CSPAN Schedule Thursday May 26

CSPAN Schedule Thursday May 26


CSPAN Journal starts at 7AM eastern, so you (esp west coasters) may wish to submit questions via website -
http://www.c-span.org/community/submitwj.asp

""Ask the C-SPAN Guests" on Washington Journal. Please review the program schedule with guest information before submitting your questions. NOTE: Please keep your questions short, directed to a particular guest & without commentary. Submissions that do not follow these rules may be discarded."

....or call:
support Democrats 202-737-0002
support bush 202-737-0001
others 202-737-0205 OR
Washington Journal: Democrats (202) 585-3881
Washington Journal: Republicans (202) 585-3880
Washington Journal: Others (202) 585-3882

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07:00 AM EDT
0:45 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
Open Phones
C-SPAN, Washington Journal

07:45 AM EDT
0:45 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
September 11 Commission Recommendations
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
Lee H. Hamilton , National Cmsn. on Terrorist Attacks

08:30 AM EDT
0:45 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
Open Phones
C-SPAN, Washington Journal

09:15 AM EDT
0:45 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
U.S.-Afghanistan Relations
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
Abdullah Abdullah , Afghanistan

10:00 AM EDT
8:00 (est.) LIVE
House Proceeding
House Session
U.S. House of Representatives
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08:24 AM EDT
0:16 (est.)
News Conference
Judicial Nominations
Family Research Council
Tony Perkins
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09:43 AM EDT
0:16 (est.)
Tour
Zora Neale Hurston Hometown Tour
C-SPAN, American Writers
N.Y. Nathiri , Association to Preserve Eatonville Comm.
Vera King , Eatonville, FL

10:00 AM EDT
2:30 (est.) LIVE
House Committee
Trade with China
Small Business
Bill Graves , R-KS
Juanita Millender-McDonald , D-CA
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

01:00 PM EDT
2:30 (est.) LIVE
House Committee
Terrorist Nuclear Activities
John Linder , R-GA
James Langevin , D-RI

thanks....getting to work now.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

AbdullahDr. Abdullah (born 1961) in Kandahar is the current Foreign Minister of Afghanistan.

Prior to his inclusion in the cabinet of Afghan president Hamid Karzai, Dr. Abdullah was the foreign minister of the Northern Alliance's government and the senior spokesman for Ahmad Shah Masood. Like many Afghans, he uses only one name, though he is sometimes incorrectly referred as "Abdullah Abdullah".

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=4211

Family Research Council

801 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
www.frc.org

President: Tony Perkins
Date of founding: 1983
Membership: 455,000 members.
Finances: $10 million (2000 revenue)
Staff: 120
State groups: 40
Publications: Washington Watch (monthly) and Family Policy (bimonthly). Ed Facts (available via fax, e-mail or internet on a weekly basis). CultureFacts (available by fax or e-mail). I.E. (Ideas & Energy) monthly newsletter provides articles on political, social, and cultural trends for high-school students. Also produces numerous issue papers.
Radio: Ken Connor’s “Washington Watch,” a daily radio program hosted by FRC’s president.
Affiliate groups: American Renewal, Family Policy Councils

FRC’s Principal Issues:

Since the early 1990’s, FRC has emerged as a leading conservative think-tank championing “traditional family values” by lobbying for state-sponsored prayer in public schools, private school “vouchers,” abstinence-only programs, filtering software on public library computers, the right to discriminate against gay men and lesbians.

FRC’s objective is to establish a conservative Christian standard of morality in all of America’s domestic and foreign policy.

FRC has dedicated itself to working against reproductive freedom, sex education, equal rights for gays and lesbians and their families, funding of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. FRC supports a school prayer amendment and would like to ‘disestablish’ the Department of Education.

FRC's Activities:


FRC has testified before congress on many “pro-family” issues, filed amicus briefs, and published a lot of reports that they regularly circulate to politicians.

In September 2001, FRC’s president attacked President Bush for his “implicit endorsement of the homosexual political agenda” with the appointment of two openly gay men by the Bush administration.

FRC has also defended the Boy Scout’s discriminatory practices against gay men and lesbians and has criticized the Girl Scouts for not having the same practice. FRC has joined many other right-wing conservative groups by attacking and boycotting Disney’s “gay-friendly” policies. FRC has lobbied against many “equal rights” measures that extend civil rights protections to gay and lesbian people, and has promoted the “ex-gay” movement as a way to combat civil rights measures for gay men and lesbians.

