Monthly Archive: March, 2001

ADVANCE DEMOCRACY ACT SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS The ADVANCE Democracy Act reaffirms that the promotion of democracy, freedom, and fundamental rights constitutes an essential element of U.S. foreign policy; strengthens the ability of the Department of State to promote of democracy, particularly with respect to non-democratic countries; and requires a study of U.S. democracy assistance in order to ensure its efficiency and effectiveness. In particular, the Act includes the following key provisions: Declares that it is the policy of the United States...

The four co-sponsors present, as follows: Sen. John McCain, R, Arizona Sen. Joe Lieberman, D, Connecticut Rep. Frank Wolf, R, Virginia Rep. Tom Lantos, D, California I walked in during their introductory statements, maybe five minutes late. Rep. Wolf was speaking when I walked in. Of the four congressmen, he’s the one you’re least likely to have heard of, which is a shame. Rep. Wolf seemed to belong in the presence of giants and spoke cogently about the importance of...

Be very afraid for the security of this country, for just as the scandal over Jeff Gannon started to die down, I’ve proven again that any schmoe without the slightest big media imprimatur can wander right into a high-level government press conference. And it’s not the security stuff you ought to be worried about; I went through security three times, and by all appearances, it works very efficiently. It’s the fact that I’ve learned how weak a weak link the...

The four co-sponsors present, as follows: Sen. John McCain, R, Arizona Sen. Joe Lieberman, D, Connecticut Rep. Frank Wolf, R, Virginia Rep. Tom Lantos, D, California I walked in during their introductory statements, maybe five minutes late. Rep. Frank Wolf was speaking when I walked in. Of the four congressmen, he’s the one you’re least likely to have heard of, which is a shame. Frank Wolf seemed to belong in the presence of giants as he spoke cogently about the...

ADVANCE DEMOCRACY ACT SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS The ADVANCE Democracy Act reaffirms that the promotion of democracy, freedom, and fundamental rights constitutes an essential element of U.S. foreign policy; strengthens the ability of the Department of State to promote of democracy, particularly with respect to non-democratic countries; and requires a study of U.S. democracy assistance in order to ensure its efficiency and effectiveness. In particular, the Act includes the following key provisions: Declares that it is the policy of the United States...

The four co-sponsors present, as follows: Sen. John McCain, R, Arizona Sen. Joe Lieberman, D, Connecticut Rep. Frank Wolf, R, Virginia Rep. Tom Lantos, D, California I walked in during their introductory statements, maybe five minutes late. Rep. Wolf was speaking when I walked in. Of the four congressmen, he’s the one you’re least likely to have heard of, which is a shame. Rep. Wolf seemed to belong in the presence of giants and spoke cogently about the importance of...

Be very afraid for the security of this country, for just as the scandal over Jeff Gannon started to die down, I’ve proven again that any schmoe without the slightest big media imprimatur can wander right into a high-level government press conference. And it’s not the security stuff you ought to be worried about; I went through security three times, and by all appearances, it works very efficiently. It’s the fact that I’ve learned how weak a weak link the...

Be very afraid for the security of this country, for just as the scandal over Jeff Gannon started to die down, I’ve proven again that any schmoe without the slightest big media imprimatur can wander right into a high-level government press conference. And it’s not the security stuff you ought to be worried about; I went through security three times, and by all appearances, it works very efficiently. It’s the fact that I’ve learned how weak a weak link the...

The four co-sponsors present, as follows: Sen. John McCain, R, Arizona Sen. Joe Lieberman, D, Connecticut Rep. Frank Wolf, R, Virginia Rep. Tom Lantos, D, California I walked in during their introductory statements, maybe five minutes late. Rep. Frank Wolf was speaking when I walked in. Of the four congressmen, he’s the one you’re least likely to have heard of, which is a shame. Frank Wolf seemed to belong in the presence of giants as he spoke cogently about the...

The four co-sponsors present, as follows: Sen. John McCain, R, Arizona Sen. Joe Lieberman, D, Connecticut Rep. Frank Wolf, R, Virginia Rep. Tom Lantos, D, California I walked in during their introductory statements, maybe five minutes late. Rep. Frank Wolf was speaking when I walked in. Of the four congressmen, he’s the one you’re least likely to have heard of, which is a shame. Frank Wolf seemed to belong in the presence of giants as he spoke cogently about the...