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Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, who has received prizes in Europe and the United States, backed the lifting of the travel to Cuba ban for U.S. citizens, which was debated yesterday in the House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee. In a message to Democratic legislator Howard Berman, Sánchez affirmed that the end of that restriction "could have better results in the democratization...
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
California Democrat Howard Berman said he's not particularly exercised over the spat between the ranking Republican on his House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting and retired Gen. Barry McCaffery. McCaffrey took exception to Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's aggressive questioning and suggested she not...
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Soccer Dad (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
But not a glove has been landed on the report itself ... It cannot and will not be buried. It will not go away.Col. Desmond Travers, participant in the Goldstone fact-finding missionAnd neither will the analyzes, criticisms and refutations of that very same Goldstone Report--critiques that Col. Travers claims do not exist.Among the sources of analysis online is Understanding The Goldstone Report, which...
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Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The U.S. government has no right to restrict Americans from traveling to Cuba, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Thursday. "It is the only country in the world where our people are not allowed to go," said Rep. Howard Berman, D-California, at the start of a hearing on whether it [...]
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Proponents of lifting the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba will make their case Thursday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<p/> The hearing comes as proponents of greater engagement with Cuba say they've got their best shot at success in years. The panel's chair, Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., has already endorsed lifting the ban, calling it a throwback to the ``chilliest periods of the Cold...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that ``along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts, and sunblock, support, solidarity, and freedom could come too.'' Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, who this week drew the attention of President Barack Obama, wrote in an essay to House Foreign Affairs chairman...
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Naked Politics (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says in an op-ed in today's Herald that the U.S. should allow Americans to travel to Cuba. "U.S. law lets American citizens travel to any country on earth,...
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The Washington Note (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R-IN) and House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) have jointly written a compelling case to end the travel ban for all Americans desiring to go to Cuba. In fact, their...
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Potomac Flacks (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Rob Sawicki has been hired as Press Secretary for U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA). Sawicki was Senior Director of Communications for the Parkinson’s Action Network. He previously worked for Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), as Staff Assistant, Deputy Press Secretary and Press Secretary. Sawicki also served as the New Mexico Press Secretary for Lieberman’s 2004 presidential campaign. Dan Toffey...
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ISRAEL TRUTH TIMES (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
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Tracing the Tribe (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Fifteen years ago, founding editor Seth Lipsky of the English Forward went in search of the men and women who were leading the American Jewish community into the 21st century. Today, the publication released its curren Forward 50. Read about the list here , and see the names here in the categories of top picks, activism, community, media & culture, politics, religion, scandal and sports. Forward's...
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Cuba (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
House Representative Howard Berman (D-California) announced last week that the Committee on Foreign Affairs, of which he is chair, will hold an open hearing at 10 AM on November 18 on the topic “Is It Time to Lift the Ban on Travel to Cuba?“ The 47-member Committee includes representatives that are strongly in favor of ending [...]
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Right Coast (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
By The Hill Staff - 11/07/09 04:08 PM ET Below is a list of selected Democrats and their positions on the House healthcare reform bill based on media accounts, press releases and spokesmen for the lawmakers. UPDATED 11/7/09 4:08 p.m. YES OR LEANING YES Howard Berman (Calif.) Leonard Boswell (Iowa) G.K. Butterfield (N.C.) Steve Cohen (Tenn.) Called the measure "America's bill" Gerry Connolly...
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Ackerman reports on a NIAC meeting and our foreign policy response to Iran: There are several bills moving through the Congress to place new economic sanctions on Iran, including one sponsored in the House by Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and...
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Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Almost everybody. Only three Republicans voted against the resolution, introduced by Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Howard Berman (D-CA). One of them, of course, was Ron Paul. But there were 33 members of the Democratic caucus who voted against the...
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