds she'd been discriminated against, won in the "Euro Court", and he had to pay her lost wages. Stupid.
Now it seems Obama didn't ask Congress for permission to attack Libya - all he wanted was permission from the UN.
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There was a reason she was asked that question. A lot of judges - liberal activist judges - are basing their decisions on what is happening in other countries - and frankly we don't want what is happeing in other countries to happen here!
There was the case, albeit many years ago, of a man who'd put a help-wanted sign in the window. He needed someone to stock his shelves. A pregnant woman came in and applied, and he turned her down because she was pregnant. He didn't want her over-exerting herself and giving birth right there in his stockroom! Made sense to me, but she sued on grounds she'd been discriminated against, won in the "Euro Court", and he had to pay her lost wages. Stupid.
Now it seems Obama didn't ask Congress for permission to attack Libya - all he wanted was permission from the UN.
RUSH: All right, it's all shaping up now, folks. New York Times: "Allied Leaders Agree Khadafy Must Be Removed." So wait nine days, get the lay of the land, give the speech last night, then everybody goes out today and says, "Yep, Khadafy's gonna go. Khadafy's gotta go." The path to the White House in 2012 goes through Tripoli, Libya. Obama has staked his reelection here, a large part of it, on "Khadafy has to go. Khadafy will go." I'm just, again, warning you that you're gonna get depressed as hell when you see the media treatment of this when it happens. I don't want you to get depressed.
I want you to understand what's happening, and that's why I'm telling you. Now, Obama is setting in place a new precedent all of a sudden, respecting our foreign policy and our military. And I don't mean he respects them. He's setting a new place, new terms, if you will: All roads first go through the UN. That's another reason to wait nine days. All roads go through the UN, NATO, what have you. Look for more of this. And then you turn the operations over to another coalition. What Obama is doing here is multitasking. He is undoing our sovereignty while at the same time setting up the table to take personal credit for the eventual overthrow of Khadafy.
Never forget -- never forget, folks -- Barack Obama has always held himself out as a global citizen, bigger than the mere boundaries of our own country. All this stuff about American exceptionalism? That's no different than all the BS that he talked about free markets in the campaign while simultaneously spreading socialism here. So while he's talking about American exceptionalism, he is empowering the United Nations. It's the United Nations and NATO and all these other organizations. Have you noticed Mrs. Clinton's language? "We're not... We're not... We're not... We're not arming the rebels. We are not getting rid of Khadafy. We're not... We're not... We're not..." meaning the United States.
"They are... They are... They are..." the UN. Not us. Notice Obama got his moral sanction from the United Nations, not the United States Congress. Obama did not go to the Congress on this operation -- on purpose. He went to the UN. He side-stepped Congress. This is Obama seeking his dream, to not be held prisoner by the boundaries of this country. He's a citizen of the world. He is undoing our sovereignty right in front of our eyes here. That's what this all adds up to, at least to me. That is my take. That's what's happening. That's how I explain Obama not going to Congress but going to the UN and empowering NATO.
Now, some of you might say, "Well, but we are NATO." Well, we are and we aren't. By name, we're not. When it's all over, guess who's gonna get the credit for this? Obama personally, individually; and the United Nations as the body that does it, not the United States. Congress? "Hey, how are you guys doing over there? How are your budget cuts going?" Obama's asking. "I got bigger things in my mind than your stupid little budget over there. I'm remaking the world. Oh, you're worried about $6 billion in cuts there or $10 billion? Fine, you guys keep arguing about that. I got bigger things to do. I gotta get rid of Khadafy and I gotta transform this world and this country." That's what he's doing.
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29 March, 2011, Tues, Rush Limbaugh Headlines
--The Obama Doctrine: 2012 or Bust
Obama's campaign speech explained in three words.
--Regime Credits Obama's Words for Inspiring Middle East Uprisings
Samantha Power spin sets table for Khadafy's exit.
--Obama Thinks the Path Back to White House Goes Through Tripoli
The regime Hen Hawks are creating the template.
--From El Rushbo to Wolf Blitzer: Counting Down to Obama's Speech
The EIB Network aides CNN in their panting excitement.
--Sound Bites: Analyzing the Speech
An interesting tour through the audio sound bite roster.
--Illustrating Absurdity: Republicans Should Pay Khadafy to Stay There
We're not really serious. But this does make a point.
--Barack Obama, Citizen of World, is Undoing American Sovereignty
He went to the UN, not the US Congress, for approval.
--Liberty and Our National Interests
Caller's attempted trick spurs an important monologue.
Stack of Stuff Quick Hits Page
» Scott Walker Suspends Union Dues Withholding
» Chavez Orders Venezuelans to Cut Calorie Intake
» Chuck Schumer "Caught" Calling GOP Extreme?
» Why CNN Loops the Video Clip of Libyan Rape Victim
--A Cadre of Antiwar Activists Engage in "Kinetic Military Action"
It's the surreal state of American foreign policy.
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Obama's campaign speech explained in three words.
--Regime Credits Obama's Words for Inspiring Middle East Uprisings
Samantha Power spin sets table for Khadafy's exit.
--Obama Thinks the Path Back to White House Goes Through Tripoli
The regime Hen Hawks are creating the template.
--From El Rushbo to Wolf Blitzer: Counting Down to Obama's Speech
The EIB Network aides CNN in their panting excitement.
--Sound Bites: Analyzing the Speech
An interesting tour through the audio sound bite roster.
--Illustrating Absurdity: Republicans Should Pay Khadafy to Stay There
We're not really serious. But this does make a point.
--Barack Obama, Citizen of World, is Undoing American Sovereignty
He went to the UN, not the US Congress, for approval.
--Liberty and Our National Interests
Caller's attempted trick spurs an important monologue.
