Press Briefing

Jul 13, 2010

The determinants of cross-border bank flows to emerging markets: new empirical evidence on the spread of financial crises, by Sabine Herrmann and Dubravko Mihaljek. BIS Working Papers No 315
http://www.bis.org/publ/work315.htm

Funding liquidity risk: definition and measurement. By Mathias Drehmann and Kleopatra Nikolaou. BIS Working Papers No 316
http://www.bis.org/publ/work316.htm

Working Hand in Hand: The Kabul Conference and Afghanistan’s International Partners
http://blogs.state.gov/ap/index.php/site/entry/kabul_conference_afghanistans_international_partners

Chemical Fears Exacerbate Whooping Cough Epidemic
http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.1626/news_detail.asp

The White House Blog - Introducing the New and Improved LetsMove.gov
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/12/introducing-new-and-improved-letsmovegov

Beyond the Obama Nuke Policy - How Congress and opinion leaders can counter administration weakness on North Korea and Iran
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704288204575362821477769674.html

PTSD Claims: Making the Process Easier for Our Veterans
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/12/ptsd-claims-making-process-easier-our-veterans

Al Qaeda in Africa - Sunday's Uganda attacks underscore a new global threat
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704288204575363071312256954.html

White House: If It's Working, Keep it Going!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/12/if-its-working-keep-it-going

The New-Old Drilling Ban - Salazar to Gulf workers: Move to Egypt
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704288204575363471285220604.html

Pacific Partnership En Route to Indonesia
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/pp2010_en_route_indonesia

Kagan and ObamaCare - The Senate should press her to recuse herself from the state lawsuit
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704288204575363112109060620.html

State Dept on Bombings in Uganda
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/bombings_uganda

FDR, Obama and 'Confidence' - Demonizing business deepened the Great Depression. The White House can learn from Roosevelt's mistakes.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703636404575353431153327248.html

The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth - Runaway government spending, not declining tax revenues, is the reason the U.S. faces dramatic budget shortfalls for years to come
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704738404575347302831199046.html

Karl Rove - In 2007, then-Sen. Obama helped derail an immigration bill he claimed to support. He's no more serious about a bipartisan bill today.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704288204575363050008644766.html

Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies: Final Report
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12842

Oil Spill Response is “Stuck on Stupid”
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/12/morning-bell-oil-spill-response-is-stuck-on-stupid

Press Briefing

Jul 12, 2010

Palestians' peaceful protests: Waiting for Gandhi
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/opinion/11kristof.html

Too Good To Check - How journalists create myths and legends, not least about themselves
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704535004575349633765738968.html

Ask First Lady Michelle Obama Questions about her Let’s Move! Initiative
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/09/ask-first-lady-michelle-obama-questions-about-her-let-s-move-initiative

The World Isn't Waiting on Free Trade - Our exporters are losing ground. The president should act on the trade agreements with Colombia and others.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575354781455797618.html

The White House Blog: President Obama on Government and Economic Recovery in Nevada
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/09/president-obama-government-and-economic-recovery-nevada

Lessons From the Swedish Welfare State - New research shows bigger government means slower growth. Our country is a prime example.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704535004575348641192320912.html

Blame the Torpedo - The U.N. condemns an act of aggression but not the aggressor
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703580104575361030264013868.html

Weekly Address: President Obama Announces Changes to Help Veterans with PTSD Receive the Benefits They Need
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/weekly-address-president-obama-announces-changes-help-veterans-with-ptsd-receive-be

Who Pays for ObamaCare? - What Donald Berwick and Joe the Plumber both understand
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704075604575356930951157948.html

XV Anniversary of Srebrenica Genocide, by State Sec Clinton
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/07/144424.htm

The Climategate Whitewash Continues - Global warming alarmists claim vindication after last year's data manipulation scandal. Don't believe the 'independent' reviews.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704075604575356611173414140.html

UN Security Council Statement on the Cheonan Attack, by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/07/144407.htm

Obama's Entitlement Opportunity - The president's deficit commission isn't likely to agree on tax increases, but don't be surprised if it recommends Social Security reform
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703636404575352882492610768.html

