A loyal TWN reader sent in these pics he took yesterday of a pretty handsome bald eagle. They were taken at Washoe Lake in Carson City, Nevada — a place I hang out from time to time.
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Barack Obama continues to throw off his political rivals by doing the unexpected — and posturing with a handshake and smile does much to win hearts and minds around the world regardless of how troublesome Hugo Chavez is.
Tonight at about 8:15 pm EST, I will be discussing with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC’s Countdown all the ballyhoo about Barack Obama’s suprisingly bright moments with Venezuela President Hugo Chavez at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad & Tobago.
Representative Jane Harman denies that she agreed to lobby on behalf of two AIPAC employees facing espionage-related charges in exchanging for AIPAC lobbying Nancy Pelosi to allow Harman to assume the chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
The Washington Note is supporting the first DC premier screening of the new film, OUTRAGE — an expose on the secret lives of gay politicians.
George Stephanopoulos of ABC’s This Week pushed House Republican Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH-08) who gave an astonishingly rejectionist response on the significance of contemporary climate change trends.
(photo credit: Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times) James Rainey of the Los Angeles Times has an interesting clip on abundant students in journalism schools while their job prospects go into the tank.
Former Democratic Party of Japan President (and now Vice President) and a likely Minister of Foreign Affairs or Minister of Defense in a future DPJ-led government Seiji Maehara gave a long but still fascinating speech at Smith & Wollensky’s in Washington Thursday evening.
Three big additions to our upcoming US-Saudi National Policy Forum — Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns, former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and former National Security Advisor and almost regular on Morning Joe, Zbigniew Brzezinski.
New America Foundation foreign policy programs director Steve Clemons and Ambassador of Syria to the United States Imad Moustapha (photo credit: Zain Ali Shah) Yesterday evening, I wanted to pay my respects to a fellow blogger and lover of the arts, Imad Moustapha – who also happens to be the Ambassador of Syria to Washington….
