LINKS Jan. 8, 2012

DIPLOMACY

Hillary Clinton’s coworkers welcome her back with a helmet [Mashable]

Clinton to testify on the Hill [ABC]

BORDER

US spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement last year [NY Times]

Guns, $7 million in Iraqi currency seized at border [Postmedia]

Border patrol agents accost photojournalist at protest [Watertown Daily News]

TRADE/ECONOMY

US and China leave feeble Europe in their wake [Reuters]

Baird says promotion of trade is crucial [Postmedia]

NAFTA surface trade jumps 7.9% [CCJ]

Press conference: next gen trade agreements jeopardize fisheries regulation [newswire,ca]

SECURITY

Obama defends Hagel as Defense pick [NY Times]

Tom Ridge supports Hagel [Politico]

Gay groups divided on Hagel [Politico]

Why Obama picked Hagel [Politico]

US legal officials split on how to prosecute terrorism detainees [NY Times]

Hints of Syrian chemical push set off global effort to stop it [NY Times]

Harper, head of African Union, to talk Mali crisis [CP]

ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT

Two arrested in Keystone XL protest [Houston Chronicle]

Activists storm TransCanada headquarters [Daily Caller]

Year ahead for Keystone: big unknown [insideclimatenews.org]

Exit of EPA boss a protest [NY Post]

Lisa Jackson quit EPA over Keystone: NYP [CP]

 

LINKS Dec. 13, 2012

DIPLOMACY

Susan Rice pulls out, won’t replace Hillary Clinton [macleans.ca]

BORDER

Canada, US ink deal to share information on third-country nationals [iPolitics]

Name tags don’t endanger border officers, gov’t says [QMI]

Manitoba border agents off job over name-tag policy [CBC]

Alleged plot to kill Justin Bieber derailed by trip to Canadian border: police [CP]

TRADE/ECONOMY

U.S. retail sales inch up on cars, electronics [Washington Post]

Obama, Boehner to meet Thurs on fiscal cliff  [Washington Post]

 Canada rejects strong labour rights chapter in TPP [rabble.ca]

DEFENSE

Ottawa officially scraps F-35 purchase [Globe and Mail]

Rae says “reset” of F-35 process not enough [CTV]

Russian envoy says Syrian leader is losing control [NY Times]

Would a Sec of Defense Hagel oppose war with Iran? [Foreign Policy]

ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT

 5 major issues that Keystone XL review must include [Huffington Post]

Texas judge dissolves restraining order on Keystone XL [mysanantonio.com]

Forget Canada’s oil sands, turn to Bakken [Globe and Mail]

 

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2011-02-09 Sen. John McCain keynotes event on free trade in the Americas

February 4, 2011
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The Americas Society/Society of the Americas launches the Winter edition of Americas Quarterly, focusing on free trade and market access.

National Press Club, Washington DC

529 14th Street, NW

Wed. Feb. 9, 2011

9:00 am to 11:00 am

Keynote Speaker:

  • Senator John McCain (R-AZ)

Introduction:

  • Ambassador John Negroponte, Chairman, Americas Society/Council of the Americas, former Deputy Secretary of State

Panelists:

  • Ed Gresser, Acting President and Director for Trade and Global Markets, Democratic Leadership Council
  • Christopher A. Padilla, former Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce and Vice President, Governmental Programs, IBM Corporation
  • William C. Lane, Director, Governmental Affairs, Caterpillar Inc.
  • Jeff Schott, Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics
  • Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly and Senior Director of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
  • Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (Moderator)

This event will take place at the Murrow Room of the National Press Club (not the First Amendment Lounge). To register, please contact Jorge Merino at jmerino@as-coa.org. For press inquiries, please contact Alex Andrews at aandrews@as-co.org or Stephanie Akers at sakers@as-coa.org.

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