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Here is but the latest act of submission to Islam by your State Department. A State Department cable has just been sent out with this announcement: The Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) has assembled a range of innovative and traditional tools to support Posts' outreach activities during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Here, in contrast, is the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,...

The United States as a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position Updated October 29, 2007 James K. Jackson Specialist in International Trade and Finance Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division The United States as a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position Summary The international investment position of the United States is an annual measure of the assets Americans own abroad and the assets foreigners own in the United States. The net position, or the difference between the two, sometimes is referred to as a measure of U.S. international indebtedness. Although this designation is not...

FOR WIRE TRANSMISSION: 8:30 A.M. EDT, THURSDAY, June 29, 2006 Elena L. Nguyen: (202) 606-9555 BEA 06-29 Christopher A. Gohrband: (202) 606-9564 U.S. Net International Investment Position at Yearend 2005 The U.S. net international investment position at yearend 2005 was -$2,693.8 billion (preliminary) with direct investment valued at current cost, as the value of foreign investments in the United States exceeded the value of U.S. investments abroad (table 1). At yearend 2004, the U.S. net international investment position was -$2,360.8 billion (revised). The -$333.0 billion change in the net investment position from yearend 2004 to yearend 2005 was largely...

Retired Iraqi Gen. Georges Sada, a former fighter pilot-turned-Christian evangelist, says Kurds are converting to Christianity "by the hundreds" in northern Iraq. Gen. Sada earlier reported that he had been told that Iraqi pilots, flying private planes, took weapons of mass destruction to undisclosed locations in Syria in 2002. The "good news" from Iraq's turbulent religious scene, consisting mainly of Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim militias battling each other, is from the Kurds, he said. Kurds are creating a constitution that does away with Shariah, or Islamic law, a move counter to trends in other Muslim countries such as Afghanistan and...

CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (Sept. 2, 2005) -- Gear that is brand new to the Marine Corps and has a high-dollar value first comes to the Initial Issues Provision and is then distributed out to the units who request or need the gear. “All units use the IIP to obtain gear that is not readily available through the supply system,” said Cpl. Thomas D. McKenzie, IIP operations chief. “From the new brown T-shirts, enhanced [Small-Arms Protective Inserts], brand new up armored humvees and the [Explosive Ordnance Vehicles], we get it if it is brand new. Once we get it, we push...

FOR WIRE TRANSMISSION: 8:30 A.M. EDT, THURSDAY, June 30, 2005 Elena L. Nguyen: (202) 606-9555 BEA 05-31 Christopher A. Gohrband: (202) 606-9564 U.S. Net International Investment Position at Yearend 2004 The U.S. net international investment position at yearend 2004 was -$2,484.2 billion (preliminary) with direct investment valued at current cost, as the value of foreign investments in the United States exceeded the value of U.S. investments abroad (table 1). At yearend 2003, the U.S. net international investment position was -$2,156.7 billion (revised). The -$327.5 billion change in the net investment position from yearend 2003 to yearend 2004 was largely...