International Relations Subcommittee
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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM: SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND RESOURCES AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, EMERGING THREATS AND IN...
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Excerpts of the speech delivered to the House of International Relations Subcommittee for Asia and the Pacific in Washington DC on Jun 14, 2005 by State Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca are presented. It discusses the present condition of the US relationship with South Asia.
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY SILVERBERG DELIVERS REMARKS TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND...
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News Advisory:
-- Rep. Smith to Focus on U.S. Internet Companies' Operating Procedures in China
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A local Border Patrol supporter's invitation to attend an official briefing on global terrorism with Vice President Dick Cheney in the White House was rescinded almost as quickly as it was delivered.
Download Document Official Testimony Presented by Andy Ramirez, Chairman Friends of the Border Patrol. Submitted to Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Terrorism and Nonproliferation.
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To paraphrase philosopher Sam Johnson, "a member of Congress preaching is like a dog walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
Take the hearing last week by the House International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. Chairman Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican, summoned four Internet companies doing business in China to atone for alleged complicity in freedom-of-speech sins practiced by the communist government: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems.
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News Advisory:
WHAT: Open hearing of the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation to be held at the La Posada Hotel and Suites, 1000 Zaragoza Street, Laredo, Texas:
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In congressional hearings recently, senior executives from some of the most powerful U.S. companies got an earful about their dealings with Communist China.
How often do Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and Cisco get lectures on their failure to stand up for human rights and freedom of expression? Not often, one imagines. So, kudos to Rep. Chris Smith's House International Relations Subcommittee on Human Rights for taking an interest in the issue of the Internet in China.
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News Advisory:
WHAT: Open hearing of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific to be held in Room 2200 Rayburn House Office Building
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S. Rep. Christopher Shays' prolific travel to Iraq since the war there began nearly three years ago has at long last become a political issue, for better or worse. Shays, R-4, has been to Iraq 10 times since March 2003, something he makes known in debate on issues such as whether and when U.S. troops should leave the country.
Shays is a member of the House Government Reform Committee and chairman of its national security, emerging threats and international relations subcommittee.