I picked up Monday's issue of Cheyenne Tribune Eagle, the newspaper of Cheyenne. It is a skinny paper....not a great deal happens in Cheyenne. So the front page is full of news of George Zimmerman and how he got off doubtless because he's white (Hispanic) and not because he shot the 17 year old Martin in self-defense.
So apparently the Federal Justice Department is going to take matters into Holder's own hands and try him again, double jeopardy be damned.
Now having said that I admit I haven't paid much attention to the case. I was surprised to learn that there were only 6 jurors - what happened to 12? And they were all women. What I didn't see was the racial makeup of the jury - were they all white (or white Hispanic?)
In any event, you know Martin's family is going to sue the guy for wrongful death, and our Justice Department will help them do it...
Meantime, over the 4th of July, there were 74 people shot in Chicago, and 12 of these died. All African American. 200 dead total since the beginning of the year. What's Eric Holder and his Justice Department doing about that?
Monday, July 15, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Why does Holder still have a job
Rush talked about this yesterday.
RUSH: I have here in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers a story from PJMedia.com that just cleared this morning. It's by Bryan Preston. Here's the headline, and the headline pretty much says it, but we'll delve into it. "Newly Released Documents Detail the Department of Justice's Role in Organizing Trayvon Martin Protests."
Let me reread that with just a slight difference. "Newly Released Documents Detail Eric Holder's Role in Organizing Trayvon Martin Protests -- Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents proving that [Eric Holder] the Department of Justice played a major behind-the-scenes role in organizing protests against George Zimmerman. Zimmerman is on trial for second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin," who, if he were Obama's son, would look like Obama.
"Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the DOJ on April 24, 2012. According to the documents JW received, a little-known DOJ unit called the Community Relations Service deployed to Sanford, FL, to organize and manage rallies against Zimmerman." Now, folks, this is the United States government. This is not some fleabag, left-wing community agitator.
Well, actually it is now. That's what this means. The United States government has been converted by Obama and Holder into a community organizing agitator bunch. The Department of Justice, I mean, they're supposed to be totally blind there. They're not supposed to have any bias whatsoever.
This is a fundamental disintegration, and it's just one of many that are happening to this country under this administration. Judicial Watch was given the documents by the DOJ that prove the DOJ was in Florida organizing anti-Zimmerman rallies. You know the only reason this trial's taking place? The only reason this trial's taking place is because the race hustler industry flew down there the minute this case happened when Zimmerman wasn't charged.
Now, the original law enforcement bunch that first was exposed to the evidence in this case didn't charge Zimmerman. There was nothing to see here. And then Al Sharpton and the race hustlers got in business and flew down there, and Eric Holder flew down there and thanked Reverend Al, as he called him, for his community outreach and service, and this regime saw an opportunity to turn something into a profoundly racial case for the express purpose of ripping the country apart. I don't know how else to describe it.
Here are some of the things that Judicial Watch is reporting that they found.
In 2012, March 25 through 27, the Community Relations Service, that is, again, a little-known unit of the DOJ. "CRS spent $674.14 upon being 'deployed to Sanford, FL to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.'"
This is an official DOJ document. This is not something Judicial Watch wrote. The Community Relations Service spent $674 after being deployed on the ground in Sanford, Florida, to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies.
March 25 through 28, the Community Relations Service "spent $1,142.84 'in Sanford, FL to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.'"
March 30 through April 1, 2012, Community Relations Service "spent $892.55 in Sanford, FL 'to provide support for protest deployment in Florida.'"
March 30 through April 1, 2012, Community Relations Service "spent an additional $751.60 in Sanford, FL 'to provide technical assistance to the City of Sanford, event organizers, and law enforcement agencies for the march and rally on March 31.'" Forget the dollar amounts here. This is just expenses. The DOJ deployed people to gin up rallies, to financially support them, to promote them, demonstrations, rallies, protests, the DOJ. This was not even a federal case.