“We Must Not, Will Not Lose Sight of Darfur”
http://blogs.state.gov/sudan/index.php/site/entry/darfur_peace

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: “All Americans have a stake in financial reforms.”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/07/treasury-secretary-geithner-wall-street-reform-all-americans-have-a-stake-reforms

Roseanne Barr: if Fiorina wins, 'everybody' will be 'homeless and jobless here, and sick and desperate.' 'You wanted a big socialist state telling you that military spending is more important than jobs or food or water.'
http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2010/07/lebron-couldnt-have-made-it-in.php

Roseanne Barr: 'SARAH PALIN IS THE WHORE OF BABYLON AS PROPHECIED BY JOHN IN THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS'
http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2010/06/live-today-kcaaradiocom.php

Roseanne Barr: 'Organs are harvested in war, by big farma.'
http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2010/06/live-today-kcaaradiocom.php

Roseanne Barr: 'all republicans' cherish 'the freedom to have sex with small children [...] (just kidding, sort of).'
http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/articles/2010/20100711154820.aspx

Cross-Strait Relations in a New Era of Negotiation, by David B. Shear, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Remarks APFD at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event
http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2010/07/144363.htm

HUD suggested language that reads: "Funded by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama President." Commerce said it wants the signage displayed "throughout the construction phase" and "in a prominent location on site."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703636404575353631485205558.html

Press Briefing

Jul 09, 2010

America's Growing Innovation Gap - We've fallen behind according to studies and my experience as a CEO. Here's how to reclaim our edge.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575354863772223910.html

Persistent Unemployment - It erodes the skills of the labor force and reduces future productivity
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575354792743173672.html

The White House Blog: From Sand to Solar
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/08/sand-solar

Our Pro-Business President - The White House says he's misunderstood
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575355413601768820.html

Beyond Madrasas: Assessing the Links Between Education and Militancy in Pakistan
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/06_pakistan_education_winthrop.aspx

An Obama Home Run - He picks a fighting general for Centcom, Marine General James Mattis
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575355482667915228.html

The White House Blog: More Seniors to Receive One-Time Donut Hole Rebate Checks
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/08/more-seniors-receive-one-time-donut-hole-rebate-checks

Five Democrats on the Senate Energy Committee last week delivered a rebuke to the White House, voting with Reps to have Congress set up an "independent" commission to investigate the BP disaster, bypassing the President's appointees
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704293604575342974052176594.html

Youth Transitions to Employment and Marriage in Iran: Evidence from the School to Work Transition Survey
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/06_iran_youth_salehi_isfahani.aspx

The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy - Union 'card-check,' cap and trade, and so much more
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704293604575343262629361470.html

The White House Blog: Going Green in Denver
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/08/going-green-denver

Why This Isn't Like 1938—At Least Not Yet - Stock prices show we've dodged another depression, but toxic, antibusiness

rhetoric and policy errors like the Dodd-Frank bill are hurting the still-fragile recovery
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575354932805057578.html

The White House Blog: Smith Electric Just One Example of Innovation in Kansas City
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/08/smith-electric-just-one-example-innovation-kansas-city

New START is a Non-Starter
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/07/Experts-New-START-Is-a-Non-Starter

White House's Peter Orszag: SAVE More
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/08/save-more

Fact Checking the Fact Checker: A Response to Senator Kerry
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/07/fact-checking-the-fact-checker-a-response-to-senator-kerry

Introducing Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas Fellow Daniel M. Kammen
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/energy_climate_fellow_daniel_kammen

Federal Government Overpaid $47 Billion a Year
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/08/morning-bell-federal-government-overpaid-47-billion-a-year

Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony Establishing the U.S.-Angola Strategic Partnership Dialogue
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/07/144373.htm

Why Limits On Banker Bonuses Are Meaningless
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/07/07/why-limits-on-banker-bonuses-are-meaningless/

US Scientists Discover Powerful Antibodies for HIV
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703609004575355072271264394.html

Words you cannot say at Naval War College
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/07/06/youtube

Press Briefing

Jul 08, 2010

The White House Blog: Progress on the National Export Initiative & Job Creation
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/07/progress-national-export-initiative-job-creation

