Radhika Coomaraswamy discusses the condition of children in Iraq - poor school attendance, disease, and psychological conditions plague Iraqi children.
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Share ThisRadhika Coomaraswamy, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, discusses the deteriorating condition of women and children in Iraq to access basic services.
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The attack on Karzai was launched from this building
The Afghan National Police seal off a street where a firefight is occurring
Houses surrounding Kabul
Afghan National Police after the firefight
For more photos from Richard’s time in Afghanistan go to our Flickr Page!
Share ThisMichael Aytes, acting deputy director for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), says that because of USCIS regulations, USCIS is “unable to accept an application and begin the adjudication process in advance of visa availability.” As a result, they are unable to “limit the number of applications accepted in a given month to the actual number of visas available.” (0:41)
Share ThisRep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Ca.), chair of the Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugee, Border Security, and International Law, says that the “backlog of people waiting to immigrate legally to the United States grows larger” while the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) and the Department of State (DOS) “regularly fail to issue the legally authorized number of immigrant visas each year.” (0:33)
Share ThisThe Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugee, Border Security, and International Law held a hearing today on “ Wasted Visas, Growing Backlogs.” Chair Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Ca.) said the goal of the hearing was to “examine the consistent failure by our immigration agencies to issue all the family- and employment-based immigrant visas authorized by law each year, despite the ongoing demand for such visas.” With Rep. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.), former chairman of the Judiciary Committee, she has developed legislation to recapture unused visas and to allow the visas to be used in the future.
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Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) backs CARD Act at a press conference today with Senator Dodd. (0:32)
Share ThisSenator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) discusses credit card debt at CARD press conference. (0:37)
Share ThisThe Obama campaign held a conference call today to announce the endorsement of Congressman Bruce Braley (D-IA). This was the third superdelegate vote Obama received today. (14:18)
Share ThisSenator Feingold (D-WI), speaking at a hearing of the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Subcommittee on “Secret Law and the Threat to Democratic and Accountable Government,” says that it is important for the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) to release its legal justifications for executive-branch programs. He says the OLC changes its justifications in response to Congressional legislation, so the Congress needs to know the OLC’s reasoning. (0:31)
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