http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Press_Briefing_1-30-09/
Friday, January 30th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Press Briefing 1/30/09
“Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs”
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
1:55 P.M. EST
SNIPPET: “MR. GIBBS: Happy Friday. How’s everyone today? I have my trusty week ahead — though it’s not that detailed, you’ll find out. (Laughter.) Saturday, I have. We’ll get it out a little bit later. Again, I apologize, I’m still a little under the weather.
Let me give you a couple of quick announcements and give you a better answer to a question that was asked yesterday that I didn’t have any information on, and should have.
First of all, Director Blair conducted his first PDB this morning with the President. So we’re glad to — glad that he’s been confirmed and glad to have him onboard. The Obama administration today announced an emergency contribution of more than $20 million to relief efforts in Gaza, as part of the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund. That was announced by Senator Mitchell in the region this morning.
The President has called and talked to President Hu Jintao of China, and we will have some more information and a readout on that a little later this afternoon.”
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175517/posts
Hamas must be brought into peace process, says Tony Blair
The Times ^ | January 31, 2009 | The Times
Posted on January 31, 2009 1:47:26 AM PST by rmarley
Hamas must somehow be brought into the Middle East peace process because the policy of isolating Gaza in the quest for a settlement will not work, Tony Blair has told The Times.
The former prime minister implicitly criticises the strategy followed by the Bush Administration and Israel of focusing all peace and reconstruction efforts on the West Bank. “It was half of what we needed,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
...and today’s STUCK ON STUPID award winner goes to:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129683
“Mitchell: Open Borders Will Prevent Smuggling”
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz