"At risk Girls"

I wonder what these girls are "at risk" for? "At risk" of going to prison - after they break into someone's house and probably kill them while trying to steal a few dollars to buy drugs?

RUSH: From the Washington Examiner: "The administration is funding a $100,000 study of pregnant and 'at-risk' 14- to 17-year-old girls on probation in Houston, Texas, to determine ways to help them choose safer lifestyles and avoid pregnancy, including..." wait for it "...better 'condom negotiation' tactics."

Better condom negotiation tactics.

"The National Institutes of Health, part of the Health and Human Services Department, is providing a University of Houston researcher the money because of the lack of study of female teen juveniles in trouble with the law. The school said the study, 'Choices - Teen: A Bundled Risk Reduction Intervention for Juvenile Justice Females,' will include 30 at-risk girls, ages 14-17, on intensive probation with the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department.

"The goal, said the school, is to determine if intervention programs will help the kids make better life decisions. According to Danielle Parish, the assistant professor at the school's Graduate College of Social Work --" For crying out loud. Graduate College of Social Work? She's conducting the National Institutes of Health-funded effort. She said "one of the big problems young girls need to learn is how to talk their boyfriends into using condoms."

Here's the thing. This is something, as a civilized male, I learned early on. Women have the trump card in these talks. Women have the trump card. What do you mean, condom negotiation?

How does what work? Women having the trump card? I don't know how a condom negotiation works, Snerdley. You think I know about this? This is part of the New School effort. This woman is going to teach young women 14 to 17 about condom negotiation. Not gonna teach them to say no; not gonna teach them to say, "You know, you have no business here at 14 getting involved in this." We're not gonna do anything that might actually be good for them. We're gonna go ahead and indulge them in what they want to do because of course we can't stop it.

Kids are gonna have sex; we can't stop that. Kids are gonna do dope; can't stop there. I mean, they're gonna smoke; we can stop that. They're gonna eat; we can stop that. Maybe what this study ought to do is teach these 14-year-old girls not to have sex. Do you realize how old-fashioned that makes me sound? I'm just throwing the younger demographics away here, Snerdley. You know what my attitude ought to be on this? Fully support condom negotiation, learn what it is, conduct my own seminar on it on this program, and go out and get the young demographics. Go ahead and concede the fact 14-year-old girls are gonna have sex, just do it. The new slogan for the school: "Just do it, but learn condom negotiations."

Rush is right on this, I'm afraid. What 14 year old girl isn't pressured by her peers to have sex, because that's the only way she can prove that she's worthy - that boys care enough about her to have sex. (They never seem to understand that boys don't give a damn what they look like or how dumb or smart they are - boys want girls who will put out and have not respect for them regardless.

I Have Sympathy For Fast Food Workers...but they can't be paid $15 an hour

A couple of days ago, fast food workers in New York walked off the job because they want to be paid $15 an hour.

Waiters and waitresses don't make $15 an hour! They make minimum wage (fast food workers make above minimum wage, if only by a couple bucks!) and the rest of what they earn is in tips. More than that - the government also decides how much tip money they earn a year, and tax them on it, regardless of if they got any tips at all!

In any event - I've worked at a McDonalds, and a Wendy's in the long past, and it's a horrible job. Cooks standing over hot grills, putting together all kinds of food, counter reps having to deal with rude people, etc., it's rough. So they deserve $15 an hour. Hell, they deserve $30 an hour!

But employers can't pay them that! Who is going to stop into a fast food restaurant if they have to pay as much for food as at a real restaurant? I can barely afford it now - went into a Wendy's yesterday and spent $5 on a chicken mozarella sandwich... that's maybe a once a month splurge for me.

It's not like these folks aren't well-compensated for the job that they actually do. I mean, they have to have a good memory to remember how to make each of the sandwiches or whatever, they have to be able to work under stress when the lunch rush comes, and the counter reps need to know simple addition and subtraction and how to work a cash register.

That is stuff that requires intelligent folk...but no special knowledge. Such workers are a dime a dozen. (Or they would be if people weren't paid more on welfare than to work at a fast food place...)

When I worked there...30 years ago now, we got half-price food, and a couple of dollars over minimum wage. I'm sure that hasn't changed. I think people who worked 30 hours or more also had profit sharing...maybe that was 40 hours...but really, considering how hard it is to find people who will work at fast food restaurants these days - again, standing over a hot grill or dealing with an impatient public - I would think they'd love to give people 40 hours if they'd show up on time, be clean, and do a good job.

30 Nov 2012, Fri, Rush Limbaugh headlines

--Baracka Claus' Opening Bid Proves That He Wants to Take His Sleigh Over the Fiscal Cliff
--The Government is Spending $100,000 to Teach Teen Girls "Better Condom Negotiation Tactics"
--Staten Island Sandy Victims Need to Realize That Obama Fixed Everything, Not Be Ungrateful
--"What Should the Republicans Do, Rush?"
--Rush for Co-Person of the Year?
--Going Off the Cliff Fulfills Many Liberal Dreams
--Nationalizing Your 401(k) and IRAs
--Is the Alternative Minimum Tax Sneaking Up on Us?
--Dems Propose $1 Trillion to Forgive Student Loans
--Another Classical Music Show?
--Obama Running Out the Clock on Benghazi, Fast & Furious
--"War on Men" Column Causes Stir, Illustrates the Left-Wing Stuff We Laugh About But Lots of People Believe
--Michelle vs. Hillary in 2016?

Obama does seem to be achieving his goals, as do the Democrats

Rush put it very well yesterday:

RUSH: In the first busy broadcast hour, I laid out the case for wanting Obama to succeed. I laid out the case. I made the case I thought rather well. I don't believe that Obama is concerned about a legacy in the way it is being said he's concerned about a legacy. I hope he succeeds. My point is, look, I don't want to repeat the first hour, and I know most of you heard it, but my basic point is that I hear everybody say that the Republicans have leverage because Obama doesn't want a second recession in his second term 'cause that would not lead to a positive legacy, and I need somebody to explain to me why Obama cares about not having a recession in his second term.

If his objective is to totally transform this country, and he's in the middle of successfully doing that, why be worried about something like a recession when a recession will further advance the transformation of the country? He wants a redistributionist welfare state. He wants a government continuing to grow. If we go into a recession, what are people gonna call for? More government spending to get us out of it! A recession's made to order. He has a legacy, yeah, he has a legacy concern. He wants to be written about in the future as a great socialist, a guy who finally, finally corralled the United States and defeated the entire capitalist structure and turned it into a burgeoning Western European socialist democracy, some such thing as that.

