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PBS' Judy Woodruff moderates a panel with Michael Hirsch (Newsweek), Glenn Kessler (Washington Post), Cliff May (Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Scripps Howard News Service), and David Wright (ABC News). The panel, held during the Center for U.S. Global Engagement's 2008 Washington Conference, "Election '08: The Global Impact," considers the media's perspectives on "America, the World, and Election '08".

Author: IranNegah Added: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:36:39 -0800 Duration: 155The US plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by George Bush. However, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the US has yet to make an official request for establishing an interest section in Tehran. The top Iranian diplomat stressed that if the US makes an official request to establish an interest section in Iran, their request would be reviewed.

The UK s Europe Minister, Mr Jim Murphy, today helps launches a new public diplomacy document, outlining policy and guidelines for Britain in the international environment. BSN will have a full report.

Last night, the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign honored Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at its annual Tribute Dinner. Secretary Rice, Members of Congress, senior Administration officials, and over 700 business and NGO members of the USGLC recognized Secretary Gates for his leadership in support of the U.S. International Affairs Budget. In his speech, Secretary Gates emphasized, "Broadly speaking, when it comes to America's engagement with the rest of the world, it is important that the military is - and is clearly seen to be - in a supporting role to civilian agencies."

The U.S. Global Leadership Campaign honored Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at its annual Tribute Dinner on July 15, 2008. Secretary Rice, Members of Congress, senior Administration officials, and over 700 business and NGO members of the USGLC recognized Secretary Gates for his leadership in support of the U.S. International Affairs Budget. In his speech, Secretary Gates emphasized, "Broadly speaking, when it comes to America's engagement with the rest of the world, it is important that the military is - and is clearly seen to be - in a supporting role to civilian agencies."

The senator calls for sanctions and diplomacy before taking military action.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue calls for a global presidency while admitting he tells international political leaders to ignore what s being said on the U.S. presidential campaign trail. Plus, should the next president teach the world to fish?

Author: seeprogress Added: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:47:01 -0800 Duration: 316http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/analyzing_mccain.html McCain has been advocating a neoconservative agenda since before 9/11, and hes still advocating that agenda todaythats why when McCain jokes about bomb bomb ...

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/analyzing_mccain.html McCain has been advocating a neoconservative agenda since before 9/11, and he s still advocating that agenda today that s why when McCain jokes about bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran many of us aren t laughing, said Faiz Shakir, Research Director at CAPAF, who provided McCain 101 on national security. The national security panel included Ken Gude, Associate Director of the International Rights and Responsibility Program at CAPAF; Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow at CAPAF; and Gayle Smith, also a Senior Fellow at CAPAF. The panel was moderated by Rand Beers, president and founder of the National Security Network. Panelists criticized McCain for having a narrow foreign policy that focused on using force to combat terrorism to the exclusion of other strategies and issues. I don t think he s an expert on national security, said Smith, who faulted McCain s focus on terrorism as a one-dimensional approach to national security. By dismissing international organizations and trying to destroy profoundly ideological networks by force, Smith said, McCain would reinforce the with us or against us mindset of the Bush administration and damage America s standing in the international community. McCain is trying to conflate national security with the willingness to use force, she noted. She also argued that McCain has no plan to deal with the 50 weakened or failing states in the world. Katulis emphasized the parallels between McCain and President Bush, and argued, it s a different century, and I think the last 6 or 7 years have demonstrated that we need a new approach John McCain isn t offering that. Katulis said that McCain s use of words like freedom and liberty mask the fact that there s a lot that does not substantively add up in John McCain s record on national security freedom is just another word for not having a national security strategy. McCain s Iraq policy is also confused, said Katulis. He defines an end state but doesn t actually discuss how you get there. Gude applauded McCain for opposing President Bush on the issue of detainee treatment, but questioned McCain s devotion to proper treatment of detainees after McCain criticized a recent Supreme Court decision granting certain rights to Guantanamo Bay inmates as one of the worst decisions in the history of this country. It s very important when you re using [words like] freedom and democracy that your own positions actually live up to that principle, cautioned Gude.

Bush briefs reporters on the upcoming summit and discusses oil and Iran policy.

January 6, 2008 - Meet The Press - Tim Russert Interviews John McCain... Transcript Follows: "MR. RUSSERT: Osama bin Laden. This is what John McCain... SEN. McCAIN: Hm. Mm-hmm. MR. RUSSERT: ...has said about him. Let's listen. (Videotape) SEN. McCAIN: I'll get Osama bin Laden. I'll get him even if I have to follow him to the Gates of Hell. (End videotape) MR. RUSSERT: "I'll get him." SEN. McCAIN: Mm-hmm. MR. RUSSERT: George Bush has tried... SEN. McCAIN: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. MR. RUSSERT: ...for seven years. SEN. McCAIN: Mm-hmm. MR. RUSSERT: What will you do differently than George Bush? SEN. McCAIN: ... I'll improve our human intelligence." END OF TRANSCRIPT John McCain says to the American voters: Elect me and I promise you I will get Osama Bin Laden, the same Osama Bin Laden who George Bush has Failed to "get" in the past 7 years... Vote For John McCain. John McCain will get Osama Bin Laden... And you, the voter? What do you "get"? Peace? (No) Security? (No) Health Care? (No) Employment? (No) Gas? (No) Does terrorism begin and end with Osama? Is OBL the only terrorist in the world? Of course NOT, John McCain. Maybe Jimmy Carter, (a lousy President in McCain's humble opinion) was on to something when he kissed Leonid Brezhnev for signing the SALT II Treaty limiting the strategic missile arsenal. Remember what we got for Carter's kiss? Let me remind you: 1 - No Soviet missiles were launched against America. Not a single casualty, not one dead servicemember. A halt to the arms race. Peace. Respect. Mutual coexistence. Not a single Soviet missile attack. Security. No WAR. Peace. Diplomacy is power, learn how to use it McCain... Or maybe George Bush (yes W) is on to something when he walks with the Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah - HOLDING HANDS! Bush knows it shows friendship and respect in the Middle East while making him Gay, a Homosexual, Queer in his own country... And now the Saudis are pumping more oil... Hmmm. And all Bush did was hold Abdullah's hand to show his friendship and respect for the man and his culture... McCain, will you hold hands with King Abdullah too if you are elected? (Anything for a little oil, right?) John McCain, you must learn to respect the cultures of foreign nations, learn how to be more of a diplomat and less of a Bomb-Bomb-Bomb, war-crazed, power-hungry, blood-thirsty wannabe tyrant, who is still fighting the Vietnam War in his mind! America refuses to give you her sons and daughters to be slaughtered because you don't know how to talk to your enemies! Author: 1962verbodivino Keywords: John McCain McBush McSame George Bush Osama Abdullah Saudi terrorist culture customs diplomacy Added: June 27, 2008

Author: seeprogress Added: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:33:48 -0800 Duration: 165http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security The next president of the United States will face real and serious national security challenges on a multitude of fronts, with al-Qaida at the top of the list. Nearly seven years after 9/11, its media ...

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security The next president of the United States will face real and serious national security challenges on a multitude of fronts, with al-Qaida at the top of the list. Nearly seven years after 9/11, its media outreach programme broadcasts messages on the airwaves and the internet, attempting to radicalise unaffiliated sympathisers into violent action. Regional groups in Iraq, Algeria and elsewhere place themselves under its brand in an effort to magnify their importance and gain funding as terrorist franchises. The threat from al-Qaida is diffuse, but US and foreign intelligence agencies have reached a strikingly unanimous conclusion that the core organisational leadership has re-formed itself. Its location? Pakistan. Al-Qaida has, in the words of the US director for national intelligence's February 2008 Annual Threat Assessment, "retained or regenerated key elements of its capability, including top leadership, operational mid-level lieutenants and de facto safe haven in Pakistan's border area with Afghanistan". Top officials at the CIA, state department and Joint Chiefs of Staff have all echoed this assessment in recent months. And under questioning from the Senate armed services committee at his confirmation hearing for the position of Centcom commander, which carries responsibility for Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as Iraq, General David Petraeus finally added his voice to this warning chorus as well. CAP Senior Fellow Brian Katulis, author of THE PROSPERITY AGENDA, traveled to Pakistan recently and brought back this video report.

In our inaugural episode, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) tells host Frank Sesno that to fight terrorism, the next President needs a plan to restructure the world for the next fifty years. No pressure, though. And if the next President asks, Hagel has a few suggestions for who to pick as Secretary of State - or he's willing to serve himself.

BUSH'S 10 Commandments...Highway to Heaven or One Way Ticket to Death, Destruction & Damnation? You decide... Author: 1962verbodivino Keywords: george Bush 10 Commandments Middle East Diplomacy Barack Obama Added: May 23, 2008

In our inaugural episode, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) tells host Frank Sesno that to fight terrorism, the next President needs a plan to restructure the world for the next fifty years. No pressure, though. And if the next President asks, Hagel has a few suggestions for who to pick as Secretary of State - or he's willing to serve himself.

