Press Briefing

Aug 11, 2010

Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145860.htm

Washington Post economics columnist Robert Samuelson on avoiding the economic fate of Western Europe
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421721525088464.html

Pakistan's Project of Renewal - The floods are only the latest challenge to hit my country, says President Zardari
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419632502446788.html

The High Costs of Very Low Interest Rates - Money that should be invested to create jobs is instead funding government debt, while worried consumers sit on the sidelines
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405592876165452.html

The Case For Birthright Citizenship - Since the abolition of slavery, we have never denied citizenship to any group of children born in the U.S. Why change now?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421222258065684.html

Urging Iran to Respect the Fundamental Freedoms of its Citizens, by State Sec Hillary Clinton
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/08/145857.htm

Recusal Refusal - NLRB appointee Craig Becker's evolving definition of ethics
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421702003156386.html

Discussion on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145855.htm

Quantitative Easing 2 - The Fed revs up the helicopter
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421670983872464.html

Implementation of Iran Sanctions, by Robert J Einhorn, Special Advisor Nonproliferation and Arms Control
http://www.state.gov/t/isn/rls/rm/145348.htm

End of the Net Neut Fetish - What the Google-Verizon deal really means for the wireless future
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421434187090098.html

New START Bilateral Consultative Commission (BCC)
http://www.state.gov/t/vci/rls/145830.htm

Stimulus Pushers - The latest bailout for public unions and spendthrift states
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704164904575421613093659730.html