Content tagged with “Congress”
On July 19, the Institute’s Congressional Program hosted its 400th breakfast conversation for members of the US Congress. Since the first breakfast in 1986, breakfasts have provided a neutral and off...
Tags: Congress, Congressional Program, bipartisanship In a flurry of diplomatic activity, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffery Feltman stopped in Beirut this week on a visit that coincided with an Iranian delegation...
Tags: Iran, Hezbollah, Congress A terrorist cell affiliated with Al Qaeda was uncovered in the ranks of the Lebanese Army this week, raising questions about the command of the army at a critical time in Lebanon and the region. The...
Tags: Terrorism, Congress, Religious Tolerance, Al Qaeda President Obama called on Congress last week to work with his administration to introduce reforms that would make the federal government more efficient. We asked some of our experts what they would...
Tags: Homeland Security, Obama, Congress, Clark Ervin, Dan Glickman, government reform, Eric Motley, Commission to Reform Federal Appointments Process, Congressional Program Congress adopted last month a Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 3671) allowing the continuation of military aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). The toppling of former Prime Minister Saad...
Tags: Hezbollah, Congress, HATA Lebanese officials were warned that the U.S. Congress may discontinue military assistance if Hezbollah and its allies take over government. With the new cabinet dominated by Hezbollah, some lawmakers...
Tags: Lebanon, Foreign Aid, Hezbollah, Congress, Military Five months of political void in Lebanon ended with the appointment of thirty new ministers led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati. In a return to the pre-Cedar Revolution era, the new line-up is...
Tags: Government, Lebanon, Foreign Aid, Hezbollah, Congress, Syria Lebanese outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri inaugurated his new position as "leader of the opposition" by lashing out at Hezbollah, accusing it of using its military powers as means to tip political...
Tags: Hezbollah, Congress, Hariri Amid the uprisings sweeping the Middle East, efforts to form a new government in Lebanon appear to have stalled. On the surface of it, political bickering among the Hezbollah-led March 8 coalition on...
Tags: Justice, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Congress, United Nations 