April 3rd through the 12th, Community Relations Service "spent $1,307.40 in Sanford, FL 'to provide technical assistance, conciliation, and onsite mediation during demonstrations planned in Sanford.'" These people went down there and they organized the protest. And then they gave support to the people that showed up to protest and rally. But the DOJ lit the fuse. The DOJ went down there and made sure that there were protests, is what this means. The DOJ went down there and stirred the pot. The Obama administration sent Eric Holder down there to stir up the people of Sanford, Florida, and to get 'em all worked up and to get 'em protesting and rallying.
April 11th and 12th of 2012, the Department of Justice "spent $552.35 in Sanford, FL 'to provide technical assistance for the preparation of possible marches and rallies,' related to this case. And again, this is expenses for employees to travel, eat, and sleep. They went down there to stir this up.
"Judicial Watch says the documents it obtained reveal that CRS is not engaging in its stated mission of conducting 'impartial mediation practices and conflict resolution,' but instead engaged on the side of the anti-Zimmerman protesters." Didn't just engage. It revved 'em up. Didn't just engage. They went down there and started all of this!
"On April 15, 2012, during the height of the protests, the Orlando Sentinel reported, 'They [the CRS] helped set up a meeting between the local NAACP and elected officials that led to the temporary resignation of police Chief Bill Lee according to Turner Clayton, Seminole County chapter president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.' The paper quoted the Rev. Valarie Houston, pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church, a focal point for protestors, as saying 'They were there for us,' after a March 20 meeting with CRS agents." So they also went down and had a police chief fired. This is the chief that wouldn't charge Zimmerman.
So the DOJ went down there, and this according to the Orlando Sentinel, set up a meeting between the NAALCP and local protesters that led to the temporary resignation of the police chief. Look, you know as well as I do, this just throws the Constitution out the window. This is really serious stuff here. It's not just that it's partisan, this administration's DOJ participated -- well, they didn't participate -- well, they did, but they did more than that. They actually orchestrated racial strife. They sponsored it. They organized it, propped it up, paid for it, encouraged it.
"Separately, in response to a Florida Sunshine Law request to the City of Sanford, Judicial Watch also obtained an audio recording of a 'community meeting' held at Second Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Sanford on April 19, 2012. The meeting, which led to the ouster of Sanford’s Police Chief Bill Lee, was scheduled after a group of college students calling themselves the 'Dream Defenders' barricaded the entrance to the police department demanding Lee be fired. According to the Orlando Sentinel, DOJ employees with the CRS had arranged a 40-mile police escort for the students from Daytona Beach to Sanford."
So there was an audio recording of a community meeting at a church on April 19th. The meeting that led to the ouster of the police chief was scheduled after a group of college students calling themselves the Dream Defenders barricaded the entrance to the police department. Those college students were bussed in by the Department of Justice. A 40-mile police escort for protesters to get to the right place, from 40 miles away. Are you shaking your heads out there? Just rogue employees of the DOJ. Nothing to do with Obama. Nothing to do with Eric Holder. Like the rogue employees at the IRS. Nothing to see here? That right?
"'These documents detail the extraordinary intervention by the Justice Department in the pressure campaign leading to the prosecution of George Zimmerman,' said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. 'My guess is that most Americans would rightly object to taxpayers paying government employees to help organize racially-charged demonstrations.'" If they knew about it, yeah. Anyway, that's the latest on this. That's George Zimmerman's trial and the DOJ, Judicial Watch with a Freedom of Information request, DOJ documents proving the DOJ was down there basically fanning the flames of protests, busing protesters in with police escorts. I wonder what we might learn about, what was that group, Occupy whatever they were. Folks, this is simply outrageous. It's unconstitutional. I can't think of a proper descriptive here to express the anger I have.
RUSH: I have here in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers a story from PJMedia.com that just cleared this morning. It's by Bryan Preston. Here's the headline, and the headline pretty much says it, but we'll delve into it. "Newly Released Documents Detail the Department of Justice's Role in Organizing Trayvon Martin Protests."
