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US Envoy Wins Israeli, Palestinian Approval for Peace Talks

from VOA News: Top Stories
Palestinians stopped peace talks in December 2008, when Israel staged deadly military offensive against Gaza Strip


UN Launches Initiative to Help Tackle Health Problems in Developing Countriesfrom VOA News: Human Rights and Law by Margaret Besheer
USTradeRep: Special 301 Hearing Audio Now Available Online, http://ow.ly/1enHa
usgao: Food Safety: FDA Should Strengthen Its Oversight of Food Ingredients Determined to Be Generally Recognized as.. http://tinyurl.com/yeupcay

usgao: Update on the Status of the Merchantable Timber Contracting Pilot Program, GAO-10-379R http://tinyurl.com/yhhjfh7

usgao: Warfighter Support: A Cost Comparison of Using State Department Employees versus Contractors for Security.. http://tinyurl.com/yj79mv4

usgao: Iran Sanctions: Complete and Timely Licensing Data Needed to Strengthen Enforcement of Export Restrictions,.. http://tinyurl.com/ykmugaq

usgao: Cybersecurity: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Defining and Coordinating the Comprehensive National.. http://tinyurl.com/ya8fpq8

usgao: Recovery Act: California's Use of Funds and Efforts to Ensure Accountability, GAO-10-467T http://tinyurl.com/ybqfbwt

USDOL: #opendol Allow DOL experts to speak freely to the public - http://ideascale.com/t/UB3WZIiL

UN_News_Centre: Citing recent tensions, Security Council urges restraint by Israelis, Palestinians http://bit.ly/b8liju

UN_News_Centre: Secretary-General calls for calm in post-election Togo http://bit.ly/b2k1TT

SenBillNelson: Senate is considering financial reform today – I think executives who got golden parachutes should have been left without their shirts.

SenatorReid: Going from 750K job losses to 36K is a step in the right direction but I don't pretend for a minute that it's enough. Much work still to do.

lisapjackson: Check out my Q&A w/ @change. Working to expand the way we think about environmentalism: http://bit.ly/9zd3kJ

SecLocke: Welcome to Twitter, EPA Administrator @lisapjackson!

SEC_News: SEC Charges Executives of Iowa Insurance Company With Misleading Proxy Disclosures to Investors - http://bit.ly/cRDvLL

ORDems: today we launched a new website welcoming Jim Huffman to the U.S. Senate race, learn about Huffman in his own words... http://bit.ly/b97tr6

NVSenateDems: RGJ: "Ross Miller: eWeek celebrates entrepreneurship as the key to economic recovery" http://ow.ly/1ehbk

MISenDems: Sen. Whitmer: Senate Republicans should make concessions before asking more of public servants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TATc74h2zY

mikeallen: POLITICO has posted the whole 72-page RNC Finance PowerPoint scored by @benpolitico http://bit.ly/cn6iYS

MaineDems: Fear mongering by RNC will be used as fundraising tool. Also #MEGOV is a target for RNC. http://bit.ly/a3BUeV

MaineDems: 'GOP Fundraising Strategy Leaked!': http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs080/1101462576027/archive/1103139876095.html via @addthis #MEGOV

MaineDems: Maine Democratic Party | 3/5/2010 - Republican Playbook Lists Maine as Key Target http://shar.es/m3SdC #MEGOV

KevinRuddPM: We need a new national health and hospitals network - funded nationally run locally. KRudd

CANADA newsbrief journal has been updated and posted

PressSec: Start over?! Here's why insurance cos want us to walk away from reform and why the Pres wants them held accountable http://bit.ly/9uDTMn

ILCollegeDems: RT @DemocratsDotOrg: Reconciliation Fact #1: It's been used by every president since Jimmy Carter. http://j.mp/d0tzTh

HouseDemocrats: RT @whitehouse: VIDEO: What Health Reform Will Deliver – This Year http://bit.ly/dprgvg (weekly address) #hcr

GovGregoire: First time since 2008- state job numbers have grown. ESD Commissioner Karen Lee blogs why unemployment remained flat: http://bit.ly/df24gZ

govgranholm: RT @crainsdetroit: Governor moves to create Michigan Finance Authority: http://bit.ly/9jmjDo

govgranholm: Beware of unregulated debt settlement companies! Learn more in this week's radio address (mp3): http://bit.ly/d5SyAB

