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Note: The following text is a quote: Remarks as Prepared for Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli at Recovery Act Press Event in Detroit Detroit, Mich. Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Hello everyone – and thank you Mayor Bing for inviting me to visit with you today and to share with you – and the people of Detroit – what the Obama Administration is doing to help support communities affected by this week’s GM news. My name is Tom Perrelli and I serve as the Associate Attorney General, the third-ranking official in the Department of Justice. That position gives me oversight over...

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton on Monday criticized the timing of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's reported decision to fire the U.N.'s highly regarded electoral chief, just 10 days before critical elections in Iraq. "The U.N.'s role in previous elections has been quite helpful and important to the Iraqi people," Bolton said. "This is a major election ... leading up to the return of full sovereignty to Iraq and I don't think anybody should do things that disrupt that." Bolton criticized the fact that the decision was coming at this time, almost a year after a consulting firm was asked to conduct a...

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador John Bolton on Monday criticized Secretary-General Kofi Annan's intention to fire his election unit director only 10 days before polls in Iraq. Two senior U.N. officials told Reuters over the weekend that Annan had decided to dismiss Carina Perelli, a 48-year old Uruguayan sociologist accused of harassment of staff and management lapses. "When the head of the office responsible for the U.N.'s role in elections is being subject to (removal), at least in press reports, you need to ask the question, 'What effect it will have on the ground in Iraq?'" said...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to fire the highly regarded chief of the U.N. office that promotes free elections around the world for harassing staff and management failures, a U.N. official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official announcement is not expected until Monday, said Carina Perelli was being dismissed from the United Nations. Stephane Dujarric, the chief U.N. spokesman, declined comment Saturday. Perelli said, "The first I was made aware of this was through the AP story, and I can't comment further." In August, the United Nations formally accused Perelli of...

NITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to fire the highly regarded chief of the U.N. office that promotes free elections around the world for harassing staff and management failures, a U.N. official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official announcement is not expected until Monday, said Carina Perelli was being dismissed from the United Nations. Stephane Dujarric, the chief U.N. spokesman, declined comment Saturday. In August, the United Nations formally accused Perelli of harassing her staff after a four-month review into the claims of an abusive and sexually offensive environment in her division. She...

<p>In the midst of the debate over establishing the state income tax, Sam Perelli showed up in Trenton one day in 1975 leading a protest group that included a woman in a barrel, a man dressed as Abe Lincoln and another in Revolutionary Army garb, evoking the battle over taxation without representation.</p>