Rush headlines for 29 Nov 2012

--Obama's Objective is Transforming an Unjust America, Not Economic Growth or Averting a Recession
--Just Walk Away, Republicans
--Barack? I Hope He Succeeds (in Going Over the Cliff)!
--A Recession Only Helps Obama Grow Government
--Democrats Are After Your 401(k)
--Details: The Plan to Steal Your 401(k)
--The Problem Is Not Just Negative Attacks on Republicans, But the People Who Believe Them
--Let's Go Back to the Clinton Spending Levels
--Millions Will Now Pay the Alternative Minimum Tax
--We Can NEVER Pay Off All This Debt
--Left Throws Susan Rice Overboard
--Why Mitt Lunched at the White House
--RIP, Zig Ziglar, Classic Motivator
--Caller is 45 and Just Realized Money Isn't Free
Stack of Stuff
--Husband Claims Drug Turned Him into Gay Sex & Gambling Addict
--Terms "Bride, Groom, Husband, Wife," No Longer Used in Washington

30 Nov 2012, Fri, SoS of State Schedule

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

12:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the Art in Embassies 50^th Anniversary luncheon, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

4:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Lakhdar Brahimi Joint Special Representative for Syria, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

7:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds brief meetings with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, at the Willard Hotel, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

7:45 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy 2012 Saban Forum opening Gala Dinner, at the Willard Hotel, in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
Pre set for video cameras: 4:30 p.m.
Final access for journalists and still photographers: 5:45 p.m.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

9:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Mark Sedwill, UK Political Director, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY THE WHITE HOUSE)

12:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends the Art in Embassies 50^th Anniversary luncheon, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

2:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador Tina Kaidainow, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Pakistan Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides hosts the U.S.-Pakistan Economic and Finance Working Group, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING MEETING)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for official meetings.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS

9:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with the U.S. Switzerland Joint Economic Commission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov with Deputy Secretary Burns, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers the keynote address at the event “China’s Evolving Patent Environment: What It Means for Your Business,” at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats holds a conference call with Myron Brilliant, Senior Vice President for International Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Ian Solomon, U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank Group, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Pakistan Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

8:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a reception in honor of the Art in Embassies’ 50^th Anniversary Celebration, at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

Under Secretary Sonenshine is on foreign travel to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

12:15 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends the Art in Embassies 50^th Anniversary luncheon, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


7:45 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends the Saban Center for Middle East Policy 2012 Saban Forum opening Gala Dinner, at the Willard Hotel, in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

8:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends the Art in Embassies 50^th Anniversary Celebration in Washington, D.C.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS RICK BARTON

Assistant Secretary Barton is on travel to New York through Friday November 30.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake attends the Art in Embassies 50^th Anniversary luncheon, at the Department of State. .
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with Republic of Korea Deputy Chief of Mission Joonkook Hwang, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with U.S. Ambassador to Burma Derek Mitchell, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers remarks at the closing session of the Kimberley Process Plenary, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER

9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer participates in an Open Forum event with Washington Post editor Marcus Brauchli, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Chief of U.S. Border Patrol Michael Fisher, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on foreign travel to Mexico City, Mexico, as a member of the Presidential Delegation, led by Vice President Biden, to attend the inauguration of Enrique Peña Nieto as President of Mexico.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones participates in a panel discussion on natural resource planning and management in Burma, at the Washington, DC office of the World Wildlife Fund.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones hosts a meeting with the Natural Resources Defense Council on conservation and environmental matters, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS DAWN MCCALL

6:00 p.m. Coordinator McCall attends the TedxWomen 2012 conference at the United States Institute of Peace, in Washington D.C.
(MEDIA DETERMIND BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD

Assistant Secretary Richard is on foreign travel through November 30 to Jordan and Lebanon. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO

9:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro joins Deputy Secretary Burns for a meeting with Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA

10:00 a.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus John M. Koenig, at the U.S. Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer delivers the keynote address at a World AIDS Day event hosted by World Vision, in New York City.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

7:45 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends the Saban Center for Middle East Policy 2012 Saban Forum opening Gala Dinner, at the Willard Hotel, in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

8:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends the Art in Embassies 50^th Anniversary Celebration in Washington, D.C.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Beijing, China to meet with Chinese foreign affairs officials and to speak at a conference on Nuremberg trials at Beijing Normal University, in Beijing, China.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in Brazil through November 30 to further U.S.-Brazil subnational engagement in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

12:00 p.m. Directory Sullivan attends a meeting at the White House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

7:45 p.m. Director Sullivan attends the Saban Center for Middle East Policy 2012 Saban Forum opening Gala Dinner, at the Willard Hotel, in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

30 Nov 2012, Fri, Pres and VP Schedule

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule

10:10 am
The President departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews
South Lawn
Open Press

10:25 am
The President departs Joint Base Andrews
Press Information

11:05 am
The President arrives Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia International Airport
Open Press

11:45 am
The President tours The Rodon Group manufacturing facility
Hatfield, Pennsylvania, The Rodon Group Manufacturing Facility
Press Information

12:05 pm
The President delivers remarks
Hatfield, Pennsylvania, The Rodon Group Manufacturing Facility
Open Press

2:00 pm
The President departs Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia International Airport
Open Press

2:40 pm
The President arrives Joint Base Andrews
Press Information

2:55 pm
The President arrives the White House
South Lawn
Open Press

The Vice President has no public schedule.

Just a reminder, Thurs is my late day

Tonight's my Scrabble night...so I'll be posting about 10 tonight...

29 Nov, 2012, Thu, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

9:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with the regional bureau secretaries, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Chairman of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council Salahuddin Rabbani, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks in recognition of World AIDS Day, at the Department of State. .
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

11:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister of Georgia Maia Panjikidze, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING MEETING)
Pre set for cameras: 10:15 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance Lobby.
Final access for writers and still photographers: 10:45 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance Lobby.

1:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks on The U.S. and Europe: A Revitalized Global Partnership, at the Brookings Institution.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

4:50 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the Policy Planning Staff - Foreign Policy Group’s “Transformational Trends 2013” Forum, at the Newseum, in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

9:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers opening remarks at the Policy Planning Staff - Foreign Policy Group’s “Transformational Trends 2013” Forum, at the Newseum, in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with the Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

4:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers remarks to the Yale World Fellows, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

10:10 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Chairman of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council Salahuddin Rabbani, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

7:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides delivers remarks at the annual Awards Dinner for the U.S. Travel Association, in Dallas, Texas and accepts an award on behalf of the Department of State for improvements in global visa processing.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to India, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through December 1.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS

8:45 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks at the Global Forum on Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting and Diversion, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

11:15 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with members of a Burmese government delegation, including U Than Htay, Minister of Energy; Dr. Myint Aung, Minister of Mines; and U Aung Htoo, Managing Director for MOGE, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Acting Under Secretary of Energy David Sandalow, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers the keynote address at the 3^rd Annual Export Controls for the Nuclear Renaissance Seminar, at the Pillsbury and the Nuclear Energy Institute.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks at the Policy Planning Staff - Foreign Policy Group’s “Transformational Trends 2013” Forum, at the Newseum, in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

5:15 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Dominic Martin, UK G8 Foreign Affairs Sous Sherpas, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends an event in honor of the OFII 18^th Annual Dinner, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

Under Secretary Sonenshine is on foreign travel to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Otero is interviewed for the National Defense University’s PRISM Journal.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

11:00 a.m. Ambassador Marshall delivers remarks during the Chamber of Commerce Spouse Diplomatic Reception Rooms Tour, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall and Dr. John P. Holdren host a reception in honor of the 2012 United States Nobel Laureates, at the Blair House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a reception hosted by the Ambassador of Mexico, His Excellency Arturo Sarukhan and Mrs. Veronica Valencia-Sarukhan, in Washington, D.C.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

7:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a dinner in honor of the 2012 United States Nobel Laureates hosted by the Ambassador of Sweden, His Excellency Jonas Hafstroem, and the Ambassador of Norway, His Excellency Wegger Christian Strommen, in Washington, D.C.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS RICK BARTON

Assistant Secretary Barton is on travel to New York through Friday November 30.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL

3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell meets with Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Zhang Yesui, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell delivers remarks at the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council Annual Gala/45^th ASEAN Anniversary celebration, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers remarks at an event hosted by the U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez attends a dinner in honor of the Turkey Economic Partnership Commission, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER

6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer attends a Foreign Policy dinner honoring the Top Global Thinkers of 2012, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

10:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Kate Smith, Americas Director, UK Foreign And Commonwealth Office (FCO), at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with youth ambassadors from Bolivia and Peru, at the Department of State.
(OFFICIAL PHOTO)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends a reception in honor of the 2012 United States Nobel Laureates hosted by the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends a meeting of the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainability, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS DAWN MCCALL

6:30 p.m. Coordinator McCall attends a Foreign Policy dinner honoring the Top Global Thinkers of 2012, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner hosts a meeting for Non-Governmental Organizations on Egypt, at the Department of State. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE).

2:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with the 2012 Yale World Fellows, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE).

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with the relatives of Tibetan self-immolators, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE).

5:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Model UN students from New York, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE).

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD

Assistant Secretary Richard is on foreign travel through November 30 to Jordan and Lebanon.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO

8:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro delivers remarks at the Air War College, at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

11:15 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin meets with German Federal Foreign Office Head of Policy Planning Thomas Bagger, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA

10:00 a.m. Ambassador CdeBaca delivers opening remarks at a meeting of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

2:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with President and Founder of End Slavery Now Lauren Taylor, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with President of the American Bar Association Laurel Bellows, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY

10:30 a.m. Ambassador Goosby delivers opening remarks at a World AIDS Day event hosted by Secretary Clinton, at the Department of State. The Secretary will unveil the PEPFAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-free Generation that provides a roadmap for how the U.S. government will contribute to achieving an AIDS-free generation.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby delivers remarks at a World AIDS Day event hosted at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

10:30 a.m. Ambassador Verveer attends Secretary Clinton’s remarks in recognition of World AIDS Day, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Ana Guevara of MAC Foundation, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Foreign Minister of Georgia Maia Panjikidze, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Ghazi ben Ahmed, Executive Director of German Marshall Fund – Tunisia, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends a Foreign Policy dinner honoring the Top Global Thinkers of 2012, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Beijing, China to meet with Chinese foreign affairs officials and to speak at a conference on Nuremberg trials at Beijing Normal University, in Beijing, China.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in Brazil through November 30 to further U.S.-Brazil subnational engagement in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

9:00 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with Minister Carlos Abreu, Director of the Department of U.S., Canadian, and Inter-American Affairs at the Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs (MRE), in Brasilia, Brazil.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:30 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with Aldo Rebelo, Brazilian Minister of Sports, in Brasilia, Brazil.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis tours the National Stadium of Brasilia and holds a discussion with Federal District Officials, in Brasilia, Brazil.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with Minister Luiza de Bairros, SEPPIR, in Brasilia, Brazil.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

Director Sullivan participates in thePolicy Planning Staff - Foreign Policy Group’s “Transformational Trends 2013” Forum, at the Newseum, in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
12:30 p.m.  Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

29 Nov 2012, Thu, Pres and VP Schedules

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule

10:25 am
The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press

10:45 am
The President meets with senior advisors
Oval Office
Closed Press

12:15 pm
The President meets with the 2012 American Nobel Prize winners
Oval Office
Closed Press

12:30 pm
The President and Governor Romney meet for lunch
Private Dining Room
Closed Press

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president
10:25 am
The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing Oval Office
Closed Press

4:30 pm
The Vice President attends a memorial service for Senator Warren Rudman
Russell Senate Office Building
Open to pre-credentialed media

Why Are People Still Waiting for Insurance Money?

On the one hand, you've got to wonder why insurance companies are making people wait before reimbursing them for Hurricane Sandy. They have to leave the ruins in situ... the states aren't paying for extra National Guard folk, so looters are out and at least one couple had thousands of dollars of rare coins stolen as a result...

In a sense, you have to understand, lots of people scam the government, and five or six years later, after the government has spent millions of dollars tracking down fraudsters, they put the scammers in jail but don't get any of the money back...

RUSH: Have you seen the story about that woman who was embraced by Obama and Chris Christie after Hurricane Sandy? And Obama promised to sweep away all the red tape. (impression) "Your phone call will be answered in 15 minutes! You call the bureaucracy and you'll get help." That woman that Obama promised help has not seen a shred of help. None. "Woman Embraced by Obama After Hurricane Sandy Hasn't Received the Help She Needs."

But, that's okay, because Obama wants to help. (That's how it works.) "The Republicans don't even care! Obama wants to help!" This is what we're up against, and it's the new reality. Obama has promised to give people all sorts of things that he has no ability and no intention of actually providing. He can't provide people what they are expecting. It doesn't matter right now. All that matters is he wants to, and they think he's trying. "He cares about me and Romney doesn't," 81-17% in the 2012 exit polls.

Who the heck is Susan Rice, anyway?

Some folks are touting her to be the new Secretary of State...I think that would be a bad mistake. The trouble in the world today is all in the Middle East, in countries that think of women as less than dirt. Put a man - a good man - in the office, and let's get that situation settled!

I also can't believe how the Dems are giving Rice, and Obama, a pass on the debacle of Benghazi...

RUSH: The real problem that we face today, and everybody knows it, is the overt racism and sexism of the Republicans who are still asking questions about Benghazi and Susan Rice.

By the way, the real thing about this Benghazi business and why there is a continued interest in it and what the real question with the unknown answer is... You can talk all you want about Susan Rice going out, lying about the video being responsible and all of that. There are seven-and-a-half hours where the president of the United States is not accounted for. That's what this is really all about, as far as I'm concerned. We have a dead ambassador, we have three other dead Americans, and in the midst of this attack nobody knows where the president was. I think that's the real question everybody has. Why wasn't there a response? Why wasn't there orders given? Was Obama even engaged?

