Press Briefing

Oct 08, 2010

The Employment Situation in September
http://goo.gl/fb/RwtVK

Tibetans Find Freedom in Exile - Since the Dalai Lama's expulsion in 1959, India has become home to at least 120,000
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703843804575534372072487894.html

New Patterns of Investment in the Global Economy: Implications for U.S. Leadership
http://www.state.gov/e/rls/rmk/2010/149187.htm

The U.S. Will Lose a China Trade War - Washington can't afford a weak-dollar policy. The only thing standing between the U.S. and a Greek-style sovereign debt crisis is the dollar's status as the global currency.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703843804575534423508502744.html

Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/10/149190.htm

Missed Trade Opportunity - The European Union capitalizes on U.S. protectionism -- South Korea Free Trade Agreement
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536972846474404.html

Community of Democracies Informal Ministerial Meeting
http://www.state.gov/g/149154.htm

The 'Limited Inflationists' - Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his QE Street Band
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575535791390597042.html

Remarks at the Trygve Lie Symposium on Business and Human Rights
http://www.state.gov/g/149150.htm

Murdoch: Unless we measure success by how children perform, we'll have higher standards for pop stars than public schools
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704696304575538080168519658.html

How to Contain Radical Islam: Lessons from South Asia
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/search-for-publications/browse-alphabetic-list-of-titles/?class_call=view&pub_ID=3565&mode=view

How a Bagram Detainee Foiled the Euro Terror Plot - The plan was disrupted because we were lucky enough to have the key witness in detention. It's a shame we didn't try to extract similar intelligence from Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536502486233766.html

Using Functional Populations to Create More Realistic Simulations
http://www.idga.org/article.cfm?externalid=3294

Revolt of the Accountants - Washington is turning America into Paperwork Nation
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704696304575538502008810226.html

Remarks for Launch of Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health
http://www.state.gov/g/149152.htm

Obama's Energy-Policy Goals Versus China's
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2010/10/07/obama%e2%80%99s-energy-policy-goals-versus-china%e2%80%99s/

China's Ambitions in the South China Sea
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/apb071.pdf

Side Effects: Obamacare Compels More Employers to Dump Coverage
http://fixhealthcarepolicy.com/in-the-news/side-effects-obamacare-compels-more-employers-to-dump-coverage

The Protectionist Instinct - Political support for free trade is a remarkable achievement of civic education—one threatened by our weak economy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704631504575531720311339894.html

Will Growing Government Debt Undermine the American Dream? The Implications of Mounting Federal Debt and Spending for the Debt-Paying Generation
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/09/Will-Growing-Government-Debt-Undermine-the-American-Dream