FRC strives to ban all federal or state support for family planning services and overturn the right to an abortion. FRC is a strong supporter of “abstinence-only” education and opposes sex education that addresses contraception.

FRC history:
FRC was originally established by Dr. James Dobson, of the behemoth right-wing group Focus on the Family, to lobby for “traditional family values” in Washington, DC. In 1988 the group was led by Gary Bauer, former head the Reagan Administration’s Office of Policy Development and Reagan’s chief adviser on domestic policy. The ambitious Bauer set out to make FRC the voice of social conservatives in Washington, DC.

Under Bauer, FRC became a division of Dr. James Dobson’s Focus on the Family from 1988 until October 1992, when IRS concerns about the group’s lobbying led to an amicable administrative separation. When Ralph Reed stepped down as executive director of the Christian Coalition, Bauer emerged as an emerging star of the religious right.

Bauer’s leadership helped establish the group as one most well-known conservative lobbying groups in Washington, DC. In 1999, Bauer left FRC to run for president of the United States. After his failed bid for the presidency, in 2000 Bauer returned to American Values, a group he had formed years ago but had been dormant for several years.

In 1999, Attorney Ken Connor was tapped to be FRC’s next president, a seasoned anti-choice activist from Florida. Connor stepped down as FRC's president in August 2003.

FRC appointed former Louisiana state Rep. Tony Perkins as their new president in September 2003.

Perkin's Louisiana legislative background includes:

author of legislation requiring public schools to install filtering software.

author of American History Preservation Act, which "prevents censorship of America's Christian heritage in Louisiana public schools."

authored legislation providing "a daily time of silent prayer in Louisiana public schools."

author of the first Covenant Marriage Law.

In 1998, Perkins founded the Louisiana Family Forum due to his concern for "increasing influence of the homosexual community on public policy issues."


Quotes from the Family Research Council:

“We are encouraged that the President is now saying he will support amending the Constitution to protect marriage. However, I am concerned that the President thinks counterfeit institutions such as same-sex unions are OK and do not threaten to devalue the real thing. This administration has spent millions of dollars to prevent the counterfeiting of our currency which threatens the health of our economy. Counterfeit marriages called "civil unions" pose a serious threat to the health of our culture, and while the President may believe this is an issue to be resolved at the state level, he should use his moral leadership to steer states away from such culture-threatening unions - not encourage them by showing indifference or political tolerance." -Tony Perkins, Washington Update, December 17, 2003

"Supporters of V. Gene Robinson, the newly consecrated homosexual Episcopal bishop, claim his elevation sends "a powerful message of love and tolerance." However, it is not "tolerant" to brush off opposition to the consecration of a homosexual bishop. Nor is it "loving" to suppress evidence that homosexual behavior is a "death-style" that is sending young people to an early grave." -Tony Perkins, Washington Update, November 4, 2003

“Do you really think that when our troops from Delta Force crawl into Osama bin Laden’s cave in Afghanistan or into the face of the muzzle of a terrorist machine gun, that they are doing it so that women can kill their children, so that pornographers can peddle their smut, so that people of the same sex can marry? If those features of American life become the fixtures of American life, I fear that our nation may not long endure.” -- President Ken Connor,
from “Reflections After the Terror,”October 2, 2001

"This is another attempt by the homosexual lobby to indoctrinate children as young as kindergarten in the homosexual lifestyle. Young people who are sexually confused need the facts about homosexuality. They need to know that research shows they aren't `born gay,' that there is hope for a way out of the lifestyle, and that continuing in homosexuality presents serious health risks. The NEA’s proposal would censor such honesty." --Family Research Council spokeswoman Genevieve Wood on the National Education Association, Washington Times, July 4th, 2001

“With today’s effective filtering technology, there is no excuse for schools and libraries to become a virtual dirty peep-show open to kids and funded by taxpayers." -- spokeswoman Jan LaRue, March 20, 2001 press release

"...one of the primary goals of the homosexual rights movement is to abolish all age of consent laws and to eventually recognize pedophiles as the 'prophets' of a new sexual order." --“Homosexual Behavior & Pedophilia,” a FRC publication, July 1999, http://www.frc.org/misc/bl057.pdf

"Gaining access to children has been a long-term goal of the homosexual movement." --"Homosexual Behavior and Pedophilia," FRC publication, July 1999, http://www.frc.org/misc/bl057.pdf

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instead of Friday. Welcome to Reich-wing Thursday!

