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Today At TRNS

By user on June 21, 2010

Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner is in Orange Beach, Alabama and Gulfport, Mississippi covering the BP oil spill.
White House Correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli will be covering the release of opinions by the Supreme Court.
The Washington Bureau will be covering:
The New America Foundation (NAF); and The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is holding a briefing on Burma’s suspected nuclear program. Robert Kelley, former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will be talking.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is holding a discussion on the findings of the Pew Global Attitudes Project 2010 Survey of 22 nations, which examines attitudes toward the United States, including confidence in President Barack Obama and views of American foreign policy. Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, will be talking.
Public Citizen is holding a discussion on “Lightning-Rod Issue: Executive Pay at Firms Rescued by the Troubled Asset Relief Program.” Public Citizen Robert Weissman; and Ken Feinberg, special master of executive compensation at the Treasury Department will be talking.

Today At TRNS

By user on June 18, 2010

The Washington Bureau will be covering the following:
The Republican National Committee will hold a conference call briefing to discuss the “failed $862 billion stimulus package and President Obama’s visit to Columbus, Ohio” with Ohio State Auditor and candidate of Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor.
Vice President Joe Biden will announce new Initiatives for identifying and eliminating government waste, fraud, and abuse with Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag.
A phone interview with Prince William County (Virginia) Board Chairman Corey Stewart about his proposal to enact Arizona’s illegal immigration bill in Virginia.

Today At TRNS

By Michael Carl on June 17, 2010

Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli will be covering the release of opinions by the Supreme Court.
The Washington Bureau will be covering the following:
The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and its implications for national security programs, with testimony by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen.
BP CEO Tony Hayward will be testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee in a hearing on “The Role Of BP In The Deepwater Horizon Explosion And Oil Spill.”
The House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources is holding a hearing; “The Deepwater Horizon Incident: Are the Minerals Management Service Regulations Doing The Job?”
With testimony by Bob Abbey, acting director of the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service; Mary Kendall, Interior Department’s acting inspector general, and others.
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) will hold a news conference to announce the “Debt Buy-Down Act of 2010.”
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) will hold on-camera briefing with reporters.

Today At TRNS

By user on June 16, 2010

White House correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the White House press briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
The Washington Bureau will be covering the following:
- Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the situation in Afghanistan with Army Gen. David Petraeus.
- Senate Appropriations Committee, Defense Subcommittee hearing on the proposed FY2011 budget estimates for the Defense Department.
- Public Citizen, CODEPINK, Greenpeace, the Rainforest Action Network, and Friends of the Earth host a rally during President Obama’s meeting with BP officials.
- Reps. Pence, Engel et al on Israel flotilla investigation.
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn.; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.; and Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-Del. hold a news conference to discuss to discuss the human rights situation in Iran one year after the elections.
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee hearing “The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Ensuring a Financially Responsible Recovery.”

Today At TRNS

By user on June 15, 2010

Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering a briefing by the UN’s Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Ambassador on the crisis with South Korea
The Washington Bureau Will Be Covering:
-Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the situation in Afghanistan.
Defense Undersecretary for Policy Michele Flournoy; and Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the United States Central Command will testify.
-House Energy and Commerce Committee Energy and Environment Subcommittee hearing on “Drilling Down On America’s Energy Future: Safety, Security And Clean Energy.” Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil; John Watson, chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation; James Mulva, chairman and CEO of ConocoPhillips; Lamar McKay, president and chairman of BP America Inc.; and Marvin Odum, president of Shell Oil Company will testify.
-House Ways and Means Committee Health Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee joint hearing on reducing fraud, waste and abuse in Medicare. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill.; Rep. Ron Klein, D-Fla.; Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.; Rep. Scott Murphy, D-N.Y.; Lewis Morris, chief counsel in the HHS Office of Inspector General; Associate Deputy Attorney General Edward Siskel; Kathleen King, director of health care at the Government Accountability Office; and Kimberly Brandt, director of Medicare program integrity at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will testify.
-House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. holds his weekly pen and pad only news briefing.
-House-Senate Conference Committee meeting on H.R.4173, the “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.”
-Senator Murkowski (R-Ala.) holds a news conference on oil spill legislation.
-Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas holds a news conference to advocate for more offshore drilling.
-Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass.; Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., hold a news conference to announce the Environmental Protection Agency’s economic analysis of the American Power Act.

Today At TRNS

By user on June 14, 2010

Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli will be covering the release of opinions at the Supreme Court.
The Washington Bureau Will Be Covering:
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is holding a discussion on “America Over a Barrel: Reducing Our Oil Dependence,” and on national security, economic, public health, and environmental consequences of our dependence on oil. Sen. Jeff Merkley, (D-Ore.), Winnie Stachelberg, senior vice president of external affairs at CAP; James Barrett, chief economist at the Clean Energy Development Center; Sherri Goodman, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at CNA; Jerome Ringo, senior executive for global strategies at Green Port; and Daniel Weiss, senior fellow and director of climate strategy at Center for American Progress will be speaking.

Today At TRNS

By user on June 11, 2010

White House correspondent Victoria Jones will cover:
The President delivering a statement to the press on his small business jobs initiatives in the Rose Garden.
The Washington Will Also Be Covering
The Sustainable Defense Task Force holds a briefing on a new report on “Debt, Deficits and Defense – A Way Forward.”
Highlights:
House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., will deliver remarks.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. holds her weekly news conference.

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By user on June 9, 2010

United Nations Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi will be covering a UN Security Council vote on a fourth round of sanctions against Iran.
The Washington Bureau will be covering the following today:
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on issues related to the Interior Department’s May 27th report: Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf, including oversight of recent actions recommended by the department to address the safety of offshore oil development. Featuring testimony by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
The House Budget Committee will hold a hearing on the “State of the Economy: View from the Federal Reserve.” With testimony by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing on “Liability and Financial Responsibility for Oil Spills under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and Related Statutes.” Featuring testimony by Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli; Acting Minerals Management Service Director Bob Abbey.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. will hold his weekly news briefing.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee Energy and Environment Subcommittee is holding a briefing on “Beneath the Surface of the BP Spill: What’s Happening Now, What’s Needed Next.”
Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind. will hold a news conference to introduce an energy and climate change bill.

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By user on June 7, 2010

Legal Affairs Correspondent Jay Goodman Tamboli will be covering the release of opinions at the Supreme Court.
White House correspondent Victoria Jones will be covering the 10:00AM briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen
The Washington Bureau Will Be Covering:
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) is holding a discussion on “Can the Peace Process be Saved? Israeli Raid and Abba’s Visit to Washington.” Henri Barkey, a visiting scholar at the CEIP Middle East Program; Michele Dunne, a senior associate at CEIP; Taghreed El-Khodary, scholar at the Middle East Program at CEIP; and Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University will be speaking.
Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush will deliver an address at a National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon as part of the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Awards presentation.
Sen. Dick Lugar, (R-Ind.) will hold a news conference to introduce an energy and climate change bill.

Today At TRNS

By user on June 2, 2010

The Washington Bureau Will Be Covering:
-The Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Foundation holds a news conference in response to “The Israeli attack on the humanitarian convoy that was sailing to Gaza on May 31.”
-Former Attorney General John Ashcroft delivers an address on “Revisiting Wartime Detention: A Second Chance for the Supreme Court to Strengthen America.”