Let me reread that with just a slight difference. "Newly Released Documents Detail Eric Holder's Role in Organizing Trayvon Martin Protests -- Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents proving that [Eric Holder] the Department of Justice played a major behind-the-scenes role in organizing protests against George Zimmerman. Zimmerman is on trial for second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin," who, if he were Obama's son, would look like Obama.
"Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the DOJ on April 24, 2012. According to the documents JW received, a little-known DOJ unit called the Community Relations Service deployed to Sanford, FL, to organize and manage rallies against Zimmerman." Now, folks, this is the United States government. This is not some fleabag, left-wing community agitator.
Well, actually it is now. That's what this means. The United States government has been converted by Obama and Holder into a community organizing agitator bunch. The Department of Justice, I mean, they're supposed to be totally blind there. They're not supposed to have any bias whatsoever.
This is a fundamental disintegration, and it's just one of many that are happening to this country under this administration. Judicial Watch was given the documents by the DOJ that prove the DOJ was in Florida organizing anti-Zimmerman rallies. You know the only reason this trial's taking place? The only reason this trial's taking place is because the race hustler industry flew down there the minute this case happened when Zimmerman wasn't charged.
Now, the original law enforcement bunch that first was exposed to the evidence in this case didn't charge Zimmerman. There was nothing to see here. And then Al Sharpton and the race hustlers got in business and flew down there, and Eric Holder flew down there and thanked Reverend Al, as he called him, for his community outreach and service, and this regime saw an opportunity to turn something into a profoundly racial case for the express purpose of ripping the country apart. I don't know how else to describe it.
Here are some of the things that Judicial Watch is reporting that they found.
In 2012, March 25 through 27, the Community Relations Service, that is, again, a little-known unit of the DOJ. "CRS spent $674.14 upon being 'deployed to Sanford, FL to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.'"
This is an official DOJ document. This is not something Judicial Watch wrote. The Community Relations Service spent $674 after being deployed on the ground in Sanford, Florida, to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies.
March 25 through 28, the Community Relations Service "spent $1,142.84 'in Sanford, FL to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.'"
March 30 through April 1, 2012, Community Relations Service "spent $892.55 in Sanford, FL 'to provide support for protest deployment in Florida.'"
March 30 through April 1, 2012, Community Relations Service "spent an additional $751.60 in Sanford, FL 'to provide technical assistance to the City of Sanford, event organizers, and law enforcement agencies for the march and rally on March 31.'" Forget the dollar amounts here. This is just expenses. The DOJ deployed people to gin up rallies, to financially support them, to promote them, demonstrations, rallies, protests, the DOJ. This was not even a federal case.
April 3rd through the 12th, Community Relations Service "spent $1,307.40 in Sanford, FL 'to provide technical assistance, conciliation, and onsite mediation during demonstrations planned in Sanford.'" These people went down there and they organized the protest. And then they gave support to the people that showed up to protest and rally. But the DOJ lit the fuse. The DOJ went down there and made sure that there were protests, is what this means. The DOJ went down there and stirred the pot. The Obama administration sent Eric Holder down there to stir up the people of Sanford, Florida, and to get 'em all worked up and to get 'em protesting and rallying.
April 11th and 12th of 2012, the Department of Justice "spent $552.35 in Sanford, FL 'to provide technical assistance for the preparation of possible marches and rallies,' related to this case. And again, this is expenses for employees to travel, eat, and sleep. They went down there to stir this up.
"Judicial Watch says the documents it obtained reveal that CRS is not engaging in its stated mission of conducting 'impartial mediation practices and conflict resolution,' but instead engaged on the side of the anti-Zimmerman protesters." Didn't just engage. It revved 'em up. Didn't just engage. They went down there and started all of this!
