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NEW WEBSITE

February 11, 2009 04:45

With a much help from a real expert, I am launching a new website. Check it out. Today, I am featuring two video blogs:  one on Senator Leahy's "Truth Commission"

Obama's Comments on the Leahy Proposal for a Truth Commission

February 10, 2009 01:20

From the transcript of President Obama's press conference: Question: Thank you, Mr. President. Today, Senator Patrick Leahy announced that he wants to set up a truth and reconcil

Text & Video of Leahy's Georgetown Address Recommending a Truth Commission

February 09, 2009 17:59

As noted in the previous post, in an address at Georgetown University earlier today, Senator Patrick Leahy proposed the idea of creating a truth commission to address the actions o

BREAKING NEWS: Leahy Proposes Truth and Reconciliation Commission

February 09, 2009 16:22

In his Marver Bernstein Address at Georgetown University today, Senator Patrick Leahy proposed the creation of a comprehensive "truth and reconciliation commission" to ad

Senator Leahy to Speak at Georgetown on Restoring Trust in the Judical System, Mon. Feb. 9 at 11 AM

February 08, 2009 17:02

The Honorable Patrick LeahySenator Patrick Leahy will be speaking on "Restoring Trust in the Justice System: The Senate Judiciary Committee's Agenda In The 111th Congress"

Dean Harold Koh as Legal Adviser to the Department of State?

February 07, 2009 18:10

Yale Law School Dean Harold KohThe Yale Daily News is reporting:Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh is a leading contender to be appointed legal adviser to the Department of Sta

Biden on Foreign Policy: A New Approach to Russia?

February 07, 2009 16:20

Vice President Biden in MunichPhoto-- Frank Augstein/Associated PressThe New York Times is reporting:The United States will pursue a missile defense plan that has angered the Krem

A.Q. Khan Release by Pakistan

February 07, 2009 04:30

A. Q. KhanThe New York Times reports:A Pakistani court freed one of the most successful nuclear proliferators in history, Abdul Qadeer Khan, from house arrest on Friday, lifting th

Webcast: Panel on The Post-Guantanamo Era

February 04, 2009 14:12

From Bobby Chesney:The Post-Guantanamo Era: A Dialogue on the Law and Policy of Detention and CounterterrorismOn Wednesday, January 28, 2009, the University of Texas School of Law

Qaddafi Made Chair of the African Union

February 03, 2009 02:11

Simon Maina/Agence France Presse--Getty ImagesDoes this picture bother anybody? The New York TImes reports:President Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya was named chairman of the African U