Stack of Stuff Quick Hits Page
» Scott Walker Suspends Union Dues Withholding
» Chavez Orders Venezuelans to Cut Calorie Intake
» Chuck Schumer "Caught" Calling GOP Extreme?
» Why CNN Loops the Video Clip of Libyan Rape Victim
--A Cadre of Antiwar Activists Engage in "Kinetic Military Action"
It's the surreal state of American foreign policy.
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29 Mar, 2011, Tuesday, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedules
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SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary CliNton is on foreign travel in London, United Kingdom. Accompanied by Under Secretary Burns, Assistant Secretary Feltman and Assistant Secretary Gordon, Secretary Clinton attends an international conference to discuss the Libyan crisis.
10:00 a.m. LOCAL (EST + 5 hours) Secretary Clinton meets with Libyan Transitional National Council Member Mahmoud Jibril Ibrahim, in London, United Kingdom.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)
11:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with British Foreign Minister Hague, in London, United Kingdom.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)
11:45 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron, at 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)
12:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the International Conference on Libya Military Contributors' Meeting, at Lancaster House in London, United Kingdom.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
2:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the International Conference on Libya Political Meeting, at Lancaster House in London, United Kingdom.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
3:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, at Lancaster House in London, United Kingdom.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
TBD Secretary Clinton holds a press availability in London, United Kingdom.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG
8:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg participates in a White House meeting via secure video conference.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg speaks with Under Secretary Tauscher.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
2:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg meets with Mongolian Defense Minister Luvsanvandan Bold, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Iraq Transition Coordinator Pat Haslach and Deputy Iraq Transition Coordinator Ed Meier, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with the budget team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
3:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Representative Nita Lowey at the Rayburn House Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Senator James Inhofe at the Russell Senate Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Representative Frank Wolf at the Cannon House Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS
Under Secretary Burns accompanies Secretary Clinton to an international conference to discuss the Libyan crisis, in London, United Kingdom.
Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs BOB HORMATS
8:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats conducts a conference call on the National Export Initiative with U.S. Ambassadors to South and Central Asia.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats hosts a meeting of the India Agriculture Dialogue at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE11:30 a.m. Under Secretary McHale delivers the keynote address at a forum on “Public Diplomacy and Social Media in Latin America,” co-sponsored by NDN and the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Under Secretary McHale meets with Ambassador Robin Rafael, Civilian Assistance Coordinator for Pakistan, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel to the Dominican Republic through March 31. Under Secretary Otero is meeting with senior government officials, international organizations and civil society representatives to discuss civilian security, human rights, financial inclusion, and trafficking in persons. Contact Giles-DiazKL@State.gov for more information.
AS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
12:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Mark Schneider and Jennifer Leonard from the International Crisis Group, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Ambassador Guenter Overfeld of the East West Institute’s Director of Regional Security and Preventive Diplomacy, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS BROWNFIELD
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with The Interdiction Committee Enterprise Strategy Group (TIC ESC), at the United State States Coast Guard (USCG) headquarters in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Rob Boone, Director of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI), at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield attends the U.S.-Spain Council reception honoring United States Senator Robert Menendez, at the Russell Senate Office Building.
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AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL
2:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell joins Deputy Secretary Steinberg’s meeting with Mongolian Defense Minister Luvsanvandan Bold, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFF FELTMAN
Assistant Secretary Feltman accompanies Secretary Clinton to an international conference to discuss the Libyan crisis, in London, United Kingdom.
AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez participates in the first ever Economic Leadership Day for Economic Officers from Diplomatic posts worldwide, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez attends the U.S.-Spain Council reception honoring United States Senator Robert Menendez, at the Russell Senate Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON
Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies Secretary Clinton to an international conference to discuss the Libyan crisis, in London, United Kingdom.
AS FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller speaks on a panel at the 2011 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference, in Washington DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with Dr. Bruce Aylward of the World Health Organization, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with Reno Harnish, Director of the Scripps Center for Environment and National Security, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with a delegation from the Wildlife Conservation Society, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR
Assistant Secretary Posner is on travel to Chicago and New York through April 4.
AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Schwartz meets with Graham Fletcher, Australian Deputy Chief of Mission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO
2:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro joins Deputy Secretary Steinberg’s meeting with Mongolian Defense Minister Luvsanvandan Bold, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro meets with Graham Fletcher, Australian Deputy Chief of Mission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
9:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Stock addresses 40 high school students participating in the first Civic Education Workshop for Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange Study Program (YES) and American Serbia and Montenegro Youth Leadership Exchange (A-SMYLE), at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets Commonwealth of Nations Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AMBASSADOR AT LARGE DANIEL BENJAMIN
Ambassador Benjamin meets with representatives from non-governmental organizations focuses on human rights and democratization efforts to discuss strategic counterterrorism, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY
10:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with Ambassador-designate to Botswana Michelle Gavin, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby co-leads a panel discussion on transforming the South African health system, at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
7:00 p.m. Ambassador Eric Goosby attends a dinner in honor of Deputy President of South Africa Motlanthe, hosted by South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
10:00 a.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer meets with senior leaders of Warner Brothers Entertainment Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility staff, in Burbank, California.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:30 p.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer meets with Michelle Lee Kydd, Founder and Director of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Foundation, in Los Angeles, California.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS
12:00 p.m. Special Representative Lewis meets with James Lewis, State Treasurer of New Mexico and President of the National Association of State Treasurers.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
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SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary CliNton is on foreign travel in London, United Kingdom. Accompanied by Under Secretary Burns, Assistant Secretary Feltman and Assistant Secretary Gordon, Secretary Clinton attends an international conference to discuss the Libyan crisis.