"On April 15, 2012, during the height of the protests, the Orlando Sentinel reported, 'They [the CRS] helped set up a meeting between the local NAACP and elected officials that led to the temporary resignation of police Chief Bill Lee according to Turner Clayton, Seminole County chapter president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.' The paper quoted the Rev. Valarie Houston, pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church, a focal point for protestors, as saying 'They were there for us,' after a March 20 meeting with CRS agents." So they also went down and had a police chief fired. This is the chief that wouldn't charge Zimmerman.
So the DOJ went down there, and this according to the Orlando Sentinel, set up a meeting between the NAALCP and local protesters that led to the temporary resignation of the police chief. Look, you know as well as I do, this just throws the Constitution out the window. This is really serious stuff here. It's not just that it's partisan, this administration's DOJ participated -- well, they didn't participate -- well, they did, but they did more than that. They actually orchestrated racial strife. They sponsored it. They organized it, propped it up, paid for it, encouraged it.
"Separately, in response to a Florida Sunshine Law request to the City of Sanford, Judicial Watch also obtained an audio recording of a 'community meeting' held at Second Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Sanford on April 19, 2012. The meeting, which led to the ouster of Sanford’s Police Chief Bill Lee, was scheduled after a group of college students calling themselves the 'Dream Defenders' barricaded the entrance to the police department demanding Lee be fired. According to the Orlando Sentinel, DOJ employees with the CRS had arranged a 40-mile police escort for the students from Daytona Beach to Sanford."
So there was an audio recording of a community meeting at a church on April 19th. The meeting that led to the ouster of the police chief was scheduled after a group of college students calling themselves the Dream Defenders barricaded the entrance to the police department. Those college students were bussed in by the Department of Justice. A 40-mile police escort for protesters to get to the right place, from 40 miles away. Are you shaking your heads out there? Just rogue employees of the DOJ. Nothing to do with Obama. Nothing to do with Eric Holder. Like the rogue employees at the IRS. Nothing to see here? That right?
"'These documents detail the extraordinary intervention by the Justice Department in the pressure campaign leading to the prosecution of George Zimmerman,' said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. 'My guess is that most Americans would rightly object to taxpayers paying government employees to help organize racially-charged demonstrations.'" If they knew about it, yeah. Anyway, that's the latest on this. That's George Zimmerman's trial and the DOJ, Judicial Watch with a Freedom of Information request, DOJ documents proving the DOJ was down there basically fanning the flames of protests, busing protesters in with police escorts. I wonder what we might learn about, what was that group, Occupy whatever they were. Folks, this is simply outrageous. It's unconstitutional. I can't think of a proper descriptive here to express the anger I have.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Will Obese Illegals Get Obamacare?
Rush talked about this yesterday and it was kind of interesting.
Being overweight is a cultural thing, I think. Here in the US, the war on overweight people is ramping up because "we as a culture" have always been hot on dictating to women exactly how they should look.
Many a well-fed German actress came over to the US in the 1920s, for example - Marlene Dietrich being a prime example - and immediately had to drop 20 or 30 pounds to fit into the American male's ideal of what a woman should look like. That's where the flapper look came in.
Today, the overweight are called obese because the government has actually changed the terminology! They changed the food triangle thingy from a healthy eating tool to a "do this to lose weight" tool. You can't watch any children's program these days without seeing the characters take time out to dance or "move." (Would that they'd also take time out to study or read a book ,but that's not a message the government wants to send because that entails sitting on the couch rather than "moving.")
The reason why it's cultural is that if you look at Mexico, or even Hawaii, you'll see that most of the native born folks are obese - it's part of their culture. Why should they starve themselves?
Apparently, 70% of the illegal aliens coming in from Mexico are overweight.