GovContracts: RFQ for standing quote for FSC 8415 - Gloves, Brushed Pigskin (XL): General Services Administration Federal Acquis... http://bit.ly/duMA17

GovContracts: Portable DC Calibration Units: Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command http://bit.ly/cZmKRt

GovContracts: 66--ULTRA VIOLET SPECTROMETER -UVS- MASS REDUCTION EFFORT: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Rese... http://bit.ly/cVBgci

GovBenefitsGOV: Have a specific need? Use the Benefits Quick Search on www.GovBenefits.gov to browse assistance categories and see what’s available!

gallupnews: In February, U.S. Job Creation Best in South, Worst in West... http://tinyurl.com/ydtybrb

gallupnews: Obama Retains More Trust Than Congress on Healthcare... http://tinyurl.com/yh6sute

foreignoffice: Top questions to the Foreign Secretary so far: Afghanistan and UK/US special relationship. Vote or ask your question now: http://ow.ly/1eHAr

foreignoffice: Iraq elections 2010: securing a democratic future http://ow.ly/1fhuw

DemocratsDotOrg: RT @donnabrazile: Please read & share my op-ed on the 45th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday. http://j.mp/bsFbnr

DemocratsAbroad: Wake up about health care America! http://bit.ly/dxidwL

democracy_now: Hundreds of Thousands Take Part in National Day of Action to Defend Public Education http://bit.ly/cZ2VAc

dccc: Donna Brazile: Protect voter gains of 'Bloody Sunday' (CNN) http://bit.ly/d9jJVR

crowleyCNN: RT @JohnKingCNN: Introducing my new 7 p.m. ET show on CNN: http://bit.ly/JohnKingUSA #JKUSA

ChristianDems: CDOA Newsroom: House Adopts $15 Billion Plan to Spur Job Growth: Thank you Democrats for getting this done - now l... http://bit.ly/dbOuHt

ChristianDems: Tell WH: Let us fight for the #publicoption. http://bit.ly/cifNtJ (via @CREDOmobile) Please RT

AZHouseDems: Check out Rep. Daniel Patterson, D-Tucson (District 29), in The New York Times! http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/us/05reststop.html

AmbassadorRice: 40th Anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty http://bit.ly/c1rqqc

ISAF Issues Guidance on Night Raids in Afghanistan

from CENTCOM by Brent Walker
KABUL, Afghanistan – Commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)issues a new Tactical Directive providing guidance and intent for the conduct of night raids by all Coalition Forces operating in Afghanistan.


Obama keeps U.S. troop withdrawal schedule after Iraq poll

from Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called Iraq's election an "important milestone" on Sunday despite deadly violence, praising Iraqi security forces and repeating his end-2011 goal for removing all U.S. troops from the country.


Obama: Time for 'final vote' on health care reform

from Politico.com: congress by Carol E. Lee
Obama renews call on Congress to "schedule a final vote" on health care reform.


Testimony at Hearing on Oversight of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Broadband

from NTIA
Testimony of Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, NTIA, Before the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 4, 2010. (Acrobat PDF 181 Kb)


NTIA's February 2010 BTOP Quarterly Status Report

from NTIA
NTIA's February 2010 Quarterly Status Report: NTIA submitted the February 2010 quarterly status report on the Broadband Technology and Opportunities Program (BTOP) to Congress. (Acrobat PDF 254 Kb)


NTIA Awards Grants for Broadband Mapping and Planning in Virginia and American Samoa

from NTIA
NTIA Awards Grants for Broadband Mapping and Planning in Virginia and American Samoa: NTIA announced that it has awarded grants to fund broadband mapping and planning activities in Virginia and American Samoa under NTIA’s State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program.


