Press Briefing

Oct 15, 2010

State Dept: Advancing Sustainable Agriculture Through the Committee on World Food Security
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/agriculture_committee_food_security

Poll conducted by the Democratic-leaning firm of Penn, Schoen & Berland: 44% of likely voters in districts "say the Democratic Party is more dominated by its extreme elements," 37% say the same about the GOP http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704361504575552190679905162.html

In The NYT Magazine: Education of a President
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17obama-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Voters on ObamaCare: Informed and Opposed - A new poll shows that opposition to the individual mandate is intense
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703673604575549700366382866.html

The U.S. National Space Policy, International Cooperation and the Pursuit of TCBMs
http://www.state.gov/t/avc/rls/149491.htm

The Education of Barney Frank - The benefits of a competitive election
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704361504575552371822314694.html

THE PATH TO GLOBAL RECOVERY: A CONVERSATION WITH THE TREASURY SECRETARY TIMOTHY GEITHNER
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2010/1006_global_recovery/20100610_geithner.pdf

ObamaCare in Court - A Florida judge allows the major state lawsuit to proceed to trial
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704361504575552490899677152.html

The U.S.-European Relationship: Global Challenges and International Economic Architecture
http://www.state.gov/e/rls/rmk/2010/149421.htm

Liberalism and Public Works - Entitlement politics leaves little money for roads and tunnels
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703440004575548382097688038.html

Re: The Geopolitics of Emotion
http://themoornextdoor.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/re-the-geopolitics-of-emotion/

Stop Bashing Business, Mr. President - If we tried to start The Home Depot today, it's a stone cold certainty that it would never have gotten off the ground
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704361504575552080488297188.html

US Pledges Additional $1 Million to Help Displaced Afghans in Pakistan and Their Host Communities
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/10/149481.htm

Republicans appear poised for major gains in the Midwest, a region dominated by the president in 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703440004575547922554350844.html

Press Briefing

Oct 15, 2010

Organizing for America: See the Progress in Your Community
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/joshcohen/gGMzkf

China’s Auto Boom and Oil Strategy
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2010/10/14/chinas-auto-boom-and-oil-strategy/

Democrats: Moving America Forward
http://progress.democrats.org/

Side Effects: How Government Micromanagement Could Discourage Access to Some Preventive Services
http://fixhealthcarepolicy.com/research/side-effects-how-government-micromanagement-could-discourage-access-to-some-preventive-services

Press Briefing

Oct 14, 2010

Culture Evolves Slowly, Falls Apart Quickly
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/evolution-of-culture/

White House - What Health Reform Means for African Americans
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/10/13/what-health-reform-means-african-americans

The Peace Prize's Subversive Potential - The Soviet Union faced pressure after Andrei Sakharov won the Nobel in 1975. Now it's China's turn.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703440004575548443161394272.html

Sec Clinton: Townterview with Students, Women Leaders, and Members of Civil Society
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/10/149411.htm

Education Reform Setback - Washington, D.C. shows its maverick schools chancellor the door
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703673604575550113203121580.html

Under Secretary Maria Otero Highlights New Partnership on Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Education for Schools in Developing Countries
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/10/149413.htm

The Election Gong Show - Federal President fails to speak up against antitrade, anti-China campaigning.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703440004575548082194712758.html

White House - What You Missed: Tuesday Talk with Elizabeth Warren
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/10/13/what-you-missed-tuesday-talk-with-elizabeth-warren

How to Reform ObamaCare Starting Now - States should steer the mandated health-insurance exchanges in a pro-market direction and dare Washington to stop them
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704116004575521770685906984.html

Press Roundtable at U.S. Embassy in Cairo
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/rm/2010/149382.htm

The president says secret foreign money might steal the election. He's not even fooling the New York Times
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703673604575550180126192598.html

Transatlantic Missile Defense: Looking to the NATO Lisbon Summit
http://www.state.gov/t/avc/rls/149360.htm

Susan Dunn has written an engaging story of bare - knuck led political treachery that pits a president at the peak of his popularity against entrenched congressional leaders who didn't like where he was taking the country and their party. FDR tried to use the power of the White House, and his personality, to run his opponents out of the Democratic Party. He failed miserably.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704631504575532371905049074.html