I have been doing a lot of blogger conference calls lately. They are fascinating, and I’ve learned something in every one.

Tonight, come watch the film and meet director Eugene Jarecki for a Washington, DC pre-release premier of “Why We Fight“. The Washington Note, the American Strategy Program of the New America Foundation, the NYU Center on Law & Security, and the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy are co-hosting this evening’s screening.

I wonder how long this speech is going to stay on the White House website. I was directed to it by a thoughful lawyer/blogger Glenn Greenwald today In a speech in Buffalo, NY on April 20, 2004, Bush states that “a wiretap requires a court order.

Greetings Web Geniuses: If you click on the comments below, you will get an error message. My web buddies have not yet responded to panicked calls. If any of you have any thoughts on what a quick fix might be, let me know. Thanks.

The State Department website is going to “audio stream” tonight’s State of the Union address by President Bush in several languagues. From a State Department release: President George W. Bush will deliver the annual State of the Union Address to a Joint Session of Congress, Tuesday, January 31, 2006.

Today, the Program on International Policy Attitudes is releasing a new World Public Opinion poll on Iraqi public opinion. Here are the poll results. Among the findings: The poll has found that 80% of Iraqis believe that the U.S. plans to have permanent military bases in Iraq. 76% thought America would not withdraw if asked….

I don’t have much time at the moment, but I have been told that all or part of our morning forum, “The Real State of U.S. Foreign Policy 2006” will be airing on C-Span just after 8 p.m.

Truth in advertising. I have friends involved with the Partnership for a Secure America ad posted above, which will appear as a purchased full page in tomorrow’s New York Times. This ad and what it represents will be one of the primary topics of my speech tomorrow at the “Real State of U.S.

Today, on This Week with George Staphanopoulos, Senator Barack Obama was queried on whether he was ‘the unnamed Senator’ mentioned by Senator Harry Reid in a blogger conference call, on which TWN reported several days ago.

Here is the final schedule for Monday’s forum that my colleagues and I have organized titled “The Real State of U.S. Foreign Policy 2006“. The meeting will take place from 8:30 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. on Monday, January 30th, in the SD-G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.