ON WASHINGTON JOURNAL

Thursday, May 26, 2005

7am - Newspaper Articles & Phones

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7:45am - Lee Hamilton, Former Vice Chairman, September 11
Commission, discusses the govenment's progress in following the 9-11 Commission recommendations.
Following the July 22, 2004, release of its official 567-page report, the 9-11 Commission, in accordance with its founding statute, disbanded as a government entity on August 21, 2004. All ten commissioners believe, however, that it is critical to educate the public on the issue of terrorism and what can be done to make the country safer. They would like to do so by reaching out, in bipartisan pairs, to communities around the country, encouraging a national conversation on these critical issues. In the absence of such an effort, they are concerned that there will be insufficient public examination of how the lessons learned from the terrorist attacks can be used to shape public policy. The perils of inaction are far too high - and the strategic value of the Commission's findings too important - for the work of 9-11 Commission not to continue. http://www.9-11pdp.org/ Site is working now, 5am Pac.

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8:30am - Newspaper Articles & Phones

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9:15am - Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan Foreign Minister, discusses the United States-Afghanistan relationship.

Today's Events

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House Session

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Trade with China

House Committee
Trade with China
Small Business

Graves, Bill, Governor, R-KS
Millender-McDonald, Juanita, U.S. Representative, D-CA
Bradley, Jeb, U.S. Representative, R, New Hampshire
Lash, William, Assistant Secretary, Department of Commerce
Barrow, John, U.S. Representative, D, Georgia (State)

The Subcommittee of Tax, Finance, and Exports of the House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing on barriers to free trade with China. They are expected to focus on the impact of unfair trade practices by China, specifically currency manipulation, theft of intellectual property rights and the lack of viable labor standards and other regulations with which U.S. businesses must comply. China is currently the third-largest trading partner for the U.S., the second-largest source of U.S. imports and the fifth-largest U.S. export market.

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Federal Student Loan Program

House Committee
Federal Student Loan Program
Government Reform

Waxman, Henry, U.S. Representative, D-CA
Davis, Thomas, U.S. Representative, R-VA
Shaw, Theresa S., Chief Operating Officer, Department of Education, Federal Student Aid Office

The House Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on the federal student loan program.

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House Minority Leader News Conference

Pelosi, Nancy, U.S. Representative, D-CA

In a weekly press availability, Representative Pelosi will speak to reporters about the Democratic agenda and legislation being considered in Congress. Following her remarks, she will answer questions from the reporters.

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Middle East Peace Process

News Conference
Middle East Peace Process
White House, Rose Garden

Bush, George W., President, United States
Abbas, Mahmoud "Abu Mazen", President, Palestinian Authority

President Bush and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will hold a joint news conference to talk about the Middle East peace process.

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Democratic Agenda

Reid, Harry, U.S. Senator, D-NV

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will speak about the Democratic agenda at the National Press Club.

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Terrorist Nuclear Activities

House Committee
Terrorist Nuclear Activities
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

Linder, John, U.S. Representative, R-GA
Langevin, James, U.S. Representative, D-RI
Holgate, Laura, Vice President, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Russia
Albright, David, President, Institute of Science and Intl. Security

The Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack of the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on terrorist efforts to build a nuclear bomb.

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European Constitution

Speech
European Constitution
European Broadcasters Union
Paris (France)

Chirac, Jacques, President, France

Jacques Chirac, President of France, will talk about the European Constitution in an address to the people of France.

Forum
African Americans in the Korean War, Part 1
Morgan State University
Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

Bussey, Charles, Major General (Ret.), U.S. Army
Richardson, Earl, President, Morgan State University
Johnson, Charles, Professor, Morgan State University, History
Hollis, Burney, Dean, Morgan State University, College of Liberal Arts
Miller, Raymond, Chairman, National Assn. of Black Veterans
Eldridge, Gerald David, Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
O, Soo-Dong, Minister, South Korean Embassy
Matzo, Savora, Poet
Bookert, Reubin, Deputy Director, Expeditionary Warfare Division
Nero, Carrie, Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Reserve
Steele, Toreaser, Vice Commander, U.S. Air Force
MacKay, Leo, Deputy Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs
Petersen, Frank, Lieutenant General, U.S. Marine Corps
Kim, Hong Ki, President, Korean War Veterans Association
Gordon, Martin, Chief Historian, National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Ward, Joel, Founder, 24th Infantry Regimental Combat Team Assn.
Womack, Curtis, Sergeant Major, U.S. Army

African American veterans of the Korean Conflict were honored. They were talked about their role in that war, and about President Truman's desegregation order during that period.

Music was provided by Morgan State University choir and the Marine Corps Ensemble.

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