Mukasay, fiscal general.- Bush sigue deshojando la margarita en la búsqueda y captura de un fiscal general. Otro nombre a sumar en la lista de candidatos es Michael B. Mukasey, exjuez federal en el estado de Nueva York El nombramiento puede conocerse hoy
Ahmadinejad y Chavez en Nueva York.- La próxima Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas –la proxima semana- enciende los ánimos de algunos estadounidenses con el anuncio de algunas visitas oficiales. Mitt Romney, candidato republicano a la presidencia, pide en carta dirigida al secretario general vetar la presencia del líder iraní.
Lista de los malos paises “antidroga” - El Gobierno de EE.UU hará publicos en forma de lista a los países que cree que no hacen lo suficiente para combatir el narcotráfico y anunciará si les suspende la ayuda económica.
Los Emmys que no vimos.- La gala de los “oscar televisivos” tuvo censuras propias de la FOX. Las palabras de Sally Filed sobre Irak fueron ignoradas Otro premiado sorprendente y que hace doblete fue Al Gore como padrino de una televisión interactiva.
Jodie Foster, arrasa en taquilla.- Las películas del fin de semana en Estados Unidos tienen siempre su ranking particular. Jodie Foster se ha llevado la palma de la recaudación estos últimos días, muy seguida de la primera vaquerada y "remake" que hace Holywood después de años.
LUNES 17
11:30 a.m. The Heritage Foundation hosts “Cuba in the Crossroads” with U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez; and Heritage Foundation President Edwin Feulner
Location: Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Lehrman Auditorium, Washington, D.C.. 11:30 a.m. (September 17, 2007) Contact: 202-675-1752, lectures.seminars@heritage.org (RSVP required)
12:30 p.m. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab speaks to the American Association of Chambers of Commerce in Latin America. Location: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
Contact: 202-395-3230
MARTES 18
8 a.m. -9:30 a.m. The Council on Foreign Relations hosts The Nexus of Science, Technology, and Foreign Policy Series: “Can Coal Be Clean? The Promise of Climate Change Technology.
Location: The Washington Club, 15 Dupont Circle
Contact: 202-518-3419 to RSVP
10 a.m. Senate Finance Committee full committee hearing on “Breaking the Methamphetamine Supply Chain: Meeting Challenges at the Border.” Witnesses include Thomas Siebel, chairman of the Meth Project, Palo Alto, Calif.; Peter Wolfgram, president and CEO of Bungalow Drug Inc., Belgrade, Mont.; Joseph Rannazzisi, deputy assistant administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Christy McCampbell of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; and Matthew Allen, deputy assistant director of the Office of Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Contact: 202-224-4515
6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. – “An Evening with the Presidential Press Secretaries.” Tony Snow, press secretary for President George W. Bush, Joseph Lockhart (President Clinton), Marlin Fitzwater (presidents George H.W. Bush and Reagan), and Joseph “Jody” Powell (President Carter) talk about what it’s like to perform the ultimate political balancing act – speaking for the president of the United States while serving the public and the media by explaining what’s going on in the White House.
Location: U.S. Department of Interior, 1849 C Street, NW (Main Entrance)
Contact: 202-633-3030 (general public must purchase a ticket for this event)
MIERCOLES 19
1 p.m. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom holds a hearing at on "Sectarian Violence in Iraq and the Refugee Crisis." Participants include Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.); Ellen Sauerbrey, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration; Judy Cheng-Hopkins, United Nations high commissioner for refugees', and assistant high commissioner for operations; Judith Yaphe, specialist in Middle Eastern political analysis at the National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies; Kenneth Katzman, specialist in Middle East affairs at the Congressional Research Service; and Dana Graber, Iraq specialist at the International Organization for Migration.
Location: 485 Russell Senate Office Building
Contact: Judith Ingram, 202-523-3240 ext. 127, RSVP to 202-523-3240 ext. 114 or communications@uscirf.gov
2 p.m. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) holds a media day to highlight NASA's upcoming Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) mission
Location: NASA Goddard Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, Md. Contact: Rob Gutro, 301-286-4044; or Lynn Cominsky, 707-664-2655, RSVP to Robert Naeye at 301-286-4453 or rnaeye@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov with your name for security badges and should meet at the Goddard Visitor's Center.
JUEVES 20
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment holds a hearing at 2 p.m. on “U.S. Assistance in East Asia and the Pacific: An Overview.” Glyn Davies, deputy assistant secretary of State in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, responsible for relations with Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands; and Lisa Chiles, deputy assistant administrator of the Bureau for Asia and the Near East at the U.S. Agency for International Development, testify.
Location: 2172 Rayburn
Contact: Lynne Weil or Melissa Silverman, 202-225-5021
VIERNES 21
9 a.m. The Center for Study of Islam and Democracy holds a discussion on "The Role of the Media in West-Islam Relations" with Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
Location: Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW
Contact: 202-687-4328 RSVP to Brian Glenn at bpg7@georgetown.edu
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