The New Start Treaty: Time for a Careful Look - The Senate shouldn't rubber stamp an arms control strategy rooted in a vision of 'nuclear zero' without opening up the negotiating record
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704293604575343360850107760.html

The White House Blog - Solar and Smart Grid: Powering a Clean Energy Future
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/07/solar-and-smart-grid-powering-a-clean-energy-future

The Right Way to Raise Wages - The president's drive to strengthen unions will increase unemployment
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703881504575344993924756892.html

The White House Blog: How Affordable Care Act Helps Veterans
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/07/how-affordable-care-act-helps-veterans

The Superfund Bait and Switch - Reviving another tax on business
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704629804575325022212103684.html

U.S. Embassy Santiago: Ambassador Simons Launches Eco-Friendly Project at Fourth of July Celebration
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/embassy_santiago_july_fourth

The Arabs on Iran - The U.A.E. ambassador tells the truth
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703636404575353230693833718.html

Patient Assistance Programs - Since the launch of the Partnership for Prescription Assistance program in April 2005, over 6 million patients have been matched with programs that provide free or nearly free medicines
http://innovation.org/index.cfm/ToolsandResources/Patient_Assistance_Programs

Unemployment Benefits Aren't Stimulus - Let's not reduce the incentive to find work. A federal tax holiday is a better way to cut the high jobless rate.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704862404575351301788376276.html

Conference on sub-Saharan Africa : Women's Inclusion and Participation. By Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2010/144053.htm

Conservatives on Federal President's Dr. Donald Berwick: "The Rationer-in-Chief"
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/07/morning-bell-the-rationer-in-chief

Secretary Clinton Holds Town Hall With Georgian Women Leaders
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/travel_diary_clinton_georgian_women_leaders

Swede Bites Dog: Moderate Party-linked students offer to load and unload Israeli cargo
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704862404575350534066015218.html

IMF: World growth is projected at about 4½ percent in 2010 and 4¼ percent in 2011. Relative to the April 2010 World Economic Outlook (WEO), this represents an upward revision of about ½ percentage point in 2010, reflecting stronger activity during the first half of the year.
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/update/02/index.htm

WTO issues panel report on Airbus dispute
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news10_e/316r_e.htm

Dissent in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards
http://frontpagemag.com/2010/07/07/dissent-in-the-iranian-revolutionary-guards

Press Briefing

Jul 07, 2010

The White House Blog: Moving Forward to Protect Seniors' Care
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/06/moving-forward-protect-seniors-care

Iran and Hezbollah's Spiritual Leader - In Lebanon, a struggle over the legacy of the late Ayatollah Fadlallah
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704862404575350951440367406.html

President Obama's Meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu: Gaza, Iran, Nuclear Weapons & Peace
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/06/president-obamas-meeting-with-prime-minister-netanyahu-gaza-iran-nuclear-weapons-pea

Keynes vs. Hayek: The Great Debate Continues - Newly discovered letters from two great economists shed light on today's discussion of economic 'stimulus'
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704738404575347300609199056.html

Chronicle of currency collapses: re-examining the effects on output. By Matthieu Bussière, Sweta C Saxena and Camilo Tovar, BIS Working Papers No 314
http://www.bis.org/publ/work314.htm

Conservatives: When Bibi Met Barack (Take Four) - At least Israel's Prime Minister is no longer a White House pariah
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704862404575351153983787416.html

Security Companies Cash in on Anti-Piracy Operations
http://www.idga.org/article.cfm?externalid=2048

Suing Arizona - How not to forge an immigration reform consensus
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704026204575266530340495538.html

Persistent Forecasting of Disruptive Technologies--Report 2
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12834

A Case Study in Teacher Bailouts - Milwaukee shows that unions will keep resisting concessions if Washington rides to the rescue
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704535004575348980568232888.html

Diplomacy Briefing Series: Conference on sub-Saharan Africa, by Judith A. McHale, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
http://www.state.gov/r/remarks/144051.htm

The Massachusetts Health-Care 'Train Wreck' - The future of ObamaCare is unfolding here: runaway spending, price controls, even limits on care and medical licensing
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704324304575306861120760580.html

