Today at Talk Radio News

Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner will be covering the White House gaggle. Dan Patterson, TRNS Chief UN Correspondent, will attend a press conference and stakeout by Ehud Barak, Deputy prime Minister and Minister of Defence of Israel. Chief Pentagon Correspondent Meredith MacKenzie will be covering the weekly pen and pad only news briefing with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). Correspondent Dawn Jones will attend the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Supreme Court Guantanamo Detainees decision.

The Washington Bureau will also cover the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Politicized Hiring at the Department of Justice”, along with an Address by Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani on the current security situation in Iraq. The Bureau will be covering a House Oversight and Government Reform Full Committee hearing on the U.S. facilities in Iraq, along with the Senate Rules and Administration Full Committee hearing on the “Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008.” The Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment Subcommittee hearing on the future of Al Qaeda and the Disaster Recovery Subcommittee hearing on “Planning for Post-Catastrophe Housing Needs” will be covered by the bureau.

Later in the day, the bureau will attend a discussion on “The U.S. and the Middle East: Assessing the Bush Era Balance Sheet” and a news conference which will release a report on “Homeward Bound: Recent Immigration Enforcement and the Decline in the Illegal Alien Population.” The Management, Investigations, and Oversight Subcommittee hearing on “The Quadrennial Homeland Security Review” will be covered, and the bureau will attend the discussion on “America’s Health Care Debacle: Costs to U.S. Global Competitiveness” with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.). A discussion on “The U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement” at the Brookings Institution, and the National Parks Subcommittee hearing held in order to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women’s Rights National Historical Park, will be covered. The bureau will also take part in a conference call with HOPE NOW which will discuss the record-breaking June 2008 and second quarter results of their foreclosure prevention efforts.