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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LINKS April 19, 2012

April 19, 2012
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BORDER

House GOP backs Homeland Security powers in border parks [LA Times]

Baby on board? Not if car seat bought in US [CTV]

Beyond the Border plan needs evidence-based public discussion [The Mark]

Borderline Brouhaha [Peace Arch News]

Man charged with 40 counts of child born caught at border [WTEV - Florida]

Couple admits to wolf pelt smuggling attempt into Canada [Daily Brew]

Seattle group accuses border patrol of racial profiling [KGMI]

TRADE/ECONOMY

Minister advances fisheries issues in DC [worldfishing.net]

Canadians sending more of their investment dollars abroad [Postmedia News]

Day trips to US hit 14-year-high as loonie stays aloft [Globe and Mail]

International travel in and out of Canada rises in February [Financial Post]

Funding for cross-border study programs reduced [Business Insider]

Montrealer among Canada’s top tech talent in California [Postmedia News]

Rejecting ‘Buffett Rule’, US House passes business tax cut [NY Times]

DEFENSE

UN and US take sharper tone on Syrian government [NY Times]

US, France hint at use of force against Syria [Washington Post]

Panetta: US ‘within an inch of war’ in region around North Korea [Politico]

Khadr coming home: Toews [Toronto Sun]

ENERGY

Keystone pipeline developer proposes new route [The Hill]

TransCanada proposes new pipeline route [Omaha World Herald]

House passes highway bill, Keystone included [AP]

Obama’s EPA stonewalls on Keystone [Breitbart]

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