The Future of the Board of Directors
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/2010/07/06/the-future-of-the-board-of-directors/

Behold, the Subprime Shmoe - Joseph Cassano is getting his reputation back thanks to Phil Angelides
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704862404575350750189985926.html

Small study reveals same-sex parenting good for kids
http://progressive.org/mpmonifa070610.html

Conservatives: Remember the Gulf
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/06/morning-bell-remember-the-gulf

Press Briefing

Jul 06, 2010

Secy. Kathleen Sebelius To Take Your Questions on Health Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHjO9bCMP9o

Obama the Great? How scholars rank federal presidents
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704293604575342960139505760.html

Secretary Clinton Meets With Georgian President Saakashvili
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/travel_diary_clinton_saakashvili

The Myth of the Back-to-the-City Migration - The condo bust should lay to rest the notion that the American love affair with suburbia is over
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704103904575337100515285886.html

Federal Vicepresident: Wrapping Up My Visit to Iraq
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/05/wrapping-my-visit-iraq

The Connecticut-New York Border War - Politicians discover that hedge funds pay a lot of taxes
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703571704575340930936736518.html

A Trillion Unintended Consequences - Dodd-Frank's last minute assault on Main Street derivatives
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703571704575341164173889670.html

"Civil Society: Supporting Democracy in the 21st Century," at the Community of Democracies. By State Sec Clinton, Slowacki Theater, Krakow, Poland
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/07/143952.htm

The Government Pay Bonus - Private employees toil 13½ months to earn what federal workers do in 12
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303828304575180421298413374.html

U.S.-Poland Bilateral Missile Defense Signing and Joint Press Availability With Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski. By State Sec Clinton. City Hall, Krakow, Poland
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/07/143948.htm

Europe Remakes a Pact - The best discipline for the EU is still market discipline
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575339181347099198.html

Press Briefing

Jul 05, 2010

First Lady: Supporting Our Military Families
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/04/supporting-our-military-families

More on "This Time Is Different": a quantitative reconstruction of hundreds of historical episodes in which perfectly smart people made perfectly disastrous decisions
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/business/economy/04econ.html

Remarks At the Closing of the Strategic Partnership Commission. By State Sec Clinton. Kyiv, Ukraine
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/07/143934.htm

Democrats said during the Kagan hearings that the Roberts court has shown a pro-corporate bias
http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/230724/you-cant-count-it/matthew-j-franck

Obama's national security officials, on the night watch
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/02/AR2010070202983.html

Expanding Crime and Punishment in Tibet
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/barnett2/English

As American power wanes in the Middle East, regional powers seek to fill the void
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703571704575341074070168744.html

Maximizing the Value and Impact of East African Broadband for Higher Education. By Judith A. McHale, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Keynote Speech at the East Africa ICT and Higher Education Symposium 2010
http://www.state.gov/r/remarks/143907.htm

Independence Day in Siberia - From a former Soviet Army truck driver, I learned the blessings of being an American
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703571704575341442497326842.html

Promoting Practices that Reflect our Ideals: A Sharper Focus for International Migration Policy. By Eric P. Schwartz, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. Seventh Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, Georgetown University Law and Conference Center
http://www.state.gov/g/prm/rls/rmks/2010/143900.htm

Australian Tax Retreat - Kevin Rudd's 'super-profits' levy follows him out the door
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704898504575342183121009598.html

Fast growing birds can eat Liberty-Link Corn
http://academicsreview.org/reviewed-content/genetic-roulette/section-1/1-17-liberty-link-gm-maize-is-safe/

IMF Forum Considers Principles of Managing Public Debt in the Context of Market Turbulence
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr10275.htm

Private Jobs Strike - Another disappointing employment report
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704293604575343190840956602.html

Press Briefing

Jul 02, 2010

Promoting Practices that Reflect our Ideals: A Sharper Focus for International Migration Policy. By Eric P. Schwartz, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. Seventh Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, Georgetown University Law and Conference Center
http://www.state.gov/g/prm/rls/rmks/2010/143900.htm

