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Education research bill includes social, emotional learning

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday evening, March 8 passed bipartisan legislation – Strengthening Education through Research Act (H.R. 4366) – to improve research on education programs and ensure those programs are effective in meeting national education priorities. H.R. 4366 includes language from a bill carried by U.S. Rep. […]

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Indyk, still optimistic, tells why Mideast peace talks failed

Editor’s Note: Ambassador Martin Indyk, special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiatons, addressed the Washington Institute’s Weinberg Connferece in Washington D.C. The U.S. State Department provided the following transcript of his remarks. By Martin Indyk Last July, President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry launched a vigorous effort to reach a final status agreement between Israelis

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Middle East, USA

Bill would make U.S. a global protector of women

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-California), Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mark Kirk (R-Illionois) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) on Thursday, May 8, introduced the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA), bipartisan legislation that would make reducing the levels of violence against women and girls across the globe a top

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Bill would define Hezbollah as a ‘global drug pin’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Rep. Mark Meadows (R-North Carolina) has introduced a bill to choke off funds going to the terrorist group Hezbollah. He writes: “The Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act (H.R. 4411) broadens financial sanctions against the group, targets its propaganda television station al-Manar, and urges the president to define Hezbollah as a ‘global

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Middle East, USA

Cantor meets moderate Syrian opposition leader

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (D-Virtginia) on Thursday, May 8 released the following statement after meeting with President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Ahmad Jarba, and Syrian opposition leaders: “I was pleased to welcome Syrian Coalition President Ahmad Jarba to the U.S. Capitol today, along with a senior

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Michelle Obama presents award to Yiddish Book Center

  WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–  First Lady Michelle Obama joined the Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Susan H. Hildreth to present the 2014 National Medal for Museum and Library Service to the Yiddish Book Center. In its 20th anniversary year, the National Medal is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries for

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Engel to Burma: End persecution of Rohingya people

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee,  delivered the following remarks in support of H.Res. 418, Urging the Government of Burma to end the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups within Burma: “Thank you, Mr.

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Bill makes porn consumers pay damages to victims

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a current member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), current member of the Judiciary Committee, will introduce today the Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act today to create an effective, balanced restitution process for victims of child pornography

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White House: Meetings in Israel ‘candid, intense’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The White House issued the following statement on Thursday, May 8:  “Following productive bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Peres and National Security Advisor Yossi Cohen on May 7, National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice and the U.S. delegation participated in the U.S.-Israel Consultative Group meetings in Jerusalem on

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