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Under Secretary Grossman Remarks at The Air War College
Thank you, General Rayburn, for that kind introduction and for hosting me today at the Air War College. General Lamontagne, its wonderful to see you again. The General and I worked together in Turkey when he commanded first Operation Provide Comfort and then Operation Northern Watch, and I was Ambassador. I was honored to have worked with you then and it is certainly an honor today to greet you now as the Commander of this great Air University. Im sorry that my fello ... [Read More]
The Sleeping Giant: Still Asleep? ...The Role of the Electoral College in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election
The Electoral College horse race, which is something we're probably more interested in, I checked three of the services that deal with that, and the best of these, for my money -- and this is not an endorsement -- but Professor Larry Sabato at the University of Virginia has an online service called Larry J. Sabato -- that's S-a-b-a-t-o -- "Sabato's Crystal Ball." And if you Google it, you can find it. He is one of the best handicappers of the Electoral College. He gives Bush a 284 to 254 lead at this point. And as you know, 270 is the majority of electoral votes needed to elect. Others, electionprojection.com, one word, gives Bush 295 to 243 for Kerry. Electoral-vote.com, 321 Bush to 200 Kerry, which is probably overly optimistic. ... [Read More]
Ireland
At end-2004, 490 IDA-assisted U.S. companies were operating in Ireland, employing 89,158 workers, representing roughly 75 percent of the total number of workers employed by IDA-supported foreign firms and 5 percent of total Irish employment. In 2003, Ireland secured 64 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, and, of these, 65 percent were by U.S. firms, including: Google, Overture, Ebay, PayPal, Centorcor, and Altera. The following U.S. firms are engaged in major expansion projects: Intel, Symantec, Wyeth, MBNA, Abbott, Cenzyme, Medtronic, Xilinx, Pepsi, Guidant, Merit Medical, Cook, and Pfizer. There are 120 companies with R&D investment plans in Ireland for the 2003-2005 period, and of these, 70 percent are U.S. firms, including, notably, IBM, HP, and Bell Labs. The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that U.S. companies' average return on investment (ROI) in Ireland is 24 percent. ... [Read More]
Creating Good Jobs for the Americas: Business and Government Perspectives
Greene: Google "Doing Business," it has a home page of its own. ... [Read More]
China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau)
During the year, a Harvard Law School report concluded that China had the most extensive Internet censorship in the world. According to the report, the Government blocked at least 19,000 sites during the 6-month study, and may have blocked as many as 50,000. Blocked sites included those of major foreign news organizations, health organizations, educational institutions, Taiwanese and Tibetan businesses and organizations, democracy activists, and religious and spiritual organizations. In September the Government blocked Google, a foreign-based search engine. After 2 weeks, during which the Government allegedly enhanced blocks on sensitive sites, access was restored. Altavista, another foreign-based search engine, was also blocked. The Government denied that it ever blocked the search engines. The authorities reportedly began to employ more sophisticated technology, such as "packet sniffers," enabling the selective blocking of specific content rather than entire Web sites in some cases. ... [Read More]
American Embassy Hanoi - Bilateral Trade Agreement
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