Archive for December 30th, 2008
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Presidential Message: New Year’s Day, 2009
New Year’s Day is an opportunity to remember the events of the past and look forward with hope to the year ahead. This New Year is an exciting time for our country, as the peaceful transfer of power is one of the hallmarks of a true democracy. We are preparing to welcome a new President into office, and we celebrate in a spirit of unity: one Nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.
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Proclamation by the President: To Extend Duty-Free Treatment for Certain Agricultural Products of Israel and for Other Purposes
On April 22, 1985, the United States and Israel entered into the Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Israel (USIFTA), which the Congress approved in the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 (the “USIFTA Act”) (19 U.S.C. 2112 note).
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President Bush to Meet with Salva Kiir, First Vice President of the Government of National Unity of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan
President Bush will welcome Salva Kiir, First Vice President of the Government of National Unity of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan, to the White House on January 5, 2009. The two leaders will discuss the status of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which marks its fourth anniversary next week. This transformational peace agreement, which ended 22 years of devastating war, continues to face serious challenges in the lead up to national elections in 2009. President Bush and First Vice President Kiir will also discuss the situation in Darfur and our joint efforts to advance the cause of peace there.
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Inaugural committee offers a chance at tickets
Make a minimum donation of $5 to the Presidential Inaugural Committee and get a shot at a ticket to the historic inauguration of Barack Obama … or is that a minimum donation of $25? … or maybe no donation at all?
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Obama stuck between a Rod and a hard place (Politico)
Politico – Barack Obama doesn’t need this, not right now.
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Franken lead at 49 with absentees left to count
Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 49- vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with almost all of the counting in Minnesota’s Senate race done.
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Franken lead at 49; Minn. absentees left to count (AP)
AP – Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 49-vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in Minnesota’s Senate race, but wrangling over inclusion of absentee ballots continued Tuesday and any final determination of a winner was still days or weeks away. -
Warren’s inauguration prayer could draw ire
President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation drew one kind of protest. Whether the evangelical pastor offers the prayer in the name of Jesus may draw another.
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Blagojevich appoints Obama Senate successor
Defying U.S. Senate leaders and his own state’s lawmakers, Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Tuesday the appointment of a Senate replacement for President-elect Barack Obama. -
Not so fast: Senate has a say on Obama’s successor (AP)
AP – Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has named a successor to fill Barack Obama’s Senate seat, but Democratic leaders who control the Senate say they will refuse to seat Blagojevich’s pick, former state Attorney General Roland Burris.
