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| Tough Stance Is Urged On Nuclear Pact With India |
| Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Tough, Stance, Urged, Nuclear, Pact, India, United States, Nuclear Suppliers Group, George W Bush, New Delhi, Condoleezza Rice, Howard Berman, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Jeff Fortenberry, Manmohan Singh, Mohamed Elbaradei, India Congress, International Atomic Energy Agency |
| Key lawmakers have written a bipartisan House resolution that urges a group of nations engaged in nuclear trade to place toughly worded constraints on future nuclear dealings with India. |
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| Tough Stance Is Urged On Nuclear Pact With India |
| Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Tough, Stance, Urged, Nuclear, Pact, India, United States, Nuclear Suppliers Group, George W Bush, New Delhi, Condoleezza Rice, Howard Berman, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Jeff Fortenberry, Manmohan Singh, Mohamed Elbaradei, India Congress, International Atomic Energy Agency |
| Key lawmakers have written a bipartisan House resolution that urges a group of nations engaged in nuclear trade to place toughly worded constraints on future nuclear dealings with India. |
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| Burmese Activist Urges Stronger U.S. Sanctions |
| Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Burmese, Activist, Urges, Stronger, U S, Sanctions, Maung Maung, Myanmar, United States, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Tom Lantos, Yangon, Congressional Human Rights Caucus, National Council Of The Union Of Burma |
| Maung Maung, a Burmese activist who charted democracy protests from the Thai-Burmese border this summer, yesterday urged the Congressional Human Rights Caucus to pursue stronger sanctions against the country's military government, saying the generals had not succeeded in suppressing the uprising. |
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| Musharraf's Survival May Hinge on Elections |
| Published: November 12, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Musharraf S, Survival, May, Hinge, Elections, Pervez Musharraf, United States, Pakistan, Condoleezza Rice, Iran, Asia, Europe, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Islamabad, Sean Mccormack, Iraq, U S Department Of State, U S House Committee On Foreign Affairs |
| The Bush administration is betting that President Pervez Musharraf can survive the crisis in Pakistan if he moves decisively to lift emergency rule and hold elections over the next two months, despite new U.S. intelligence concerns about the dangers of long-term instability or, worse, a political... |
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| Lawmaker Says He Has Cancer And Will Not Run for Reelection |
| Published: January 3, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Lawmaker, Says, Has, Cancer, And, Will, Not, Run, For, Reelection, Tom Lantos, Iraq, United States, Budapest, Nancy Pelosi, California, Florida, Adolf Hitler, Condoleezza Rice, Gary Ackerman, Henry Hyde, Howard Berman, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Lynne A Weil, Raoul Wallenberg, Israe |
| Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), a Holocaust survivor who became the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced yesterday that he has cancer and will not run for reelection in November. |
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| U.N. Human Rights Chief to Leave Post |
| Published: March 3, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: U N, Human, Rights, Chief, Leave, Post, Louise Arbour, United States, United Nations, Cuba, Israel, China, Russia, Kristen Silverberg, Belarus, Iraq, Florida, Reuters Group Plc, Baghdad, Ban Ki Moon, Durban, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, John Bolton, Kathmandu, Kenneth Roth, Kofi Annan |
| UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 29 -- Louise Arbour, the top U.N. human rights official, will step down on June 30, according to sources close to her, ending a four-year term that has been highlighted by confrontation with the Bush administration over the Iraq war, the death penalty and U.S. efforts against... |
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| FL-18, FL-21, FL-25: Wasserman Schultz to sit out South Florida races |
| Published: March 11, 2008, 2:53 pm |
| Tags: Fl 18, Fl 21, Fl 25, Florida, House, 2008, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Annette Taddeo, Raul Martinez, Joe Garcia, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz Balart, Mario Diaz Balart, Dccc, Red To Blue |