U.S. National Voluntary Presentation, by Melanne Verveer. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2010/143882.htm

Oil dispersant does not pose environmental threat, early EPA findings suggest
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063004358.html

Do not use the Army to fight the Naxalites
http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/AlwaysintheLineofFire_220610

Afghanistan and the 'Resource Curse' - With its newly discovered mineral wealth, it could end up like Nigeria. Or like Mexico
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338461852379140.html

U.S. Counterterrorism Policy, by Robert F. Godec, Principal Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism. Global Young Leaders Conference, Washington, DC
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rm/2010/143809.htm

High Speed Rail in America: Hope We Can Believe in
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-matthews/high-speed-rail-in-americ_b_630081.html

Reconfirming John Roberts - Why Democrats are targeting the Chief Justice
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703571704575340721773147414.html

Iran Sanctions: Where We Go From Here - A coordinated strategy by the U.S. and the European Union will determine success or failure
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338443415494022.html

The Obama Tax Trap - How some Republicans are preparing to walk right into it
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338991852947182.html

The Polarization of Job Opportunities in the U.S. Labor Market - Implications for Employment and Earnings
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/04/job_polarization_report.html

Why Is the Gulf Cleanup So Slow? - There are obvious actions to speed things up, but the government oddly resists taking them
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575339650877298556.html

Terrorist Use of the Internet, by Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism. Joint U.S. Embassy and Philippine Welcome. 2nd Tri-Border Conference, Manila, Philippines
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rm/2010/143876.htm

"A nation of laws and a nation of immigrants"
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/elizabethchan/gGGGPc

Maureen Dowd Critiques: 'Thin-Skinned' Federal President Doesn't Like Media Portrayal
http://www.mrc.org/timeswatch/articles/2010/20100701100634.aspx

Standing Up to the Unholy Alliance Between Washington and Wall Street
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-russ-feingold/standing-up-to-the-unholy_b_630834.html

The Three Biggest Myths About Tax Cuts and the Budget Deficit
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/06/The-Three-Biggest-Myths-About-Tax-Cuts-and-the-Budget-Deficit

IMF Staff: The Fundamental Determinants of Credit Default Risk for European Large Complex Financial Institutions
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=23997.0

The Limitless Power of the Obama-Kagan Congress
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/01/morning-bell-the-limitless-power-of-the-obama-kagan-congress/

Press Briefing

Jul 01, 2010

10th Anniversary of Ukraine Women's Fund, by Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. Kyiv, Ukraine
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2010/143794.htm

Remarks at Enough Project Panel on Conflict Minerals, by Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs. Remarks as Prepared for Delivery. Washington, DC
http://www.state.gov/e/rls/rmk/2010/143784.htm

The Global Jobs Competition Heats Up - In a new study, corporate leaders say the U.S. business environment is losing its edge when compared countries like China, India and Brazil
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338553459934636.html

India’s strategic advantage over China in Africa
http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/IndiasstrategicadvantageoverChinainAfrica_cxavier_300610

Hastings College of the Law, Christian Legal Society case - The Supreme Court's 'Subsidies': The Justices erode freedom of association
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704103904575336863778626670.html

Statement from the President on the Passage of Financial Reform
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-passage-financial-reform

Kagan's Commerce Show-and-Tell - Hints about her views on ObamaCare
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575339091601340672.html

Indo Pak Rapprochement: Unexplored Option of Military to Military Engagement
http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/IndiaPakistanRapprochementUnexploredOptionofMilitarytoMilitaryEngagement_250610

Libertarians: RomneyCare Unleashed Adverse Selection, As Will ObamaCare
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/06/30/romneycare-unleashed-adverse-selection-as-will-obamacare/

U.S.-Saudi Arabia Fact Sheet
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/06/143770.htm

Teacher Tenure Breakout - The new D.C. contract could be a national reform model
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575335220892954324.html

Libertarians On Immigrants and Crime: Perception vs. Reality
http://www.cato.org/pubs/irb/irb_june2010.pdf

G-20 leaders don't agree with the president that more spending will revive the economy. Nor do most Americans.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338832391393128.html

Research on global financial stability: the use of BIS international financial statistics
http://www.bis.org/publ/cgfs40.htm