Here's what Rush had to say:
Well, I think now in the case of... I'm just guessing now. I'm just guessing, but I think in the case of immigrant obese people, there will be a lot of sympathy. They come from poor nations. They come from nations where their governments aren't that concerned about nutrition. I don't think that Michelle Obama and the Food Nazis would be nearly as condemning of immigrant obese people as they are of native Americans.They would be more understanding. There'd be more compassion, and there will probably be more federal aid to help them. Whereas "Mikhail" Bloomberg and Moochelle Obama demand of Americans that we eat a certain way, there would be no demands on the illegals. We don't want make 'em mad. There would be efforts to understand them. They would be immediately made victims. We are supposed to feel sorry for them.
But, Dennis, don't worry. They're gonna have 10 years to lose weight. Remember, they're not gonna get Obamacare for 10 years. Ahem. Ahem. That's what the law says. (interruption) What? (interruption) Right. That's what the law says today, that they won't have access to Obamacare for... It's not even 10 years. I think it's like 14 years, or maybe that's to vote. But that's today. Obama could change his mind tomorrow.
Obama can just say, "You know what? I don't like this notion that these people have to wait a decade to be able to vote, so I'm gonna say they can vote tomorrow. In fact, we're gonna start our voter registration tonight at McDonald's and Burger King, and Kentucky Fried, Wendy's, and Taco Bell." Look, if he can just decide to punt the employer mandate, why can't he decide to grant them the right to vote?
We sit here and laugh about this, but that's actually very serious stuff.
I guarantee you, if a Republican president were trying this stuff with Democrat legislation, you wouldn't hear the end of it. There would be all these howls and protests about shredding the Constitution, violating the Constitution, but there isn't any of that with Obama. I mean, not even from very many Republicans. Instead we get these intellectual analyses of what it means constitutionally and what might happen -- do this and do that and so forth. But it's just amazing.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Regular posting resumes!
I must apologize for my constant absence....things keep happening.... however, starting tomorrow I'll be back on track.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Just what *is* freedom of speech?
An interesting - and rather sad - story in the sports world is that 3 Atlanta djs were recently fired because they put on a skit making fun of the ex-football player Steve Gleason, who has Lou Gehrig's disease.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/eye-on-football/22453748/atlanta-radio-station-fires-hosts-for-skit-mocking-steve-gleason
It was an awful thing - yes, I did listen to it. They've got someone playing Gleason with a kind of Stephen Hawking type computer voice, and he says stuff like "Smother me," and "I may not be here next Thursday," etc.
Totally unfunny.
And yet, on the message boards talking about this firing, there are actually people who say they found it hilarious, or funny, or don't see what the big deal is.
A few of them are citing Family Guy (and what a disgusting show that is...for all that Rush has appeared on it!) where the show did something similar with an appearance by Stephen Hawking...
Another trope is that the posters are talking about freedom of speech.
(And it's true I don't think Imus should have been fired for his Rutgers comment, nor Rush for his comments about Susan Flood or whatever her name was... but then, the Rutgers players and Susan Flood aren't suffering from ALS, which is NOT a "life threatening disease" as the posters on this message board keep saying, it is a "Dignity-destroying" disease.
Just think of what people with this disease or condition go through...they can't move. They have to be fed, they have to be washed, they have to be dressed by other people. Quality of life, absolute zero.
And these guys were joking about it. They must have thought it was funny, for all that at least one has apologized for it now.
So, what is Freedom of Speech as guaranteed by the constitution?
Just a bit from Wikipedia:
Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas using one's body and property to anyone who is willing to receive them. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used. In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations, as with libel, slander, obscenity, sedition (including, for example inciting ethnic hatred), copyright violation, revelation of information that is classified or otherwise.
The right to freedom of expression is recognized as a human right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Article 19 of the ICCPR states that "[e]veryone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice". Article 19 goes on to say that the exercise of these rights carries "special duties and responsibilities" and may "therefore be subject to certain restrictions" when necessary "[f]or respect of the rights or reputation of others" or "[f]or the protection of national security or of public order (order public), or of public health or morals".[1][2]
Freedom of speech may be legally curtailed in some religious legal systems and in secular jurisdictions where it is found to cause religious offense, such as the British Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/eye-on-football/22453748/atlanta-radio-station-fires-hosts-for-skit-mocking-steve-gleason
It was an awful thing - yes, I did listen to it. They've got someone playing Gleason with a kind of Stephen Hawking type computer voice, and he says stuff like "Smother me," and "I may not be here next Thursday," etc.