| his brother Mario, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, leave them little choice but to sit out the three races. ''At the end of the day, we need a member who isn't going to pull any punches, who isn't going to be hesitant,'' Wasserman Schultz said. Yes, we do, Rep. Wasserman Schultz. Look, at some level, I understand not wanting to campaign |
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| House Votes to Continue and Expand President's Global Effort Against AIDS |
| Published: April 3, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: House, Votes, Continue, And, Expand, President S, Global, Effort, Against, Aids, Florida, Howard L Berman, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, U S House Committee On Foreign Affairs, U S House Of Representatives |
| The House of Representatives yesterday passed a five-year reauthorization of the Bush administration's global AIDS program, adding $20 billion to the $30 billion the president requested. |
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| House Votes to Continue and Expand President's Global Effort Against AIDS |
| Published: April 3, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: House, Votes, Continue, And, Expand, President S, Global, Effort, Against, Aids, Florida, Howard L Berman, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, U S House Committee On Foreign Affairs, U S House Of Representatives |
| The House of Representatives yesterday passed a five-year reauthorization of the Bush administration's global AIDS program, adding $20 billion to the $30 billion the president requested. |
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| Bush's Rubber stamp Republican Ros-Lehtinen now claims she's really not a "Rubber stamp" for Bush |
| Published: June 5, 2008, 7:17 pm |
| Tags: Annette Taddeo, Ileana Ros Lehtinen |
| least that's what Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is thinking as she faces what could be her first significant reelection challenge.Out of the blue, Ros-Lehtinen's office Tuesday shot out two press releases: ''list of domestic initiatives where Ros-Lehtinen has broken with the current administration'' and ``list of foreign policy initiatives where |
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| Obama leading big in South Florida |
| Published: June 24, 2008, 5:00 pm |
| Tags: Florida, Fl Pres, President, 2008, Barack Obama, John Mccain, House, Raul Martinez, Joe Garcia, Annete Taddeo, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz Balart, Mario Diaz Balart, Fl 21, Fl 18, Fl 25, O2b, Orange To Blue |
| A third seat, that held by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, is being challenged by another great Democrat, Annette Taddeo. These three Cuban Republicans have built entire careers around railing against the "Communists" in Cuba and the Democratic Party, but the region is changing dramatically, and we have a strong opening to take these three seats and. I |
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| On the changing politics of South Florida and the chance to defeat Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
| Published: July 14, 2008, 9:18 pm |
| Tags: Annette Taddeo, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Florida |
| which destroys the idea that Ros-Lehtinen is somehow safe in what is turning out to be a Democratic trending year in Florida. Howie met the woman who is going to beat Ros-Lehtinen: Annette Taddeo. And, as I learned first-hand, to meet Annette is to become a fan. Seriously. It's hard not to love once you meet her as Howie reports: Today I |
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| US funds to right-wing Cuban-American groups frozen |
| Published: July 23, 2008, 1:10 pm |
| Tags: House, Florida, 2008, Joe Garcia, Raul Martinez, Annette Taddeo, Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Mario Diaz Balart, Lincoln Diaz Balart, Fl 21, Fl 18, Fl 25 |
| In this video (in Spanish) O2B candidate Joe Garcia essentially accuses the right-wing Cuban-American Frank Calzon of the Center for Free Cuba of essentially pilfering tax-payer funds. Later in the show, Calzon throws a hissy fit and storms out (and you don't need to know Spanish to be entertained by this clip): A subsequent federal audit |
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| What's Up With Debbie Wasserman Schultz? |
| Published: August 7, 2008, 4:10 pm |
| Tags: Blue America, The House, Annette Taddeo, Bush Dogs, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Election 08, Ileana Ros Lehtinen |
| Bush-loving, right winger Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. It’s especially galling considering DWS has a leadership role in the DCCC — and may even try to run that organization in the next cycle. So, you’d think supporting all Democrats running for Congress, especially those in her home state, wouldn’t be a tough call for DWS. But, |
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