10:00 a.m. LOCAL (EST + 5 hours) Secretary Clinton meets with Libyan Transitional National Council Member Mahmoud Jibril Ibrahim, in London, United Kingdom.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)
11:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with British Foreign Minister Hague, in London, United Kingdom.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)
11:45 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron, at 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)
12:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the International Conference on Libya Military Contributors' Meeting, at Lancaster House in London, United Kingdom.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
2:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the International Conference on Libya Political Meeting, at Lancaster House in London, United Kingdom.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
3:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, at Lancaster House in London, United Kingdom.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
TBD Secretary Clinton holds a press availability in London, United Kingdom.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG
8:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg participates in a White House meeting via secure video conference.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg speaks with Under Secretary Tauscher.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
2:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg meets with Mongolian Defense Minister Luvsanvandan Bold, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Iraq Transition Coordinator Pat Haslach and Deputy Iraq Transition Coordinator Ed Meier, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with the budget team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
3:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Representative Nita Lowey at the Rayburn House Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Senator James Inhofe at the Russell Senate Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Representative Frank Wolf at the Cannon House Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS
Under Secretary Burns accompanies Secretary Clinton to an international conference to discuss the Libyan crisis, in London, United Kingdom.
Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs BOB HORMATS
8:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats conducts a conference call on the National Export Initiative with U.S. Ambassadors to South and Central Asia.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats hosts a meeting of the India Agriculture Dialogue at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE11:30 a.m. Under Secretary McHale delivers the keynote address at a forum on “Public Diplomacy and Social Media in Latin America,” co-sponsored by NDN and the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. Under Secretary McHale meets with Ambassador Robin Rafael, Civilian Assistance Coordinator for Pakistan, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel to the Dominican Republic through March 31. Under Secretary Otero is meeting with senior government officials, international organizations and civil society representatives to discuss civilian security, human rights, financial inclusion, and trafficking in persons. Contact Giles-DiazKL@State.gov for more information.
AS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
12:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Mark Schneider and Jennifer Leonard from the International Crisis Group, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Ambassador Guenter Overfeld of the East West Institute’s Director of Regional Security and Preventive Diplomacy, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS BROWNFIELD
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with The Interdiction Committee Enterprise Strategy Group (TIC ESC), at the United State States Coast Guard (USCG) headquarters in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Rob Boone, Director of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI), at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield attends the U.S.-Spain Council reception honoring United States Senator Robert Menendez, at the Russell Senate Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL
2:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell joins Deputy Secretary Steinberg’s meeting with Mongolian Defense Minister Luvsanvandan Bold, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFF FELTMAN
Assistant Secretary Feltman accompanies Secretary Clinton to an international conference to discuss the Libyan crisis, in London, United Kingdom.
AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez participates in the first ever Economic Leadership Day for Economic Officers from Diplomatic posts worldwide, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez attends the U.S.-Spain Council reception honoring United States Senator Robert Menendez, at the Russell Senate Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON
Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies Secretary Clinton to an international conference to discuss the Libyan crisis, in London, United Kingdom.
AS FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller speaks on a panel at the 2011 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference, in Washington DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with Dr. Bruce Aylward of the World Health Organization, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with Reno Harnish, Director of the Scripps Center for Environment and National Security, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with a delegation from the Wildlife Conservation Society, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR
Assistant Secretary Posner is on travel to Chicago and New York through April 4.
AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Schwartz meets with Graham Fletcher, Australian Deputy Chief of Mission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO
2:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro joins Deputy Secretary Steinberg’s meeting with Mongolian Defense Minister Luvsanvandan Bold, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro meets with Graham Fletcher, Australian Deputy Chief of Mission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
9:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Stock addresses 40 high school students participating in the first Civic Education Workshop for Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange Study Program (YES) and American Serbia and Montenegro Youth Leadership Exchange (A-SMYLE), at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets Commonwealth of Nations Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AMBASSADOR AT LARGE DANIEL BENJAMIN
Ambassador Benjamin meets with representatives from non-governmental organizations focuses on human rights and democratization efforts to discuss strategic counterterrorism, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY
10:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with Ambassador-designate to Botswana Michelle Gavin, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby co-leads a panel discussion on transforming the South African health system, at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
7:00 p.m. Ambassador Eric Goosby attends a dinner in honor of Deputy President of South Africa Motlanthe, hosted by South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
10:00 a.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer meets with senior leaders of Warner Brothers Entertainment Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility staff, in Burbank, California.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:30 p.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer meets with Michelle Lee Kydd, Founder and Director of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Foundation, in Los Angeles, California.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS
12:00 p.m. Special Representative Lewis meets with James Lewis, State Treasurer of New Mexico and President of the National Association of State Treasurers.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
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*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
29 Mar, 2010, Tuesday, Pres and VP Schedules
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/president9:30 am The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press
1:00 pm The President departs the White House en route Andrews Air Force Base
South Lawn
Open Press
1:15 pm The President departs Andrews Air Force Base en route New York, NY
Andrews Air Force Base
Travel Pool Coverage
2:05 pm The President arrives in New York, NY
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Open Press
4:45 pm The President delivers remarks at the dedication of the Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building
USUN Building
Open Press
7:00 pm The President delivers remarks at a DNC event
Red Rooster Restaurant
Print Pool
9:05 pm The President delivers remarks at a DNC event
The Studio Museum
Pooled Press
10:10 pm The President departs New York, NY
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Open Press
11:00 pm The President arrives at Andrews Air Force Base
Andrews Air Force Base
Travel Pool Coverage
11:10 pm The President arrives at the White House
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Open Press
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No public schedule.