28 Nov 2012, Wed, Rush Limbaugh headlines

--This Will Get Turned Around
--Woman Obama Embraced After Sandy Hasn't Gotten Help, But It's Okay Because He Cares and Republicans Don't
--It's J.R. Ewing vs. Gilligan! Obama Will Win the Fiscal Cliff Standoff, and End the Traditional American Path to Wealth
--So Now Benghazi is About the GOP's Racism and Sexism?
--Sign of National Resentment for the American Way of Life: Kristof Angry About Private Generators During Sandy
--There Will Be Growth in the Energy Sector
--Mayor of Realville Decrees: Accept the Realities of America 2012 That Are Staring Us in the Face
--If Obama Had an Older Brother, He'd Look Like Morsi
--Obama Won. Why Would Anybody Think There Would Be Spending Cuts or Entitlement Reform?
--Thoughts on the Latino Vote
--From Zucker to The Oprah, Democrats Defend Their Failures
--Banning Mockery and Smoking Near Bars? Legalize Marijuana? Sure! It's America 2012!
--Republicans are Shell Shocked
--Poll: Government Shouldn't Run Health Care
Stacks of Stuff
--What Happened to the Recovery?
--Investor Confidence Drops Below Consumer Confidence

28 Nov 2012, Wed, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

9:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton participates in the U.S.-African Union High Level Meeting, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton presents the 14^th Annual Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE), at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
Pre set for video cameras: 9:30 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance Lobby.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 10:15 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance Lobby.

2:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs (GLIFAA) 20^th Anniversary celebration, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


5:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:20 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a joint press availability with African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

9:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides speaks with U.S. Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank Ambassador Robert Orr.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends the Secretary’s 20th Anniversary celebration of the Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


3:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Department of Defense Deputy Secretary Ashton Carter, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides participates in a video conference with the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY THE WHITE HOUSE)

5:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides speaks with Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector Douglas Smith.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to India, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through December 1.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks at the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in a working lunch with AU delegations, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in a panel discussion with International Women’s Forum “Topic: Building A Culture of Trust”, at the Sheraton Premiere in Tyson Corner.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

5:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a USAID event to discuss a new alliance among governments, the private sector & civil society to help eliminate tropical deforestation, at the Decatur House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

Under Secretary Sonenshine is on foreign travel to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Otero attends the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Otero is interviewed for the International Youth Alliance’s Youth Magazine.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

12:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a reception to celebrate the National Day of Romania hosted by the Ambassador of Romania, His Excellency Adrian Cosmin Vierita, and Mrs. Adrian Vierita with the Chairs of the Romanian Congressional Caucus at the Library of Congress.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake attends the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer attends the Secretary’s 20th Anniversary celebration of the Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez leads the U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission meeting, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers remarks at the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez attends the Kimberley Process Gala Dinner, at the National Museum for Women and the Arts.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer attends a luncheon with Ferenc Kumin, Deputy State Secretary for International Communications at the Embassy of Hungary, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in a meeting with educators from the International Visitors Leadership Program on “100,000 Strong: Expanding International Exchange in Higher Education,” at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., Commander of U.S. Northern Command, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS DAWN MCCALL

10:30 a.m. Coordinator McCall attends the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner attends the Secretary’s 20th Anniversary celebration of the Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE).

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD

Assistant Secretary Richard is on foreign travel through November 30 to Jordan and Lebanon.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

12:00 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

2:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca testifies about International Human Trafficking and Forced Labor before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, on Capitol Hill.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends the event “Women on the Cusp of a New Era,” hosted by African Union Ambassador Amina Ali and welcoming African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Beijing, China to meet with Chinese Foreign Affairs Officials and to speak at a conference on Nuremberg trials at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON

10:30 p.m. Special Representative Balderston attends the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

6:00 p.m. Special Representative Balderston attends a reception to discuss opportunities for governments, the private sector, and civil society to work together to reduce tropical deforestation, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

7:30 p.m. Special Representative Balderston attends a dinner with the Irish Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Collins, at the Ambassador’s Residence.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in Brazil through November 30 to further U.S.-Brazil subnational engagement in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

9:00 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis attends a briefing at U.S. Embassy Brasilia, in Brasilia, Brazil.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

10:00 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis attends a panel on the Brazil sports industry, in Brasilia, Brazil.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

11:15 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with state government representatives from World Cup host states, in Brasilia, Brazil.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

1:00 p.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his delegation, in Brasilia, Brazil.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

3:00 p.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with the Inter-American Development Bank, in Brasilia, Brazil.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

6:30 p.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon, in Brasilia, Brazil.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
12:30 p.m. There will be an ON-camera, on-the-record Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, in the Press Briefing Room (room 2209).

28 Nov 2012, Wed, Pres and VP schedules

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule 10:00 am
The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press

11:35 am
The President delivers remarks at an event at the White House with middle class Americans who would see their taxes go up if Congress fails to act to extend the middle class tax cuts
South Court Auditorium
Open Press

3:00 pm
The President holds a Cabinet Meeting; the Vice President also attends
Cabinet Meeting
Pool Spray at the Top

4:45 pm
The President and the Vice President attend a meeting with business leaders to discuss the actions we need to take to keep our economy growing and find a balanced approach to reduce our deficit
Roosevelt Room

The VP has no other schedule than what's above.

Wednesday - Rush is back today!

And so will be my posts!

27 Nov 2012, Tues, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

10:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the Millennium Challenge Corporation and takes questions from staff, in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
Secretary Clinton’s remarks will be streamed live here. To login enter any word into the field under “Enter as a Guest,” and click “Enter Room.”

11:55 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks to the Thursday Luncheon Group, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

2:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the International Council on Women’s Business Leadership meeting, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

3:40 p.m. Secretary Clinton participates in President Obama’s bilateral meeting with President-elect of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

Administrator Shah is on foreign travel to Turkey to visit the border region with Syria and speak with individuals who have fled the violence in Syria. F

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to India, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through December 1.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS

8:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director of International Energy Agency, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Chinese Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs He Ning, at the Chinese Embassy.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in a meeting of the Secretary’s International Council on Women’s Business Leadership, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


4:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks at the Brussels Forum Panel on Global Swing States Launch, at the German Marshall Fund.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

Under Secretary Sonenshine is on foreign travel to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

1:30 p.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with USAID Deputy Administrator Don Steinberg, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Under Secretary Otero attends a reception to celebrate the Secretary’s International Council on Women’s Business Leadership ITS Subcommittees, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

6:00 p.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller joins Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak for a discussion on the 50^th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, at George Washington University. Please click here to RSVP.


(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

3:35 p.m. Ambassador Marshall assists with the visit of the President-elect of Mexico, His Excellency Peña Nieto, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMIEND BY WHITE HOUSE)

6:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a reception hosted by the Ambassador of Germany, His Excellency Niels Peter Georg Ammon, and Mrs. Heimann-Ammon in Washington, D.C.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Bangladesh Ambassador Akramul Qader, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER

Assistant Secretary Brimmer hosts a South Korean Delegation led by Permanent Representative to the UN Sook Kim and including representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Republic of Korea’s Embassy in Washington, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman hosts an NGO roundtable on nonproliferation, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez moderates a live webchat, “Succeeding as an Entrepreneur,” on opportunities to facilitate business development, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers the opening remarks for the Kimberley Process Conference, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez participates in a meeting of the Secretary’s International Council on Women’s Business Leadership, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

3:40 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson joins Secretary Clinton at President Obama’s bilateral meeting with President-elect of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS DAWN MCCALL

11:30 a.m. Coordinator McCall meets with the first group of Russian journalists participating in an exchange program established through the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Sub-Working Group on Mass Media, at the International Center for Journalists, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

4:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Tamara Cofman Wittes, Senior Fellow and the Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD

Assistant Secretary Richard is on foreign travel through November 30 to Jordan and Lebanon.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

