JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV This has to be one of the coolest things I have seen at the White House — and I’m watching it live right now from my breakfast table at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.
(thanks to LIFE.com for permission to reprint this picture; click image for larger version) I am really enjoying LIFE.com‘s more frequent releases of never before published nor seen photos of great events and people, and I’m grateful for the permissions from LIFE to share these photos with readers of The Washington Note.
A letter from an array of concerned policy commentators and practitioners, academics, and former government officials about the resolution pending at the United Nations Security Council on illegal Israeli settlements in Occupied Territory has just been released and is posted below.
— Steve Clemons
(photo credit: Paul Schutzer/Courtesy of LIFE.com; for larger version click photo; description below) What appears above and below are never before seen images illustrating two major Martin Luther King Jr.
This is a guest note by regular TWN reader Donald Bacon. The piece originally appeared a year ago on the blog site of Taylor Marsh. I miss you, Martin Luther King, Jr. I know many people today don’t remember you, and that’s a pity, because there stood a man.
Global futurist Parag Khanna shared the outlines and key themes of his new book, How to Run the World: Creating a Course to the Next Renaissance, at a New America Foundation event last week.
First of all, it’s important to remember that today is Martin Luther King day — a “day on” rather than a “day off” as Barack Obama said in commemorating remarks this morning.
This is a guest note by defense expert and businessman Harlan Ullman who serves as Chairman of the Killowen Group that advises leaders of government and business and who also serves as Senior Advisor at Atlantic Council of the United States.
This is a guest note by Jordan D’Amato who has recently joined the New America Foundation’s American Strategy Program as a research assistant. As grainy pictures of China’s new J-20 stealth fighter circulate the internet, many American defense analysts have been tempted to sound the alarms.