New Industry Study: Kerry-Lieberman to Destroy Up to 5.1 Million Jobs, Cost Families $1,042 per Year, Wealthiest Americans to Benefit
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2010/06/30/new-study-kerry-lieberman-to-destroy-up-to-5-1-million-jobs-cost-families-1042-per-year-wealthiest-americans-to-benefit

Vice President Biden's Visit With General Petraeus
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/photo-release-vice-president-bidens-visit-with-general-petraeus

The Dodd-Frank Financial Fiasco - The bill all but guarantees bailouts as far as the eye can see, while failing to address real problems like Fan and Fred and our outdated bankruptcy code
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338732174405398.html

CBO: The Long-Term Budget Outlook
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11579

Obama’s Oil Spill To-Do List
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/30/morning-bell-obamas-oil-spill-to-do-list

Espionage History and the 'Russian 10' - The arrest of 'sleeper agents' on U.S. soil is the stuff of spy novels, not the Cold War
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704103904575336891106184782.html

Gun Shy - Four Supreme Court justices make the case against constitutional rights
http://reason.com/archives/2010/06/30/gun-shy

The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns
http://www.newsweek-interactive.com/2010/06/22/the-rise-and-fall-of-bear-stearns.html

Clinton-Obama: The back story
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=5CED0946-18FE-70B2-A8AE39B9414B15C5

Press Briefing

Jan 30, 2010

India, Buddhism and Geopolitics in Central Asia: Regaining Centrality
http://www.idsa.in/policybrief/IndiaBuddhismandGeopoliticsinCentralAsia_pstobdan_250610

The Road to Kabul Runs Through Islamabad - Pakistani leaders are desperate to broker a deal with Karzai and the Haqqani network. Petraeus understands why.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704103904575336551084011556.html

The Boris and Natasha Show - Stealing American secrets is standard Putin procedure
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704103904575336894211289122.html

The Bucyrus Travesty - A tale of two loan guarantees
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575334912606052680.html

Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on the President's National Space Policy Via Teleconference
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/06/143752.htm

Why Obamanomics Has Failed - Uncertainty about future taxes and regulations is enemy No. 1 of economic growth
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704629804575325233508651458.html

‘Not since FDR has a president done so much to transform a country’http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/joshpeck/gGGGd7

Right now, the U.S. path leads from debt to deflation to stagflation. There's got to be a better way.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704103904575336812620632500.html

The White House - Elena Kagan's Strong Support of the Military
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/29/elena-kagans-strong-support-military

The Bailout Tax - The latest reason to oppose Dodd-Frank
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704103904575336900576460806.html

National Space Policy
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entries/national_space_policy/

Price Transparency in Health Care: Will it Bend the Cost Curve?
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/28/price-transparency-in-health-care-will-it-bend-the-cost-curve/

Kagan’s clerkship with Thurgood Marshall a huge asset
http://progressive.org/mpgilmore062910.html

The Dodd-Frank Assault on Economic Recovery
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/29/morning-bell-the-dodd-frank-assault-on-economic-recovery

Press Briefing

Jun 29, 2010

WH: Elena Kagan's Opening Testimonyhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/28/elena-kagans-opening-testimony

Sarbox Survives - A modest victory for Presidential power
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575335120132757264.html

The Supreme Court's Gun Showdown - Privileges or Immunities Clause
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575335060436777670.html

The White House Blog - President Obama on the Loss of Senator Robert Byrd: "A Voice of Principle and Reason"
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/28/president-obama-loss-senator-robert-byrd-a-voice-principle-and-reason

King of Pork—and Proud of It - Robert Byrd made the most of his time in the Senate
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575335074107246354.html

The President's Plan to Increase Spectrum - Technology & the Economy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/28/presidents-plan-increase-spectrum-technology-economy

Panetta's Bomb - Now the CIA tells us Iran is going nuclear, and sanctions won't work
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575335242943136462.html

Cutting Waste by Reforming IThttp://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/28/cutting-waste-reforming-it

Afghanistan: Eyes Wide Shut - Federal President's ambivalence toward the war is energizing our enemies and undermining our allies
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575335103325554236.html

