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...embarrassing spectacle concerns the roster of speakers for Monday evening's GOP annual joint Senate and House fundraiser, the biggest Republican congressional event of the year, which is expected to rake in at least $10 million. The Alaska governor was originally invited last spring by Pete Sessions, the chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC), to address the dinner. She accepted, or so Sessions thought, and a press release went out. But there was apparently a miscommunication in Palin World between Washington and Alaska advisers, because as it turned out, the 2008 vice presidential nominee had a conflict...
This plan backfired as well, however. After Cornyn extended the second invitation to speak, Sessions, concerned that she'd upstage Gingrich, vetoed her speaking role. "Chairman Sessions is a big supporter of Governor Palin, which is why he invited her to be the keynote speaker when the event was first announced," said NRCC spokesman Ken Spain. "A great deal of effort has been put into this fundraising event, and Speaker Gingrich has gone above and beyond the call of duty. It is our hope that Governor Palin will attend the dinner and be recognized, but we understand if her busy...
...scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. "Domestically, the atmosphere is very nationalistic, and people support the government. Internationally, other countries need China more than ever now so they don't say anything, just send trade delegations." Cheng cites the recent visit of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi as an example of the changes China's rising influence in the world have brought about. Once so passionate a critic of the Chinese government that she unfurled a banner in Tiananmen commemorating the victims of the 1989 crackdown, Pelosi spent several days in China recently without discussing human...
Commencement keynote speaker Steven Chu will be among the 10 recipients of honorary degrees from the University this year, according to a program circulated at a dinner last night for the honorees. He will receive an honorary doctor of science degree...
...scene: a packed auditorium at a major Cairo university. The speaker: a leader in the U.S. government, with a compelling personal story. The message: American foreign policy is "idealistic." The world should embrace the "challenge of listening," while seeking "a new standard of justice for our time." The impact: not much...