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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Video: CBC U.S. politics panel on Obama & Keystone

February 17, 2013
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Today on the CBC U.S. politics panel, we discussed Obama and the Keystone XL pipeline, and speculated about the next ambassador to Canada.

 

Video: Final countdown to Election Day

November 5, 2012
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Below is the final pre-election discussion between myself and journalist Paul Brandus (@WestWingReport) on CBC. We’ve been doing a regular panel Sunday mornings at 11:15am ET and expect to be back again next Sunday after the election to discuss the outcome.

Direct link is also here.

 

 

Video: Canada and the Presidential Race

March 27, 2012
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A web video is available of the panel discussion I participated in along with former Canadian ambassador to Washington, Michael Kergin, and Globe and Mail columnist Jeffrey Simpson, on March 13 at the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa. The video is here.

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Senate energy chair: Climate change real, not man made

February 8, 2011
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What a difference an election makes. Last year, Canada’s effort to promote oil sands exports and the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline kept running into the high-profile opposition of the then-chairman of the powerful Senate Energy and Commerce Committee, Henry Waxman, a California Democrat, who was a long-time critic of the oil sands and…

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Jim Carrey on explaining Canada to Americans

February 6, 2011
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2010 Winter Olympics: Crosby’s gold medal OT goal in USA-Canada hockey

February 6, 2011
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httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLw-_oSlNE February 28, 2010.

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Obama’s first foreign trip: Visit to Ottawa February 2009

February 6, 2011
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Harper Obama meeting 2009-09-16

February 6, 2011
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httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V345L0QHKkY President Obama and Prime Minister Harper of Canada talk to the press on September 16, 2009 after meetings about ongoing economic recovery efforts.

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Calderon, Harper, and Obama press conference 2009-08-10

February 6, 2011
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httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecV7qIiTMpw President Obama, President Calderon of Mexico and Prime Minister Harper of Canada hold a joint press conference at the Cabanas Cultural Center in Guadalajara, Mexico. August 10, 2009.

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Harper-Obama press conference 2011-02-04

February 6, 2011
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httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=preIE7u3nsY Joint press conference with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama at the White House, February 4, 2011.

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