Totally unfunny.
And yet, on the message boards talking about this firing, there are actually people who say they found it hilarious, or funny, or don't see what the big deal is.
A few of them are citing Family Guy (and what a disgusting show that is...for all that Rush has appeared on it!) where the show did something similar with an appearance by Stephen Hawking...
Another trope is that the posters are talking about freedom of speech.
(And it's true I don't think Imus should have been fired for his Rutgers comment, nor Rush for his comments about Susan Flood or whatever her name was... but then, the Rutgers players and Susan Flood aren't suffering from ALS, which is NOT a "life threatening disease" as the posters on this message board keep saying, it is a "Dignity-destroying" disease.
Just think of what people with this disease or condition go through...they can't move. They have to be fed, they have to be washed, they have to be dressed by other people. Quality of life, absolute zero.
And these guys were joking about it. They must have thought it was funny, for all that at least one has apologized for it now.
So, what is Freedom of Speech as guaranteed by the constitution?
Just a bit from Wikipedia:
Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas using one's body and property to anyone who is willing to receive them. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used. In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations, as with libel, slander, obscenity, sedition (including, for example inciting ethnic hatred), copyright violation, revelation of information that is classified or otherwise.
The right to freedom of expression is recognized as a human right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Article 19 of the ICCPR states that "[e]veryone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice". Article 19 goes on to say that the exercise of these rights carries "special duties and responsibilities" and may "therefore be subject to certain restrictions" when necessary "[f]or respect of the rights or reputation of others" or "[f]or the protection of national security or of public order (order public), or of public health or morals".[1][2]
Freedom of speech may be legally curtailed in some religious legal systems and in secular jurisdictions where it is found to cause religious offense, such as the British Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006.
Monday, June 17, 2013
17 June 2013, SoS Kerry and StaffSchedule
SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry has no public events.
DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
10:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau, Ambassador Stephen Young, 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)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman joins President Obama's delegation to the G8 Summit from June 17 through 18 in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland.
ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
11:30 a.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller meets with Dr. Shaul Chorev, Head of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:00 p.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller hosts Acting Minister of Defense of Iraq Saadoun al-Dulaimi and Ambassador of Iraq to the U.S. Lukman Faily for lunch, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller attends the Missile Defense Executive Board meeting at the Pentagon.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
Ambassador Marshall accompanies President Obama on foreign travel.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS FREDERICK BARTON
Assistant Secretary Barton is on foreign travel to Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. Please click here for more information.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman delivers remarks on the Arms Trade Treaty at the American Society of International Law, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
Assistant Secretary Jones is in on foreign travel in Indonesia and Kazakhstan from June 16 through 26. Please click here for more information.
10:00 a.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Jones meets with the Indonesian Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
12:30 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Jones meets with entrepreneurs and experts to discuss prospects for REDD+ in Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
3:00 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Jones meets with the Vice Minister of Health Ali Ghufron Mukti, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with ICRC Head of Operations in North and West Africa Yasmine Praz-Dessimoz, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Carlos Urrutia, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
1:30 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya meets with ICRC Head of Operations for North and West Africa Yasmine Praz-Dessimoz, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
6:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca delivers remarks to students on “Civil and Human Rights in the 21st Century,” at the University of the District of Columbia Law School, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
1:30 p.m. Director McKean meets with UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Director McKean meets with Ambassador of Greece to the U.S. Christos Panagopoulos, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
Secretary Kerry has no public events.
DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
10:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau, Ambassador Stephen Young, 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)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman joins President Obama's delegation to the G8 Summit from June 17 through 18 in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland.
ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
11:30 a.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller meets with Dr. Shaul Chorev, Head of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:00 p.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller hosts Acting Minister of Defense of Iraq Saadoun al-Dulaimi and Ambassador of Iraq to the U.S. Lukman Faily for lunch, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller attends the Missile Defense Executive Board meeting at the Pentagon.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
Ambassador Marshall accompanies President Obama on foreign travel.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS FREDERICK BARTON
Assistant Secretary Barton is on foreign travel to Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. Please click here for more information.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman delivers remarks on the Arms Trade Treaty at the American Society of International Law, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
Assistant Secretary Jones is in on foreign travel in Indonesia and Kazakhstan from June 16 through 26. Please click here for more information.
10:00 a.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Jones meets with the Indonesian Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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12:30 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Jones meets with entrepreneurs and experts to discuss prospects for REDD+ in Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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3:00 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Jones meets with the Vice Minister of Health Ali Ghufron Mukti, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with ICRC Head of Operations in North and West Africa Yasmine Praz-Dessimoz, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Carlos Urrutia, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
1:30 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya meets with ICRC Head of Operations for North and West Africa Yasmine Praz-Dessimoz, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
6:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca delivers remarks to students on “Civil and Human Rights in the 21st Century,” at the University of the District of Columbia Law School, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
1:30 p.m. Director McKean meets with UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Director McKean meets with Ambassador of Greece to the U.S. Christos Panagopoulos, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
17 June 2013, Pres and VP Daily Schedules
3:30 am The President arrives Belfast, Northern Ireland
Local Event Time: 8:40 AM
Aldergrove International Airport, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Travel Pool Coverage
4:30 am The President delivers remarks
Local Event Time: 9:30 AM
Belfast, Belfast Waterfront, Northern Ireland
Open Press
8:20 am
The President Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Local Event Time: 1:20 PM
County Fermanagh
Travel Pool Coverage
9:15 am
The President meets with EU Leaders on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Local Event Time: 2:15 PM
G-8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Pool Spray at the Top 9:30 am
The President delivers a statement to the media
Local Event Time: 2:30 PM
G8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Travel Pool Coverage
11:20 am
The President is greeted by Prime Minister Cameron as a part of the official leader arrivals
Local Event Time: 4:20 PM
G-8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Travel Pool Coverage
11:45 am
The President attends the first plenary session
Local Event Time: 4:45 PM
G-8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Closed Press
1:30 pm
The President holds a bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia
Local Event Time: 6:30 PM
G-8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Pool Spray at the Bottom
3:30 pm
The President attends a leaders-only working dinner
Local Event Time: 8:30 PM
G-8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Closed Press
No public schedule for the VP
Local Event Time: 8:40 AM
Aldergrove International Airport, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Travel Pool Coverage
4:30 am The President delivers remarks
Local Event Time: 9:30 AM
Belfast, Belfast Waterfront, Northern Ireland
Open Press
8:20 am
The President Belfast Waterfront, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Local Event Time: 1:20 PM
County Fermanagh
Travel Pool Coverage
9:15 am
The President meets with EU Leaders on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Local Event Time: 2:15 PM
G-8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Pool Spray at the Top 9:30 am
The President delivers a statement to the media
Local Event Time: 2:30 PM
G8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Travel Pool Coverage
11:20 am
The President is greeted by Prime Minister Cameron as a part of the official leader arrivals
Local Event Time: 4:20 PM
G-8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Travel Pool Coverage
11:45 am
The President attends the first plenary session
Local Event Time: 4:45 PM
G-8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Closed Press
1:30 pm
The President holds a bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia
Local Event Time: 6:30 PM
G-8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Pool Spray at the Bottom
3:30 pm
The President attends a leaders-only working dinner
Local Event Time: 8:30 PM
G-8 Summit Site, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
Closed Press
No public schedule for the VP
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