Commerce Secretary Locke and Senator Landrieu Announce Recovery Act Investment in Louisiana to Expand Broadband Internet Access and Economic Opportunities

from NTIA
Secretary Gary Locke, joined by Senator Mary Landrieu, announced an $80 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investment to help bridge the technological divide, boost economic growth, create jobs, and improve education and healthcare in Louisiana. The Louisiana Broadband Alliance, a collaboration among six state agencies, plans to deploy more than 900 miles of fiber-optic network to expand broadband Internet service in some of the most economically distressed regions of Louisiana. (Acrobat PDF 40Kb)


News Conference following Russian-Ukrainian Talks

from Kremlin.Ru: Unified Wire Service
“The President of Ukraine and I have agreed: developing this dialogue, bringing about a full-scale revival of relations between Ukraine and Russia, implies renewing the links between us, especially those between ministries and agencies, between our governments. This would of course include contacts between our respective parliaments, non-governmental organisations, in every area in which we interact.”


VIDEO: Pres. Obama's Weekly Address

from C-SPAN Recent Video
In his weekly address, President Obama says Congress must act now to enact legislation and urges lawmakers to schedule a vote on the Democratic plan.
Length: 4 min.

Published: Saturday at 10am (ET)


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International Women’s Day, March 8: Time to Recommit to Equal Rights

from AFL-CIO NOW BLOG by James Parks


Health Reform Will Benefit American Families and Businesses This Year

Remarks by the President on Clean Energy Jobs

Education in Focus: A Moral Imperative
Posted by Secretary Arne Duncan on March 5, 2010 at 5:10 PM EST

This week, we launched “Education in Focus” on Whitehouse.gov to shine a spotlight on what we are doing across the administration to improve our education system.


Weekly Address: What Health Reform Will Deliver – This Year
Posted by Macon Phillips on March 6, 2010 at 6:04 AM EST

In this week’s address, President Obama describes how American families will have more control over their health care this year, after health reform passes.


More Evidence of an Urgent Problem in the current Healthcare status quo
Posted by Dan Pfeiffer on March 7, 2010 at 11:35 AM EST

The last few days have brought even more evidence that the health care status quo is working out great for the insurance companies – at the same time as it continues to fail American families and businesses. No wonder the insurance companies are spending millions and millions of dollars to block reform.


President Obama's Statement on the Iraqi Elections
Posted by Macon Phillips on March 7, 2010 at 2:18 PM EST

Wolf Blitzer on John King, USA
Posted: March 6th, 2010 09:00 AM ET

Obama singles out insurance companies
Posted: March 6th, 2010 10:59 AM ET

Dems make no promises on WH timeline for health care bill
Posted: March 7th, 2010 03:02 PM ET

Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen, center, said Sunday that his party does not currently have 'a mortal lock' on the necessary votes to pass health care reform in the House.
Washington (CNN) - Despite a call from the White House for health care legislation to pass this month, key Democrats on Sunday avoided any promises about how soon the next steps may come.

Obama speaks out on Iraqi elections
Posted: March 7th, 2010 03:15 PM ET

Senate Has the Votes for Health Care Reform
Open Left now counts 50 Senators that have made public statements supporting the use of the budget reconciliation to pass fixes to the previously passed health care reform bill.

VIDEO: President Obama on the Final March for Reform

VIDEO: Pelosi: Health Care Reform Will Pass

VIDEO: February Job Cuts Less Than Expected

VIDEO: Obama: Job Losses More Than We Should Tolerate

New Videos from whitehouse
Weekly Address: The Immediate Benefits of Health Reform
Creating New Jobs in a Clean Energy Economy
Open for Questions: Healthcare Reform & Insurance Companies
3/4/10: White House Press Briefing
The President Signs the Travel Promotion Actv

DOD Identifies Army Casualty
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:16:00 -0600

College Democrats of Ohio: 2010 Convention
What: Convention
Start Time: Saturday, April 17 at 12:00pm
End Time: Saturday, April 17 at 3:00pm
Where: Ohio Union: The Ohio State University

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TCYD Meeting
Start Time: Tuesday, March 9 at 7:00pm
End Time: Tuesday, March 9 at 8:30pm
Where: Blue Mesa Grill

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Visibility - CYD Online Training
What: Workshop
Start Time: Wednesday, March 10 at 8:00pm
End Time: Wednesday, March 10 at 9:00pm
Where: Messaging, Design, and Visibility Events

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Petraeus Expects Iraqi Leaders to Remain Inclusive
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:05:00 -0600

Highlights: Iraqi National Elections
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0600

Gates Says Elections Show Iraq's Progress
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:14:00 -0600

Obama Praises 'Milestone' Iraqi Elections
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:39:00 -0600




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