The president and vice president stop in Austria before traveling to Moscow.

The Center for U.S. Global Engagement and its partners, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and University of Miami s Center for Hemispheric Policy, launched its Impact 08 in Florida initiative on May 20th with a luncheon and foreign policy discussion featuring former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security and US Coast Guard Commandant Admiral James Loy and Robert Mallett, Pfizer Inc s Senior Vice President for Worldwide Public Affairs and Policy and President of the Pfizer Foundation. The discussion was moderated by Miami Herald Executive Editor Anders Gyllenhaal. These speakers joined more than 120 guests, including many Impact 08 in Florida s Advisory Committee members, to encourage the 2008 presidential candidates to incorporate greater investments in global development and diplomacy as critical tools in America s engagement with the world.

In our inaugural episode, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) tells host Frank Sesno that to fight terrorism, the next President needs a plan to restructure the world for the next fifty years. No pressure. And if the next President asks, Hagel has a few suggestions for who to pick as Secretary of State -- or he's willing to serve himself.

Talk to your friends & talk to your foes, Bush was no talker, he carried a big stick, we all know that was no kick...We got hit on the head with a brick, we hit them back with a brick, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, you hit me and I hit you back...How long can this go on? How long before we are all gone? Let the People of the Earth tak, let us negotiate, let us not negotiate out of fear and never let us fear to negotiate, let us LISTEN TO EACH OTHER!! We will surely discover we have common interests, common hopes, common dreams.... City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio April 5, 1968 - Robert F. Kennedy This is a time of shame and sorrow. It is not a day for politics. I have saved this one opportunity, my only event of today, to speak briefly to you about the mindless menace of violence...

The ladies get into a heated debate over U.S. talks with other nations.

Talk to your friends & talk to your foes, Bush was no talker, he carried a big stick, we all know that was no kick...We got hit on the head with a brick, we hit them back with a brick, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, you hit me and I hit you back...How long can this go on? How long before we are all gone? Let the People of the Earth tak, let us negotiate, let us not negotiate out of fear and never let us fear to negotiate, let us LISTEN TO EACH OTHER!! We will surely discover we have common interests, common hopes, common dreams.... City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio April 5, 1968 - Robert F. Kennedy This is a time of shame and sorrow. It is not a day for politics. I have saved this one opportunity, my only event of today, to speak briefly to you about the mindless menace of violence... Author: 1962verbodivino Keywords: mindless menace Robert Kennedy Barack Obama dialogue diplomacy McBush Added: May 19, 2008

Diplomacy & Dialogue are not Appeasement. A Nation that will not talk to its enemies will find itself in a perpetual state of war... Quote: Ghandi - "An Eye For An Eye Will Leave Us All Blind"... Author: 1962verbodivino Keywords: Obama Dialogue Diplomacy Bush McCain Foreign Policy Added: May 16, 2008

(1) Reel 1 - "Nanking" (2) Reel 2 - "Uncensored!!! Unedited!!! The U.S.S. Panay Bombing in its entirey - exactly as photographed!" (this newsreel special is 22 minutes long, with music and narration) This video is in the Public Domain, for more informations please visit: http://www.archive.org/details/1937-12-12_Bombing_of_USS_Panay

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/26/Gary_Hart_Under_the_Eagle_s_Wing Former U.S. Senator Gary Hart argues for a "new internationalism" to address global issues. ----- Former U.S. Senator Gary Hart discusses his new book Under the Eagle's Wing: A National Security Strategy of the United States for 2009. Gary Hart is currently Wirth Chair Professor at the University of Colorado, distinguished fellow at the New America Foundation, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. A thoughtful treatise, Under the Eagle's Wing makes a compelling plea for our upcoming leaders to embrace a new world order, one in which the U.S. and other nations draw strength from a united approach - Tattered Cover Book Store Gary Hart is an author, lecturer, teacher, scholar, attorney, and former US Senator from Colorado. A candidate in 1984 for the Democratic Party's nomination for president, during 1970-1972 he managed Senator George McGovern's presidential campaign. He has also served as an appellate attorney in the Justice Department, a special assistant at the Department of the Interior, and senior counsel to the international law firm Coudert Brothers. He co-chaired the US Commission on National Security/21st Century as well as the Council on Foreign Relations' Task Force on Homeland Security. In the Congress he founded the Military Reform Caucus, served on the Senate select committee to investigate the intelligence agencies, and introduced a collection of environmental measures for energy independence. FORA.tv podcasts are sponsored by Pfizer. Visit our Pfizer "Health and Wellness" channel at http://fora.tv/health_and_wellness.