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*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Oval Office
Closed Press
1:00 pm The President departs the White House en route Andrews Air Force Base
South Lawn
Open Press
1:15 pm The President departs Andrews Air Force Base en route New York, NY
Andrews Air Force Base
Travel Pool Coverage
2:05 pm The President arrives in New York, NY
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Open Press
4:45 pm The President delivers remarks at the dedication of the Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building
USUN Building
Open Press
7:00 pm The President delivers remarks at a DNC event
Red Rooster Restaurant
Print Pool
9:05 pm The President delivers remarks at a DNC event
The Studio Museum
Pooled Press
10:10 pm The President departs New York, NY
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Open Press
11:00 pm The President arrives at Andrews Air Force Base
Andrews Air Force Base
Travel Pool Coverage
11:10 pm The President arrives at the White House
South Lawn
Open Press
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No public schedule.
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*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Why are we Offering Humanitarian aid to Libya?
When we couldn'be be bothered to help in China (Tienamen Square, albeit a long time ago), Darfur, the Congo, the Sudan...everywhere that's got no oil, we're not doing a lot to help...
Rush shared some soundbytes from Obama at Youtube:
RUSH: Saturday, White House YouTube Channel, President Obama: Libya mission is succeeding.
OBAMA: We're succeeding in our mission. We've taken out Libya's air defenses. Khadafy's forces are no longer advancing across Libya.
RUSH: Wrong.
OBAMA: In places like Benghazi, a city of some 700,000 that Khadafy threatened to show "no mercy," his forces have been pushed back. So make no mistake: Because we acted quickly, a humanitarian catastrophe has been avoided, and the lives of countless civilians -- innocent men, women, and children -- have been saved.
RUSH: This just adds to the confusion of what this is all about. Khadafy's still there. This is really hard. We're dealing with somebody who's not ground in reality on this in any way, shape, manner, or form. This is... My gosh, folks, it's embarrassing. It's worse than embarrassing. Also Saturday, White House YouTube Channel.
OBAMA: When someone like Khadafy threatens a bloodbath that could destabilize an entire region and when the international community is prepared to come together to save many thousands of lives, then it's in our national interests to act, and it's our responsibility. This is one of those times.
RUSH: Khadafy threatens a bloodbath. Well, here we go. And a lot of other people now are picking up this refrain that we offered last week: "Well, there's a lot of bloodbaths around the world. Darfur. North Korea. Syria. Why aren't we there?" It was fascinating on Meet the Press yesterday. The audio is coming up here, but this was a stunning power play. On Meet the Press yesterday, after Defense Secretary Robert Gates conceded that Libya is not a vital interest of the United States... Stop and think of that. He conceded, the Secretary of Defense, that the action in Libya is not rooted in a vital national interest of ours. Before he could complete his comments, Mrs. Clinton cut him off, and she launched into a minute-and-40-second monologue seeking to justify US military involvement in Libya.
Then he points out the number of European countries that have energy interests in Libya, and that's why we're there, to help out Europe.
RUSH: Here is why we're in Libya. There's the chart. This chart shows every energy and oil installation in Libya, offshore and on, every one of them is a European owned entity. You got BP, you've got ExxonMobil. This chart is from STRATFOR, Stratfor.com. We will put this at RushLimbaugh.com. Sarkozy and Cameron today have come out and are urging Libyans to oppose Khadafy. This is no more a humanitarian mission than a mission to save the animals and the pets of Libya. This is about European energy, pure and simple, and who was there first? Who didn't wait for us? The Europeans. We were stragglers, were we not? We were the last there. There are no vital US interests, we're told. Gates says, "No vital US interests." That's not true and Mrs. Clinton interrupts him and goes on a minute and 40 second monologue on Meet the Press yesterday to suggest that there might be some vital US interests. Well, that's a pretty big chunk of that country, particularly on the northeastern coast of this country that's got a lot of energy installations. Now, in the lower-left hand corner as you're looking at it, the lower-left hand corner lists by color-code every country that owns one of those installations.
I wonder if the European countries will reimburse us for the effort we're making on their behalf?
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*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Bill Ayers's joke about Dreams of my Father
Bill Ayers should be in jail, along with Charlie Sheen. They way these people are allowed to corrupt the mind of the masses - Ayers as a university professor and Sheen as an actor who has clearly lost his mind - it's just sad.
Rush didn't seem to get what Ayers was aiming at here, though.
He's really denying that he wrote Obama's book, making a joke out of it. "If you can prove I did it, I'll split the royalties with you." He's not tweaking Obama, he's tweaking the people who keep saying that he wrote Obama's book.
But at one least student actually believed it, if the transcript is to be believed!
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
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*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
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*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
Rush didn't seem to get what Ayers was aiming at here, though.
He's really denying that he wrote Obama's book, making a joke out of it. "If you can prove I did it, I'll split the royalties with you." He's not tweaking Obama, he's tweaking the people who keep saying that he wrote Obama's book.
An unidentified student at Mr. Ayers' appearance, "What is your opinion of Barack Obama's style as a writer?"
AYERS: The first book is very good. The second book is a more of a political hack book. But the first book is quite good.
STUDENT: Right. Also just, you mentioned about the Pentagon and how all... (crosstalk)
AYERS: Did you know that I wrote it, incidentally?
STUDENT: What's that?
AYERS: I wrote that, Dreams from My Father.
STUDENT: Yeah we know.
STUDENT: You wrote that?
AYERS: Yeah, and if you could help me prove it I'll split the royalties with you. (laughter)
But at one least student actually believed it, if the transcript is to be believed!
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*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
28 Mar, 2011, Mon, Rush Limbaugh headlines
--Humanitarian? We're at War in Libya to Protect European Oil
War for oil? That's fine. But Obama's lying about it.