The White House Blog - Improved Access to Preventive Care for Seniors
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/28/improved-access-preventive-care-seniors

Five Gun Salute - The High Court's four liberals are holding out to overturn Heller
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575334721392301704.html

IMF Analsyt Study: Currency Hedging for International Portfolios. By Jochen M. Schmittmann
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=23994.0
Summary: This paper examines the benefits from hedging the currency exposure of international investments in single- and multi-country equity and bond portfolios from the perspectives of German, Japanese, British and American investors. Over the period 1975 to 2009, hedging of currency risk substantially reduced the volatility of foreign investments at a quarterly  investment horizon. Contrary to previous studies, the paper finds that at longer investment horizons of up to five years the case for hedging for risk reduction purposes remained strong.In addition to its impact on risk, hedging affected returns in economically meaningful magnitudes in some cases.

The End of Community Banking - Creditworthy borrowers will be denied loans as small banks devote more and more energy to regulatory compliance
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575334611037072320.html

White House Open For Questions: Energy and Climate Legislation with Heather Zichal
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/28/open-questions-energy-and-climate-legislation-with-heather-zichal

Stopping the Slick, Saving the Environment: A Framework for Response, Recovery, and Resiliency
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/06/Stopping-the-Slick-Saving-the-Environment-A-Framework-for-Response-Recovery-and-Resiliency

U.S., Pakistan Hold Strategic Dialogue on Health Issues
http://blogs.state.gov/ap/index.php/site/entry/pakistan_health

Will Elena Kagan Defend the Rule of Law?
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/28/morning-bell-will-elena-kagan-defend-the-rule-of-law/

Press Briefing

Jun 28, 2010

EPA Bans Human "Guinea Pig" Studies
http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.1574/news_detail.asp

Krugman: The Third Depression
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/opinion/28krugman.html

Canada: Land of the Free - At the G-20 summit in Toronto this weekend it will lead the charge against new bank taxes and for spending restraint. Who says our neighbor is boring?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704911704575327140759374532.html

The German Experiment - The government sets a premium price on solar and other alternative power sources. The policy offers lessons in ways to encourage the use of renewable energy.
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/25577/

Generation Gap - The Kerry-Lieberman energy bill would enervate America
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704629804575325263787161900.html

Why Friedrich Hayek Is Making a Comeback - With the failure of Keynesian stimulus, the late Austrian economist's ideas on state power and crony capitalism are getting a new hearing
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704911704575326500718166146.html

WaPo on Kagan: A Supreme conversation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/27/AR2010062703251.html

Kagan's Commerce Clause - Can Congress compel Americans to do anything?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294664227510730.html

The White House Blog - A Cause for Hope
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/25/a-cause-hope

On S Korea Trade Agreement: Smart trade
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/27/AR2010062703255.html

Korean Trade Epiphany - Federal President discovers the benefits of an agreement he has disdained for three years
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704212804575333310935427760.html

Forbes on Hillary Clinton As Accidental Supply-Sider - She's right about Brazil's growth. She's wrong about its tax rates
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703615104575329252152750186.html

Petraeus and Obama's Uncertain Trumpet - There is a mismatch between the general's Afghan mission and the president's summons to his countrymen
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703615104575328691752054592.html

The White House Blog: Keeping Up with the G8 and G20
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/26/keeping-with-g8-and-g20

Triumph of the Regulators - The Dodd-Frank financial reform bill doubles down on the same system that failed
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703615104575328993006115992.html

Weekly Address: Finishing the Job on Wall Street Reform
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/26/weekly-address-finishing-job-wall-street-reform

The Kevin Rudd Lesson - Australia's prime minister fell because he threatened the nation's economic prosperity
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704911704575326023964421524.html

In 2009, U.S. Led the Rest of the World in Increases of Oil and Natural Gas Production; China Recorded the Greatest Increase in Energy Consumption and Emissions
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2010/06/25/in-2009-u-s-led-the-rest-of-the-world-in-increases-of-oil-and-natural-gas-production-china-recorded-the-greatest-increase-in-energy-consumption-and-emissions/