March 24, 2008
| Jake Kurtzer
Before Congress adjourned for the Easter recess last week, an extremely important vote took place at 1:02 in the morning on the floor of the Senate. As the full Senate was considering adopting the 2009 Budget Resolution, Senators Biden and Lugar introduced a key amendment.
March 20, 2008
| Katherine Southwick
| Tagged as: Kenya
The news from Kenya in the first few months of 2008 could arguably perpetuate a certain cynicism about Africa and the intractability of problems on the continent. It has deeply shaken the image of Kenya as a stable, prospering African success story.
March 19, 2008
| Vanessa Parra
Today at 2:00 pm EST Senior Advocate Kristele Younes will be hosting a chat on www.washingtonpost.com to answer questions about the millions of Iraqis who have been forced from their homes by ongoing violence in Iraq.
March 17, 2008
| Kenneth Bacon
| Tagged as: President's Corner
Julia Taft, who spent more than 30 years protecting refugees and directing responses to humanitarian emergencies, died on March 15th. Her death is a huge loss, not only to her family and friends, but to all displaced people who needed a skilled, committed political operator on their side.
Julia was only 32 years old in 1975, when President Ford asked her to direct an interagency task force to resettle Indochinese refugees in the U.S. In just seven months her task force brought 131,000 Vietnamese to the U.S., protecting them from a wave of post-war persecution.
March 12, 2008
| Kristele Younes