8:00 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

10:00 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin meets with Netherlands Ministry of Defense Security Policy Director Joep Wijnands, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin meets with U.A.E. Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA

12:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with South Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Young-jin Choi, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

10:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with members of the Alliance for Artisan Enterprise, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer delivers the keynote address at an event commemorating World AIDS Day and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, and hosted by UNAIDS and Together for Girls, “Ending the Dual Epidemics of HIV and Gender-based Violence,” in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

2:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer participates in a meeting of the Secretary’s International Council on Women’s Business Leadership, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


3:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer delivers opening remarks at the launch of the Alliance for Artisan Enterprise with special guests and Alliance partners from The Aspen Institute, West Elm, Walmart, the International Folk Art Market-Santa Fe, and Global Goods Partners, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Shenzhen, China to participate in discussions at a conference in Peking University School of Transnational Law, regarding the Nuremburg Trial and how it influenced global criminal justice.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in Brazil through November 30 to further U.S.-Brazil subnational engagement in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

8:30 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with Investe Sao Paulo Director Sergio Costa, in Sao Paulo.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

10:30 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis participates in a roundtable discussion with AmCham Brasil’s Travel and Business Committee, in Sao Paulo.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

12:30 p.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with Mayor-elect Haddad’s Administration, in Sao Paulo.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

2:00 p.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with FIESP Deputy General Director Thomaz Zanotto, in Sao Paulo.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

27 Nov 2012, Tues, Pres and VP Schedules

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedulehttp://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule

10:30 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
Closed Press

3:40 pm
The President and the Vice President meet with President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico
Oval Office
Pool Spray at the Top

4:30 pm
The President and the Vice President meet with Secretary of Defense Panetta
Oval Office
Closed Press

The Vice President's schedule is the same as above for the President.

Rush will be back Wednesday

I typically don't listen to Rush's guest hosts, but I may post a few news articles today and tomorrow, depending on my mood.

I'm so far behind with my work - took off way too much time during Thanksgiving long weekend - that I don't have time to think of political stuff!

26 Nov 2012, Mon, SoS Clinton and Staff

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

9:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with the assistant secretaries, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:35 p.m. Secretary Clinton attends a meeting with President Obama, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides delivers remarks at the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Award Ceremony, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel in Central Asia.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

Under Secretary Sonenshine is on foreign travel to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

Under Secretary Otero travels to MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, for consultations with General James Mattis, Commander, USCENTCOM; Admiral William McRaven, Commander, USSOCOM; and Brigadier General Ken Tovo, Commander, SOCCENT.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

Ambassador Marshall greets the President-elect of Mexico, His Excellency Peña Nieto, and Mrs. Angélica Rivera de Peña.

7:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a dinner in her honor hosted by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain, His Excellency Ramon Gil-Casares, in Washington, D.C.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Don Ritter, CEO of the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer delivers remarks at the opening session of the U.S. Commission for UNESCO’s annual meeting, at George Washington University.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer participates on a panel at an Americans for UNESCO event, “Challenges Defining our Global Society: Why the U.S. and UNESCO Must Work Together to Address Them,” at the George Washington University.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD

Assistant Secretary Brownfield is on foreign travel to Colombia to attend the High Level Strategic Security Dialogue.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman delivers remarks on future nonproliferation challenges at American University’s School of International Service, in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES

10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with the inter-agency Arctic Research Policy Committee staff, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Hong Kong to attend the Hong Kong premiere of the recently-restored documentary, “Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today,” as a guest speaker.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

Ambassador Verveer is on foreign travel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to engage with Haitian women business owners, civil society, government officials, and private sector leaders to highlight the importance of women’s and girls’ economic, political, and social advancement to Haiti’s development and progress.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in Brazil through November 30 to further U.S.-Brazil subnational engagement through the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

26 Nov 2012, Mon, Pres and VP Schedules

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule 10:30 am
The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing
Oval Office
Closed Press

11:00 am
The President meets with senior advisors
Oval Office
Closed Press

Vice President has no other schedule then that listed above.

Rush gone until Wednesday

Douglas Urbanski guest hosting today, Monday Mark Steyn, Tues Mark Davis

Happy Thanksgiving

This was originally a rant on WIndows 8, which is utter, utter garbage, but I decided I'd move it to a different blog, and just say Happy Thanksgiving here.

If you are getting a new computer it will come with Windows 8 - but there are lots of sites on the web that explain its problems and how to circumvent them.

Basically what I've told my mom is to just always go to the Desktop (the bottom left hand box on the "startup screen" is the desktop. It is sooooo much easier to work from that - indeed I dont' know how you can work from any place else!

Give the SoS a chance!

Rush was really raking Hilary Clinton over the coals today - basically because of what the media says about her...presumably, although I haven't seen any media claims of what Rush is saying!

RUSH: Since Hillary Clinton has arrived on the scene and called for everybody to calm down, Hamas has executed -- this is after Hillary shows up and asks for calm -- Hamas has executed alleged Israeli spies and kicked and spat on their bodies.  They dragged one of them through the streets of Gaza behind a motorcycle, and then they celebrated.  Then Hamas blew up a bus full of Israeli civilians in Tel Aviv, and they celebrated that, too.  Maybe that's how Hamas calms down.  Who is Hamas?  What is Hamas?  Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.  It is the Muslim Brotherhood.  I don't get it.  Hillary said she talked to Morsi.  Well, what happened?  I don't understand, why don't Obama and Hillary just tell Hamas if they don't behave they're gonna tell Morsi and get 'em in trouble?

Well, of course Morsi knows.  Morsi's probably behind all this.  Mohammed Morsi in Egypt, Hamas an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, if Obama and Hillary don't have any pull with this guy... the only thing we haven't given this guy that he wants is the blind sheik.  We have given Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood untold billions of dollars.  We put the filmmaker behind the video that caused all the problems, put him in jail for a year.  You would think we would have some pull with the guy.  But I guess we won't 'til we give him the blind sheik.
By the way, it's becoming a broken record.  I purposely watched CNN's coverage for just 20 minutes this morning, and I've seen it my whole life.  The latest outbreak of violence in the Middle East, the Israelis minding their own business, not doing anything, and all of a sudden rockets start landing.  The next thing that happens is the media gets over there as fast as they can and shows Hamas suffering.  The Hamas people, they have mastered the art of creating the photo-op of grievance and suffering, and of course the media is a sucker for that every time.

Jessie Jackson Jr. Resigns

He couldn't do it before the election, oh, no. So now his district has to go through a special election - well, it's one way to get the guy out of office.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-politics-jacksonbre8ak18d-20121121,0,1844097.story

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Representative Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been treated for bipolar disorder and is reportedly under investigation for possible misuse of campaign funds, resigned his seat on Wednesday, citing health reasons.

"My health issues and treatment regimen have become incompatible with service in the House of Representatives. Therefore, it is with great regret that I hereby resign ... effective today, in order to focus on restoring my health," the Chicago Democrat said in a letter to U.S. House Speaker John Boehner.

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Jackson, the 47-year-old son of civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Reverend Jesse Jackson, also admitted to "my share of mistakes," in his two-page letter to Boehner, an Ohio Republican.

