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Lee A. Feinstein Senate Video

By Opinia.US | October 16, 2009 | Video | Comments Off

U.S. Ambassador to Poland Lee A. Feinstein Senate Foreign Relations Committee Confirmation HearingAmbassador Feinstein was nominated by President Obama on July 20, 2009 and was confirmed by unanimous consent by the U.S. Senate on September 22, 2009. As it came just two days before President Obama’s controversial announcement on removing the American missile shield from Poland, his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 15, 2009 did not include any pointed questions from either Republicans or Democrats. He was sworn in on September 28, 2009. The video of his testimony can also be accessed here. The text of his Senate testimony can be accessed here.

 

Had he been scheduled to appear before the committee after September 17, he would have presumably faced tough questions, at least from Republican  senators. As it was, his confirmation hearing was merely a formality. Ambassador Fenistein’s statement comes toward the middle of the video.

 

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Sen. Voinovich criticizes Obama for public diplomacy disaster

By tedlipien | September 25, 2009 | Cold War, Internet, Media, Public Diplomacy, Russia, Video | Comments Off

Senator George V. Voinovich, R-OHOpinia.USOpinia.US In a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) said he was disappointed in the manner in which President Obama’s decision to revise a missile-defense system in Eastern Europe was communicated to NATO allies, Poland and Czech Republic. Calling the handling of the missile decision a “major public relations and public diplomacy blunder,” Senator Voinovich said that announcing it on September 17, 2009, the day of the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, made it even worse.

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Pope John Paul II’s 1979 Visit to the U.S. – VOA Video

By tedlipien | July 20, 2009 | Video | Comments Off
President Jimmy Carter with Pope John Paul II, photograph by Bill Fitz-Patrick, October 6, 1979

President Jimmy Carter with Pope John Paul II, photograph by Bill Fitz-Patrick, October 6, 1979

Pope John Paul II’s 1979 Visit to the U.S. – VOA Video

President Jimmy Carter’s notes from his private meeting with Pope John Paul II, October 6, 1979, front

President Jimmy Carter’s notes from his private meeting with Pope John Paul II, October 6, 1979, front

Although his notes are sketchy, they show that the discussion included particular situations in the Philippines, China, Europe, South Korea, and the Middle East. The White House issued a statement that day stating that during the meeting “the Pope and the President agreed that efforts to advance human rights constitute the compelling idea of our times.”

National Archives, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Atlanta, Georgia

President Jimmy Carter’s notes from his private meeting with Pope John Paul II, October 6, 1979, reverse

President Jimmy Carter’s notes from his private meeting with Pope John Paul II, October 6, 1979, reverse

National Archives, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Atlanta, Georgia

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