• STRATFOR: Major Foreign Energy Presence in Libya
--Two Conflicting RINO Views on the Influence of Rush Limbaugh
Rush runs the GOP or Rush can't deliver a pizza?
--The Bamster's Brackets Fall Apart
He spent all that time on it and missed the Final Four.
--See, I Told You So: Obama Regime Subsidizes Brazilian Oil Drilling
We've been all over this story for a year and a half.
--Mortgage Broker: The Feds Determine How Much I Can Earn
An oppressive federal government caps his salary.
Stack of Stuff Quick Hits Page
» Vice President Biden Locks Reporter in Closet
» Bob Herbert Leaves Times to Highlight Plight of Poor
» Tax-Exempt Media Matters Targets Fox, Breaks Law
» Donald Trump Breathes Life Into the Birther Movement
» Iowa: The War for the Soul of the GOP Wages On
» Walmart Reopens Their Twelve Stores in Japan
» Caterpillar Eyes Move From Illinois to Indiana
--Bill Ayers: I Wrote Obama's Book
Obama's terrorist pal tweaks everyone with this story.
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
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*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
War for oil? That's fine. But Obama's lying about it.
• STRATFOR: Major Foreign Energy Presence in Libya
--Two Conflicting RINO Views on the Influence of Rush Limbaugh
Rush runs the GOP or Rush can't deliver a pizza?
--The Bamster's Brackets Fall Apart
He spent all that time on it and missed the Final Four.
--See, I Told You So: Obama Regime Subsidizes Brazilian Oil Drilling
We've been all over this story for a year and a half.
--Mortgage Broker: The Feds Determine How Much I Can Earn
An oppressive federal government caps his salary.
Stack of Stuff Quick Hits Page
» Vice President Biden Locks Reporter in Closet
» Bob Herbert Leaves Times to Highlight Plight of Poor
» Tax-Exempt Media Matters Targets Fox, Breaks Law
» Donald Trump Breathes Life Into the Birther Movement
» Iowa: The War for the Soul of the GOP Wages On
» Walmart Reopens Their Twelve Stores in Japan
» Caterpillar Eyes Move From Illinois to Indiana
--Bill Ayers: I Wrote Obama's Book
Obama's terrorist pal tweaks everyone with this story.
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28 March, 2011, Mon, SoS and Staff schedule
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/03/159238.htm
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton departs for foreign travel to London, United Kingdom.
DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES STEINBERG
Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends the memorial service for former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, in Los Angeles, California.
DEPUTY SECRETARY THOMAS NIDES
9:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with the Assistant Secretaries, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador to South Africa Donald Gibs, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJIV SHAH
4:00 p.m. Administrator Shah speaks with Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs ROBERT HORMATS
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with representatives from the OCEANA organization.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with representatives of the US-Poland Global Shale Gas Initiative and Ambassador to Poland Lee Feinstein.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE
2:00 p.m. Under Secretary McHale meets with her public diplomacy leadership team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
9:15 a.m. Under Secretary Otero joins Deputy Secretary Nides’ meeting with the Assistant Secretaries, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER
10:15 a.m. Under Secretary Tauscher speaks with Special Advisor for Non Proliferation and Arms Control, Bob Einhorn at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE
AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with South African Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON
Assistant Secretary Gordon is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium to participate in the Brussels Forum. Assistant Secretary Gordon also consults with senior NATO officials, meets with the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), and meets with senior European officials.
AS FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller attends National Security Advisor Tom Donilon’s keynote remarks at the 2011 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference, in Washington DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Schwartz meets with Kathryn Cameron Porter, President of the Leadership Council for Human Rights, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
7:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela attends a dinner hosted by the Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, at the Mexican Cultural Institute.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AMBASSADOR AT LARGE DANIEL BENJAMIN11:00 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin addresses a graduate seminar of Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) program, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY
12:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with Jeffrey Crowley, White House Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
9:00 a.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer meets with senior executives of Warner Brothers Entertainment Group at Warner Brother Studios, in Burbank, California.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer meets with student filmmakers at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, in Burbank, California.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
The time of today’s Daily Press Briefing is to be determined.
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton departs for foreign travel to London, United Kingdom.
DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES STEINBERG
Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends the memorial service for former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, in Los Angeles, California.
DEPUTY SECRETARY THOMAS NIDES
9:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with the Assistant Secretaries, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador to South Africa Donald Gibs, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJIV SHAH
4:00 p.m. Administrator Shah speaks with Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs ROBERT HORMATS
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with representatives from the OCEANA organization.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with representatives of the US-Poland Global Shale Gas Initiative and Ambassador to Poland Lee Feinstein.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE
2:00 p.m. Under Secretary McHale meets with her public diplomacy leadership team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
9:15 a.m. Under Secretary Otero joins Deputy Secretary Nides’ meeting with the Assistant Secretaries, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER
10:15 a.m. Under Secretary Tauscher speaks with Special Advisor for Non Proliferation and Arms Control, Bob Einhorn at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE
AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with South African Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON
Assistant Secretary Gordon is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium to participate in the Brussels Forum. Assistant Secretary Gordon also consults with senior NATO officials, meets with the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), and meets with senior European officials.
AS FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller attends National Security Advisor Tom Donilon’s keynote remarks at the 2011 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference, in Washington DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Schwartz meets with Kathryn Cameron Porter, President of the Leadership Council for Human Rights, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
7:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela attends a dinner hosted by the Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, at the Mexican Cultural Institute.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AMBASSADOR AT LARGE DANIEL BENJAMIN11:00 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin addresses a graduate seminar of Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) program, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY
12:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with Jeffrey Crowley, White House Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
9:00 a.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer meets with senior executives of Warner Brothers Entertainment Group at Warner Brother Studios, in Burbank, California.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. LOCAL Ambassador Verveer meets with student filmmakers at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, in Burbank, California.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
The time of today’s Daily Press Briefing is to be determined.