"I am aware of the ongoing federal investigation into my activities and I am doing my best to address the situation responsibly, cooperate with the investigators and accept responsibility for my mistakes, for they are my mistakes and mine alone," Jackson wrote.

Jackson has been in Congress since 1995 and easily won re-election in a heavily Democratic district earlier this month despite his ailment and the ethics questions hanging over him.

His resignation was not expected to result in any changes in the political balance of power of the U.S. House, which is controlled by Republicans. Voters in Jackson's district will now have to hold a special election to fill the vacancy.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn said he would propose a date for the election within five days.

"We know that Congressman Jackson is confronting health challenges, and our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family during this difficult time," Quinn said.

Jackson was treated for at least six weeks this summer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for bipolar disorder, a psychological condition marked by extreme mood swings, and has been on medical leave since June.

He has also been the subject of a House ethics committee probe over an alleged bribe offered by a Jackson supporter in 2008 to then Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

The bribe was said to be intended to entice Blagojevich to appoint Jackson to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama. Jackson has admitted to lobbying for the seat, but denied knowing about any money offered to Blagojevich, who has since been convicted on corruption charges and imprisoned.

INVESTIGATION

According to news reports citing unnamed sources, Jackson is also being investigated by the FBI over possible misuse of campaign money. The FBI has not confirmed the reports.

In his letter to Boehner on Wednesday, Jackson acknowledged a probe was underway and said he hoped it would not overshadow his years of public service.

"None of us is immune from our share of shortcomings or human frailties and I pray I will be remembered for what I did right," Jackson wrote.

Emails and calls seeking comment on his resignation made to Jackson's Washington, D.C., and Chicago offices, as well as to the office of Jackson's father, were not immediately returned.

Ironically, Jackson was sent to Congress in 1995 after winning a special election triggered by the resignation of Representative Mel Reynolds, a Democrat convicted of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography.

Jackson, during his 17-year career in the House, was a reliable liberal vote, supporting increases in the minimum wage, the expansion of environmental regulations and gay rights and, in 2008, the bailout of the country's teetering financial system. He was also an early advocate of a strict timeline to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.

Reacting to Jackson's resignation, most fellow Democrats sidestepped his ethics problems and focused on his years of service in Congress.

Representative Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, said Jackson had "presented a fresh perspective on how we work together" during his years on Capitol Hill.

Representative Bobby Rush, a former Black Panther who said he remembered Jackson when he was a "child crawling on the floor" of his parents' house, urged patience.

"He hasn't been charged, indicted or convicted of any breach of the law," Rush told reporters at an afternoon press conference in Chicago.

"Give the man a chance to go through his process."

21 Nov 2012, Wed, Rush Limbaugh headlines

--The Real Story of Thanksgiving
--Mrs. Clinton Brings Peace to Middle East!
--Peace Update: What Hillary Gets
--Prediction: Over the Fiscal Cliff
--The Romneying of Marco Rubio
--A Dire Thanksgiving in Obamaville
--Ex-Lib: Stop Calling Obama Santa!
--Countering the Clinton Surplus Lie
--Caller Finds Reason for Optimism
Stack of Stuff
--Chris Matthews: Rush Always Wins
--Penn State Should've Tried the PBS Elmo Strategy
--Jesse Jackson Jr. Must Have Gotten His Pension

Reminder its Wednesday

I volunteer at the Library tonight. Tomorrow is Thursday - no Scrabble but it is Thanksgiving!

21 Nov 2012, Wed, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

Schedule for 21 Oct 2012 not uploaded as of 10:19 am mountain time.

21 Nov 2012, Wed, Pres and VP Schedules

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule

12:45 am
The President arrives Joint Base Andrews
Press Information

1:00 am
The President arrives the White House
South Lawn
Open Press

2:00 pm
The President pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey
The Rose Garden
Open Press

4:20 pm
The First Family participates in a service event
DC area, Washington
Press Information

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/vice-president No public schedule

Perfect Solution if your cell phone bill is too high

I have a simple solution... very easy. stop talking on it so much!

NBC Laments High Cell Phone Bills

RUSH: NBC News: "Newest Family Budget Killer? It's the $300 Cell Phone Bill -- 'It's the biggest bill in the house, outside of the mortgage payment.' T.J. Pinales of Austin, Texas, holds his nose and writes a check to Verizon Wireless every month for about $325, astonished that telephone service now occupies the No. 2 slot in the family budget. But NBC News heard that lament again recently as readers responded to a story about a wireless trade industry report claiming average cell phone bills are going down."

And, of course, people say, "No, they're not, they're going up." In fact, some cell phone bills are averaging close to $400 a month, which for a lot of people is making the cell phone a luxury. But I remember the people that have Obama phones. They have the free phones and they have up to 120 minutes free. And they know exactly how to get an Obama phone. And it doesn't take much. Now, I don't know the quality of the phones. I don't know what kind of add-on service that you get.

But it's clear, ladies and gentlemen, there's too big a dichotomy here. This is just not fair. Some people paying $300, $400 a month for cell phone service and some people aren't paying anything. What's the solution? Nobody should pay anything. The government, just like it should take over Hostess and save the Twinkies and save the unions. Take over the cell phone bill payment process just like they're taking over student loans. Wouldn't you rather have the government paying for your cell phone bill? You wouldn't? This is a responder to NBC's poll: "As far as I'm concerned, it seems like a huge rip-off, but what do you do?" The family never eats out. "There's a lot of stuff we don’t do because we have the bills we have."

Do you believe this? Cell phone bills are keeping people from buying food or eating out at restaurants. Cell phone bills. Do you even care what yours is, Snerdley? Do you even look at your cell phone bill? You do? Are you in the 300, $400-a-month average payment range? You are? H.R. can't believe you pay that much.

I'm going to assume that these people with $400 a month cell phone bills access the internet with it, play games with it, send text messages and so on, and that the $400 is actually for a family of four or something.

People need to stop whining about this and just stop spending so much.

I pay $80 a year for my cell phone. It's a Tracphone, and I get double minutes. I talk to people when I need to, not because I can't stand to have a minute of the day go by when I'm not chattering to someone on the phone while I'm trying to back out of a parking space in a grocery store, and vice versa.

Well, I suppose I should make a confession. I just bought a new Tracphone, a Samsung-something-or-other that cost me $40. The $80 per year for minutes won't change, especially since I get free triple minutes with this phone.

I didn't need this new phone, my old one works find and I loved it. It's a flip top and looks like a Star Trek Communicator. (Beam me up, Scotty!_ But the one thing it wouldn't do that I wanted it to do was let me upload my own ringtones, and I really want to have "This is the voice of the Mysterons. We know that you can hear us, Earthmen" as my ringtone!

How Many Duplicated Departments Does Our Government Have???

A couple of days ago I posted the fact that every single government Department has an Office of Civil Rights - to make sure that the folks in that particular department aren't discriminated against.

It would be one thing if each department had a single person who made $40,000 a year, but they must have dozens of people employed. The department that spends the least on this is $9 mil, other departments spend $100 mil a year.

For what? For what?