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
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*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
28 Mar, 2011, Monday, Pres and VP Schedules
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/president
10:30 am The President participates in an education town hall hosted by Univision
Bell Multicultural High School, DC, Washington
Pool Spray at the Top
7:30 pm The President delivers an address on Libya
DC, National Defense University, Washington
Press Information
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president
No public schedule.
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
10:30 am The President participates in an education town hall hosted by Univision
Bell Multicultural High School, DC, Washington
Pool Spray at the Top
7:30 pm The President delivers an address on Libya
DC, National Defense University, Washington
Press Information
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No public schedule.
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Booklist: Red State Uprising, by Erick Erickson and Lewis Uhler
Red State Uprising: How To Take Back America, by Erick Erickson and Lewis Uhler
REgnery Publishing, 2010
196 pages plus acknowledgments, notes and index
Library: 320.52 ERI
Description
Want a real Conservative rewvoltion? Here's how.
Few conservatives are more influential than Erick Erickson, the man who sets the course for the Right as the editor of REdState.com. Even fewer are as knowledgeable about the Constitutional limits of government as Lewis K. Uhler, who has fought rampant government growth and high taxes for decades.
In this moment of crisis-with big government threatening fundamental American freedoms-Erickson and Uhler have written an essential how-to guide for cleaning up the GOP, slashing government, reclaiming lost ground, and getting America back on course.
Red State Uprising reveals:
-Why your Republican candidate may not be a real conservative-and how you can tell the difference
-How to make the Republican Party a truly conservative party (Red State activists are doing it now).
-How to shrink government using practical solutions that could be implemented TODAY
-Obama's contempt for your America, and who he has hired to radically reshape our nation
-Why today we have a unique opportunity to reduce fgovernment to the right size.
A rousing call for Americans to take back our government, Red State Uprising not only sounds the alarm about our freedoms in jeopardy-it shows us how to secure then now and in the future.
Table of Contents
Foreword - Reality Check
Introduction - "Don't tread on me"
1. Republicans in charge: Pro-life Statists
2. Barack Obama's War Against All Things Save the REal Enemy
3. Understanding Obama's Contempt For your America
4. Rebellion: America's Birthright
5. Our Nation Derailed
6. Buried Under a Mountain of Debt
7. Invasion of the Money Snatchers
8. Garden Variety Plunder
9. Entitlement Reform
10. Downsize Government
11. The Right Size
12. "The Chains of the Constitution"
13. The Way Forward
14. Is A New Party the Answer
15. Take Back America
Erickson Acknowledgments
Uhler Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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Friday, March 25, 2011
America Doesn't Matter Anymore
Our opinions may not matter to the rest of the world anymore - but they sure do want our money. But can you blame them for taking our money - when we give it to them despite the fact that none of the recipients back us in the United Nations, all of them condemn our greed, and in any event most of the money we give ends up in the hands of the ruling regime who use it to buy mansions and gold-plated cars...
The US really does have to learn from its past mistakes. It's time we stopped giving money to countries who don't show any appreciation.
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RUSH: Peter Beinart: "America Doesn't Matter Anymore." By the way, just to give you more details on who he is. He's a senior political writer for the Daily Beast, associate professor of journalism and political science at the City University of New York, senior fellow at the New America Foundation. He first rose to national acclaim being an editor at New Republic, and he's had a couple of books, and of course you can follow him on Twitter and Facebook. And of course he's a leftist. "America Doesn't Matter Anymore," is the title of his piece. "As Europe takes the lead on the Libyan intervention, it's a powerful signal of America's weakening global influence. Peter Beinart on Obama's Jeffersonian turn -- and the end of an empire." And they're happy about this, even calling it Jeffersonian.
"In the summer of 1995, when the Clinton administration -- after more than two years of deference -- forced the Europeans into a humanitarian war against the Serbs, then-Lieutenant General Wesley Clark exulted 'The big dog barked today.' Back then, the big dog was not fighting any other wars. It was unchallenged in East Asia; its economy was beginning to boom and its fiscal problems were melting away. And even then, Americans only supported the Bosnia war, and its kid brother Kosovo, on the condition that no Americans died. Today, by contrast, America’s fiscal condition is terrifying and the Pentagon is fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, trying to stay out of one with Iran, and keeping one eye on a rising China. I don’t know what it took to convince an obviously reluctant Robert Gates to permit American involvement in the Libyan no-fly zone, but it’s a reasonable bet that had Barack Obama not been able to promise that it would be a mostly European affair, Gates would now be a military analyst on Fox News." Meaning Gates wanted to do it. Obama didn't want to do it. Gates would have been canned, and so forth and so on.
Once again here, somebody is saying, it's Gates' idea; it's not Obama's.
"The American public’s appetite for humanitarian war has always been meager. And now the American government’s capacity for waging it is meager, too. … Whether they’ll be able to -- whether they have the capacity and stomach for what it would take to push Gaddafi from power -- is another question. But it’s not surprising that Barack Obama is giving them a chance to try," meaning the Europeans. "Obama is what you might call a roundabout Jeffersonian. Jeffersonians, to borrow Walter Russell Mead’s phrase, believe that preserving America’s economic and political solvency requires reining in American empire." Mr. Beinart, do you actually believe that is what this is about? Do you actually believe that Obama's reluctance to get involved here is to save our economy? Where do these people live? Intellectually, where do they live to come up with this idea that Obama's reluctance is to save our economy? It's an economy that he has under assault. Obama's boys read this, "America Doesn't Matter Anymore, the end of an empire," that's victory for them.
Thomas Jefferson fought the Barbary wars. Thomas Jefferson was the first American president to recognize the dangers posed by militant Islam, for crying out loud. And to call Obama Jeffersonian on the basis that he realizes we can't do all this foreign policy stuff 'cause we don't have the money. Why don't we have the money? Who is it that's bankrupted us, or has played a large role in it? "So Obama is trying to do it on the sly, to reduce the costs of American foreign policy without reining in our ambition. … Will it work? Beats me. But it’s an illusion to believe we could have done this the old way. One of the crucial questions of our age is whether America’s liberal ideals can flourish despite the decline of American power. Libya will be one of the places we find out." America doesn't matter anymore. We can't do this. We had to pass this off to Libya. We can't afford it. Obama knows it. We don't have the power we used to have. Our economy has just bankrupted us and so forth. I swear, these people, the smartest people in the room.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: The Barbary wars, Thomas Jefferson. The Barbary wars were fought because Jefferson would not go along with the European powers and just pay tribute to the pirates in Tripoli. I mean for Beinart to sit here and compare this to Jeffersonianism, I guess somewhere we're gonna find that Thomas Jefferson wanted to tax the mileage of your horse and buggy, and then somewhere we're gonna find that Thomas Jefferson had this amazing plan called Jeffersoncare that was gonna provide health care and health insurance for every American. You haven't heard about Jeffersoncare? Oh, look it up, Google Jeffersoncare, and then find out all the tax increases Thomas Jefferson came up with, particularly the mileage on your horse and buggy. Oh, yeah. It's all there. And then you'll read about the Barbary wars were fought because Jefferson would not go along. The European powers just wanted to pay tribute, pay the pirates in Tripoli, Libya, just pay 'em, keep 'em off our back. Jefferson said, no way.
"Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute," was the slogan of the day in Jefferson's day.
...
RUSH: By the way, did you know what it was that ultimately caused Jefferson to wage war against radical Islam and the Barbary pirates? Do you know what it was? Jefferson and John Adams, as envoys of President Washington, went to the UK, and they visited Tripoli's -- which is now Libya -- Tripoli's ambassador to Britain. And his name was Sidi Haji Abdrahaman. Name doesn't matter. Jefferson, Adams go see Tripoli's ambassador to Britain. They were trying to stop the piracy. The ambassador gave them a lesson in Sharia law in explaining why the piracy was permitted. They're infidels. They either pay a tribute or we can legally take what they've got. And Jefferson wrote about this. "The ambassador answered us that [the right to piracy] was founded on the Laws of the Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman (or Muslim) who should be slain in battle was sure to go to paradise." So the Tripoli ambassador told Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, "You either pay us or we're gonna keep robbing you and killing you. It's in our Koran." And that's when Jefferson decided to go to war. And Peter Beinart writes at the Daily Beast today that Barack Hussein Obama is Jeffersonian.
The US really does have to learn from its past mistakes. It's time we stopped giving money to countries who don't show any appreciation.
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Rush refuses to endorse anyone as nominee
He's talked about this before...if he endorses someone and then they turn out to have feet of clay, he's up the creek without a paddle.
But he does seem to be doing all he can to push Sarah Palin (on my own part, if she wants to be President she'd better get some seasoning as a Congressperson or Senator first. I want to see a voting record on a variety of issues before I'd trust her anywhere near the Oval Office.
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But he does seem to be doing all he can to push Sarah Palin (on my own part, if she wants to be President she'd better get some seasoning as a Congressperson or Senator first. I want to see a voting record on a variety of issues before I'd trust her anywhere near the Oval Office.
RUSH: No, I don't know. Look, what do you want me to do? If there's nobody in the field that I am jazzed about, which is entirely possible, if there's nobody in the field, what I'm gonna have to do then is say, okay, this election had better be about Obama, and I think it ought to be anyway. This election should be all about Obama because, frankly, I would rather vote for Elmer Fudd than Obama. I would vote for whoever the Republicans nominate.
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24 Mar, 2011, Fri, Rush LImbaugh headlines
--Will Rush Endorse in GOP Primary?
Regardless, this election has to be all about Obama.
--Surprise, Surprise! The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood Runs Egypt
This is news to nobody except the New York Times.
NYT: Islamist Group Rising Force in Egypt
--Obama Regime Dumps Libyan Ball of Confusion on Mrs. Clinton, NATO
She's front man for incoherent "kinetic military action."
--Don't Hold Your Breath, Syrians
Protestors would be mistaken to count on Obama.
--American Foreign Policy No Longer Oriented Around Our Best Interests
It didn't matter that Mubarak was a loyal ally of the US.
--Lib Columnist Applauds Obama: America Doesn't Matter Anymore
Daily Beast scribe compares Obama to Jefferson!
Peter Beinart: America Doesn't Matter Anymore
--Why Can't Moochelle Obama's Fashion Choices Be Criticized?
There's an obvious answer to this question, folks..
Stack of Stuff Quick Hits Page
» Photos: Obama Burned in Effigy on Muslim Street
» Wisconsin Union Brotherhood Tries to Pack Court
» GE Pays No Taxes and the Left Thinks That's Great
» EPA Uses Taxpayer Money to Attack Republicans
» CBO Wants to Tax Motorists Based on Miles Driven
» McKitrick on Earth Hour: Why I Will Leave My Lights On
» Human Events: Painful Lessons for Wind Power
-"The Kennedys" is Awesome
Your host has screened the Joel Surnow miniseries.
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Regardless, this election has to be all about Obama.
--Surprise, Surprise! The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood Runs Egypt
This is news to nobody except the New York Times.
NYT: Islamist Group Rising Force in Egypt
--Obama Regime Dumps Libyan Ball of Confusion on Mrs. Clinton, NATO
She's front man for incoherent "kinetic military action."
--Don't Hold Your Breath, Syrians
Protestors would be mistaken to count on Obama.
--American Foreign Policy No Longer Oriented Around Our Best Interests
It didn't matter that Mubarak was a loyal ally of the US.
--Lib Columnist Applauds Obama: America Doesn't Matter Anymore
Daily Beast scribe compares Obama to Jefferson!
Peter Beinart: America Doesn't Matter Anymore
--Why Can't Moochelle Obama's Fashion Choices Be Criticized?
There's an obvious answer to this question, folks..
Stack of Stuff Quick Hits Page
» Photos: Obama Burned in Effigy on Muslim Street
» Wisconsin Union Brotherhood Tries to Pack Court
» GE Pays No Taxes and the Left Thinks That's Great
» EPA Uses Taxpayer Money to Attack Republicans
» CBO Wants to Tax Motorists Based on Miles Driven
» McKitrick on Earth Hour: Why I Will Leave My Lights On
» Human Events: Painful Lessons for Wind Power
-"The Kennedys" is Awesome
Your host has screened the Joel Surnow miniseries.
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25 Mar, 2011, Fri, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedules
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/03/159123.htm
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
11:00 a.m. Secretary Clinton attends a meeting with President Obama at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
1:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Administrator Shah and the development team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
8:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH:
11:00 a.m. Administrator Shah attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
1:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Secretary Clinton at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS:
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yesui.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi of the Palestinian Initiative for Global Dialogue and Democracy.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs BOB HORMATS:
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium to participate in the Brussels Forum.
10:45 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in a panel discussion at the Transatlantic Business Dialogue Executive Board Meeting Session of the Brussels Forum.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with Transatlantic Economic Committee Officials, in Brussels, Belgium.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
Under Secretary McHale is in California to deliver remarks at the Silicon Valley Global Technology Symposium through March 25. For more information, click here.
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO:
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Otero delivers remarks to students and teachers from Central America who are participating in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Youth Ambassadors program, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER:
Under Secretary Tauscher is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium to participate in the Brussels Forum.
2:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Tauscher meets with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder, in Brussels, Belgium.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:30 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Tauscher meets with NATO Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero, in Brussels, Belgium.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Tauscher meets with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, in Brussels, Belgium.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS BOB BLAKE:
Assistant Secretary Blake is on foreign travel to China, Bangladesh, and Kazakhstan through March 26. Click here for more information.
9:30 a.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Blake leads the U.S. delegation in the second day of the Annual Bilateral Consultations with Kazakhstan in Astana.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
3:00 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Blake speaks to students from Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
5:00 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Blake participates in a roundtable with civil society representatives in Astana, Kazakhstan.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
6:30 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Blake holds a press availability in Astana, Kazakhstan.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ:
8:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY:
Ambassador Goosby is on foreign travel in Kyiv, Ukraine through March 25. He meets with Ukrainian government officials, Ambassador to Ukraine John F. Tefft, and local PEPFAR staff to discuss the recently signed U.S.-Ukraine Partnership Framework for HIV/AIDS.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
1:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with women civil society leaders from the Haiti Advocacy Working Group working on gender-based violence protection issues, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Danish Ambassador Taksoe-Jensen and Minister Counselor Thomas Djurhuus to discuss gender and the millennium development goals, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH:
Special Representative Pandith is on foreign travel to Oslo, Norway through March 25 to speak at the Nordic Social Entrepreneurship Conference.
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
1:15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner
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*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
11:00 a.m. Secretary Clinton attends a meeting with President Obama at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
1:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Administrator Shah and the development team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
8:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH:
11:00 a.m. Administrator Shah attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
1:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Secretary Clinton at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS:
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yesui.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi of the Palestinian Initiative for Global Dialogue and Democracy.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs BOB HORMATS:
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium to participate in the Brussels Forum.
10:45 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in a panel discussion at the Transatlantic Business Dialogue Executive Board Meeting Session of the Brussels Forum.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with Transatlantic Economic Committee Officials, in Brussels, Belgium.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
Under Secretary McHale is in California to deliver remarks at the Silicon Valley Global Technology Symposium through March 25. For more information, click here.
US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO:
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Otero delivers remarks to students and teachers from Central America who are participating in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Youth Ambassadors program, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER:
Under Secretary Tauscher is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium to participate in the Brussels Forum.
2:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Tauscher meets with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder, in Brussels, Belgium.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:30 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Tauscher meets with NATO Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero, in Brussels, Belgium.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Tauscher meets with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, in Brussels, Belgium.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS BOB BLAKE:
Assistant Secretary Blake is on foreign travel to China, Bangladesh, and Kazakhstan through March 26. Click here for more information.
9:30 a.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Blake leads the U.S. delegation in the second day of the Annual Bilateral Consultations with Kazakhstan in Astana.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
3:00 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Blake speaks to students from Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
5:00 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Blake participates in a roundtable with civil society representatives in Astana, Kazakhstan.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
6:30 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Blake holds a press availability in Astana, Kazakhstan.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ:
8:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY:
Ambassador Goosby is on foreign travel in Kyiv, Ukraine through March 25. He meets with Ukrainian government officials, Ambassador to Ukraine John F. Tefft, and local PEPFAR staff to discuss the recently signed U.S.-Ukraine Partnership Framework for HIV/AIDS.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
1:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with women civil society leaders from the Haiti Advocacy Working Group working on gender-based violence protection issues, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Danish Ambassador Taksoe-Jensen and Minister Counselor Thomas Djurhuus to discuss gender and the millennium development goals, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH:
Special Representative Pandith is on foreign travel to Oslo, Norway through March 25 to speak at the Nordic Social Entrepreneurship Conference.
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
1:15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner
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In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.
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