Our culture today does not allow people to be discriminated against. If someone feels discriminated against, they file a law suit. That's how they do it in the private sphere - why does there have to be whole departments for this in the government arena????

Well...seems like the Office of Civil Rights isn't the only duplicated office.

The Department of States has a global warming arm...so does the CIA!!!!!!!!!

CIA Cuts Back on Global Warming Outreach Program
RUSH: The CIA, you might be interested in knowing the CIA has decided, because they gotta cut some budgets somewhere, that they are going to vastly cut back on their climate change, slash, global warming outreach program. The CIA. Did you know the CIA had a global warming climate change outreach program? I knew that NASA was reaching to Muslims. You know, I thought that sounded familiar. Snerdley says we did the story. I thought it sounded familiar when I saw it today.

The Human Body Is Beautiful - In your Own Home!

I really don't understand nudists...I mean...where do you put your money and your chell phone?

And while people shouldn't be ashamed of their bodies, let us not forget that 80% of Americans are overweight.

If you don't have the body of a Greek God or Goddess, you really should keep your nudity to yourself in your own home.

Nudists Rally at SF City Hall to Oppose Weiner Proposal

RUSH: Try this headline. It is from a paper called the San Francisco Appeal: "Nudists Rally At City Hall To Oppose Wiener Proposal." I'm sorry, folks, I know it's bathroom humor, but gee whiz. I saw this and I couldn't pass it up. Here are the details on the story. "Nudists Rally At City Hall To Oppose Wiener Proposal -- A group of nudists today filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to stop the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from passing an ordinance next week that would ban nudity in the city. The supervisors are set to vote Tuesday on a proposal by Supervisor Scott Wiener that would prohibit the display of genitals or buttocks in city plazas or parklets. The ban would also apply to sidewalks, streets and public transit.

"Gypsy Taub, one of the organizers of the rally who took off her clothes at a board committee hearing on the issue last week, said the legislation would 'take away our freedom to be ourselves in our own city.'" So you see, this is a small little microcosm, maybe not the best example, but in our discussion of freedom, this is exactly the kind of thing I mean. I don't mean to say Scott Wiener is one of us, but as far as these nudists are concerned, Scott Wiener may as well be me. And what is freedom to them? They want to take off their clothes wherever they want. At some point in San Francisco this will pass because these people get what they want in that city. I mean, addadictomies are now paid for by the people. It's gonna happen.

20 Nov 2012, Tues, Rush Limbaugh Headlines

--Woman Who Moved Heaven and Earth to Defeat Allen West and Mia Love Says GOP Got "Whiter and More Male"
--Ted Koppel: Rush Limbaugh is the Reason Congress Can't Get Anything Done
--Taxes, Debt and the Fiscal Cliff
--Caller: Tax the Stuff Obama Voters Want
--Advice to GOP: Try Conservatism
--Angry Left Plans Strikes and Disruptions, Despite Baracka Claus Election Victory
--Capitalism Can't Work for Everyone
Stack of Stuff
--Clapper Made Fall Guy for Benghazi
--Nudists Rally at SF City Hall to Oppose Weiner Proposal
--CIA Cuts Back on Global Warming Outreach Program
--Marion Barry Rips White Liberals on Turkey Giveaway
--NBC Laments High Cell Phone Bills
--Mayor Emanuel Wants Drivers Licenses for Illegals

20 Nov 2012, Tues, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Cairo.

10:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING MEETING)

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

12:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

3:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium for official meetings.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS

10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with the Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Alia Hatoug-Bouran, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with the Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Carlos Urrutia, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats holds a conference call with Leslie Craig, Head of the Syria Team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats hosts a meeting with Dr. A. Gary Shilling, President of A. Gary Shilling & Co., Inc., Economic Consultants, and Publisher of Insight, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine chairs the steering committee meeting for the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel to Nepal and Bangladesh from November 13 through 20. In Bangladesh, Under Secretary Otero addresses Rohingya refugee issues, as well as labor issues. She also meets with government representatives, as well as NGOs and UN agencies, and participates in a widely-broadcast TV show targeting Bangladeshi youth. In Nepal Under Secretary Otero meets with government officials on water issues, including glacial melt, among other issues.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

Ambassador Marshall accompanies President Obama on foreign travel to Thailand, Burma and Cambodia.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS RICK BARTON

Assistant Secretary Barton is on foreign travel to Turkey and the United Kingdom through November 20.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer meets with Managing Director for Global & Multilateral Issues at the European External Action Service Mara Marinaki, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers opening remarks at the U.S.-EU Threat Finance Dialogue, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON

Assistant Secretary Gordon is on foreign travel to Georgia, Germany, Austria, and Belgium through November 21.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER

10:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer delivers opening remarks to students in the Public Affairs Officers’ Tradecraft Course, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

11:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Ambassador of Argentina to the U.S. Jorge Arguello, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in the Pathways to Prosperity International Business Fellows Matching Program Launch, at the Chilean ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a reception in honor of Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Carlos Urrutia, hosted by and held at the Council of the Americas.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with the Managing Director for Global and Multilateral Issues at the European External Action Service of the European Union Mara Marinaki to discuss environmental issues, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Dutch Human Rights Ambassador Lionel Veer, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Shadi Taha, Vice President of Ghad al Thawra Party, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

11:30 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin meets with Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Affairs Tsvetan Tsvetanov, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

12:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with American University President Neil Kerwin and Nabeela Khattak of the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs and Professionals (OPEN) to discuss the vision for the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council, at American University in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Carmen Aponte, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON

Special Representative Kris Balderston is on international travel in Vienna, Austria through November 20 where he participating in the Global South-South Development Expo 2012.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Lyon, France to attend in the 5^th International Expert Meeting on Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes against Humanity.
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

20 Nov 2012, Tues, Pres and VP Schedule

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule

1:15 am
The President attends an East Asian Summit Plenary Session
Local Event Time:
1:15 PM ICT
Cambodia, Peace Palace, Phnom Penh
Press Information

3:00 am
The President attends an East Asian Summit Retreat Session
Local Event Time:
3:00 PM ICT
Cambodia, Peace Palace, Phnom Penh
Closed Press

4:50 am
The President meets and greets with United States Embassy personnel
Local Event Time:
4:50 PM ICT
Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Raffles Hotel
Closed Press

5:35 am
The President departs Phnom Penh, Cambodia en route Washington, DC
Local Event Time:
5:35 PM ICT
Phnom Penh International Airport
Open Press

The Vice President has no public schedule.

Every Government Entity Has a Civil Rights Office That Costs Millions!

How Ridiculous is This?

I've been doing some research into the activities of the Department of State, and discovered that they have an Office of Civil Rights.

This seemed kind of stupid for me. Doesn't the Government have an actual Office of Civil Rights that scopes out what every other government and civilian department does regarding Civil Rights?

Why, no. There are over 50 Government entities, and every single damn one of them has an Office of Civil Rights, to ensure that no one in the department is discriminated against and that every department has a 50/50 mixture of majority/minorities.

Of course, each one of these Office of Civil Rights doesn't cost $300 Mil a year!  Some of them only cost $9 mil.

It's just ridiculous. Establish one overarcing Office of Civil Rights - not that I think it's necessary in 2012, but apparently the Civil Rights legislation of the 1960s says there has to be one and God forbid the laws of 1960 be changed in 2012 when we have a black President... (and women in his cabinet who are not paid as much as the men doing the same job... hmmmm)

Anyway, here's the article from The Daily Caller that got me started on this rant:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/04/29/federal-civil-rights-offices-criticized-for-amount-of-spending-redundancy/#ixzz2CjXbGBzB

As leaders look for more ways to cut government expenditures and reduce the budget, some have pointed out the duplicative nature of a number of the government’s overlapping bureaucracies. The prodigious amount of federal offices devoted to diversity and civil rights is one example.
Based on The Daily Caller’s analysis, there are at least 55 offices, departments and commissions devoted to civil rights and diversity throughout the federal government. And their budgets don’t amount to petty cash.
In FY 2010, the last complete budget year, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights cost taxpayers $46.7 million; the Department of Agriculture’s Office of Civil Rights cost $24 million; the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division cost $145.4 million; Department of Transportation’s Office of Civil Rights cost $9.66 million; the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights cost $102 Million; the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cost $367 million and so on. Those numbers, however, are just the tip of the iceberg.

In addition to the aforementioned six offices, TheDC contacted each of the other offices devoted to civil rights and diversity to ascertain their total budgets for FY 2010. During that fiscal year, the Department of Commerce spent $4.1 million, the Department of Defense’s spent $8.9 million, the Department of Homeland Security spent $22.1 million, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s spent $72 million, the Department of Labor spent $7 million, the Commission on Civil Rights spent $9.4 million, the Department of Veterans Affairs spent $2.27 million, the Defense Security Service spent $45,000, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States spent $137,000 on their respective diversity or civil rights offices. The vast majority of other offices either did not respond to TheDC or said that the funding was contained within larger administrative costs.
While these offices work for equity, fairness and justice, some see the high expenditures as just a lot of waste. Former attorney for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, J. Christian Adams, pointed out that pursuing the goals of these offices could easily be done for much less.
“If you worked inside the Civil Rights Division you’d know the same work could be accomplished for half the cost,” Adams told TheDC. “The idle time among employees staggers the imagination.”
Others point out that enforcing civil rights remains an essential good and that the existence of these offices are mandated by law. According to Charles Abernathy, Georgetown professor of civil rights and comparative, each agency receives grants, as required by Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, in order to enforce laws preventing discrimination.
“Since 1964 Congress has added many other civil rights laws that add other non-discrimination commands (such as the prohibition on discrimination against disabled persons), and these are also enforced through such civil rights sections or divisions, as well as some other specialized offices and programs,” Abernathy wrote in an email.
Nevertheless, the high cost of seemingly overlapping bureaucracies has many frustrated.
“I think having these offices in all these executive agencies is an enormous waste of taxpayer funds,” Hans Von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow and manager of the Civil Justice Reform Initiative at The Heritage Foundation, told TheDC. “Worse, instead of working to stop discriminatory treatment by the federal government, almost all of these civil rights offices spend their time implementing discriminatory rules and quotas on hiring and contracting.

Ward Connerly, founder and president of the American Civil Rights Institute, said that forcing diversity is an antiquated idea and not something the government should spend precious funds on.
“Although these ‘diversity’ offices are often viewed in the context of ‘civil rights,’ their fiscal impact is considerable,” Connerly told TheDC. “As the nation becomes naturally more ‘diverse,’ as evidenced by the 2010 Census, the federal government need not expend precious dollars manufacturing ‘diversity,’ which is an amorphous concept in and of itself, and often engaging in discrimination in the process. Clearly, virtually all of these offices of ‘affirmative action,’ diversity, ‘inclusion’ or civil rights have become superfluous and a relic from America’s past. They owe their survival to political correctness, timidity on the part of Congressional oversight committees to confront any issue of race, and blatant appeals to racial politics on the part of many elected officials.”
Joe Hicks, vice president of Community Advocates Inc., said that while enforcing civil rights law is important and admirable, having superfluous offices is foolish, especially at a time when the government is looking for ways to cut back.
“These agencies, all based on the premise that racism or work-place race/gender discrimination remains a massive problem, are completely and utterly useless,” Hicks told TheDC. “Obviously, there is a compelling national interest in making sure civil rights laws observed, but this is something that hardly requires overlapping layers of governmental bureaucracy to achieve.”
Abernathy points out that there is definitely a fine line between enforcement and funding, but that in the end, he is a supporter of these mechanisms.
“I would be a supporter of Title VI, though….there is a price to be paid for accomplishing Congress’ civil rights goals,” he said. “The costs these days are probably mostly on the compliance and enforcement side (–most of the early effort was in writing the original regulations, with some later interpretive guidelines added). My guess is that whether this money is wisely spent is probably in the eyes of the beholder, and the truth is somewhere between the extremes, as usual.”

For those keeping score, all these offices are currently considered an adequate use of taxpayer money, regardless of redundancy:
-Department of Agriculture’s Office of Civil Rights
-Department of Commerce’s Civil Rights Office
-Department of Defense’s Diversity Management Equal Opportunity Office
-Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights
-Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights
-Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
-Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
-The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
-Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division
-Department of Labor’s Civil Rights program
-U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
-Department of Transportation’s Office of Civil Rights
-Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Diversity and Inclusion
-Department of Energy’s Office of Civil Rights and Office of Diversity
-Department of the Treasury’s Office of Civil Rights and Diversity
-Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Civil Rights
-NASA’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity
-Department of the Interior’s Office of Civil Rights
-Department of State’s Office of Civil Rights
-Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Workplace Diversity
-Transportation Security Administration’s Office of Civil Rights and Liberties
-Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Office of Equal Rights
-General Services Administration’s Office of Civil Rights
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Diversity Management and Equal Employment Opportunity
-U.S. Army’s Office of Diversity and Leadership
-U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Diversity
-National Institutes of Standards and Technology’s Civil Rights and Diversity Office
-Office of Personnel Management’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion
-Patent and Trademark Office’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity
-United States Secret Service’s Office of Equal Opportunity
-Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Office of Civil Rights
-Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights
-Food and Drug Administration’s Office of EEO and Diversity Management
-National Institutes of Health’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management
- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Office of Small Business and Civil Rights
- Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Equal Employment and Minority Affairs
- Office of Thrift Supervision’s Office of Equality and Workplace Principles
-Defense Commissary Agency’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office
- Defense Finance and Accounting Service’s Office of Equal Opportunity Programs
- Defense Information Systems Agency’s EEO and Cultural Diversity Office
- Defense Intelligence Agency’s Equal Opportunity Office
- National Science Foundation’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- Space and Missile Defense Command’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion
- U.S. Federal Maritime Commission’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
- National Archives Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Programs
- National Endowment for the Arts’ Civil Rights Office
- Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement’s Equal Employment and Opportunity Division
-Defense Security Service’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
-Export-Import Bank of the United States’ Equal Opportunity and Diversity Programs
-Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program
-Securities and Exchange Commission’s Equal Opportunity Office
-Peace Corps’ American Diversity Program
-Social Security Administration’s Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity