CSPAN Schedule Tuesday May 17

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CSPAN Schedule Tuesday MAY 17
CSPAN Journal starts at 7AM eastern, so you (esp west coasters) may wish to submit questions via website -
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07:00 AM EDT
0:30 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
Washington Journal
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

07:30 AM EDT
0:45 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
Filibusters of Judicial Nominations
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
Wendy Long , Judicial Confirmation Network
Ben Brandzel , MoveOn.org

08:15 AM EDT
0:45 (est.) LIVE
Call-In
Pharmaceutical Drug Industry Issues
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
Hank McKinnell , Pfizer, Inc.

09:00 AM EDT
9:00 (est.) LIVE
House Proceeding
House Session
U.S. House of Representatives
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09:30 AM EDT
3:00 (est.) LIVE
Senate Proceeding
Senate Session
U.S. Senate
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

02:15 PM EDT
5:45 (est.) LIVE
Senate Proceeding
Senate Session
U.S. Senate
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07:57 AM EDT
2:02 (est.)
Senate Committee
Judicial Nominations
Judiciary
Larry E. Craig , R-ID
Rick Santorum , R-PA

09:30 AM EDT
2:00 (est.) LIVE
Public Hearing
Military Base Closings, Air Force
Defense Base Closure & Realignment Cmsn.
John P. Jumper , U.S. Air Force
Michael L. Dominguez , U.S. Air Force
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

01:30 PM EDT
3:00 (est.) LIVE
Public Hearing
Military Base Closings, Navy & Marines
Defense Base Closure & Realignment Cmsn.
Vernon Clark , U.S. Navy
Michael W. Hagee , U.S. Marine Corps
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.

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1. whoa..check out the scroll!

Thanks!

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2. Wendy Long , Judicial Confirmation Network -- give me a break!

good post!

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6. Judicial Confirmation Network vs. Moveon.org

This should be interesting. Marquis of Queensbury rules, I presume?

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8. Those Repug 512 reps memorize talking points

Talking points only. Mostly , they eat up airtime.

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3. When does Galloway testify and are we slaves going to be allowed

to see him give it to the Senate Committee??

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4. He testifies Tuesday

but I don't know what time. I'll keep an eye out for them time and post it when I find out.

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9. The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. (eastern)

http://www.capitolhearings.org/

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12. link to Galloways testimony before Senate

boy is this good!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4556113.stm

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5. Couple of links to Galloway stories

The Jordanian businessman accused of passing oil money from Saddam Hussein to George Galloway has revealed that he is once again trading in Iraq and making trips to America with the approval of the US authorities. Fawaz Zureikat was speaking publicly for the first time since he was named by a US Senate investigative committee examining the United Nations oil-for-food programme. He told The Independent that neither the new government in Baghdad nor US officials had raised any objections to him renewing his trade with Iraq.

Mr Galloway, the new MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, will face his accusers in Washington today as he defends himself against claims that he received vouchers for 20 million barrels of oil from Saddam. The outspoken, anti-war Respect MP said he will give the 13-strong Republican-led committee "both barrels". He vowed to clear his name as he left Heathrow: "The truth is I have never bought or sold a drop of oil from Iraq, or sold or bought a drop of oil from anybody. "If I had I would be a very rich man and the person who made me rich would already be in the public domain," he said.

"I am going to accuse them of being involved in a huge diversion from the real issues in Iraq, which are the theft of billions of dollars worth of Iraq's wealth by the United States of America and its corporations, and the deaths of more than 100,000 people in Iraq." Mr Zureikat agreed: "The reason for these claims is obvious. They are throwing this up to take attention away from all the violence going on in Iraq and because George has just got back into Parliament."
The Jordanian Christian said he had never been questioned about his alleged role in the oil-for-food affair or about Mr Galloway.

US diplomatic sources confirmed yesterday that Mr Zureikat has been granted visas to visit the US since the war, and that there have been no US obstacles to the renewal of his commercial ventures in Iraq. The Senate report claims Mr Galloway used a charity he set up, the Mariam Appeal, to conceal payments. He denies the claims and says he will refute the "McCarthyite ... Kafkaesque slurs" at today's hearing. His evidence will be televised.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=638925

and Galloway Hounded by AIPAC Cell in US, Bolton tied to same cell

Coleman, with pro-AIPAC Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman, is using the Senate Permanent Sub-committee on Investigations to rehash charges that foreign and even U.S. officials financially benefited from the United Nations' Oil for Food program. These charges, which later were proven false, first surfaced in the neoconservative controlled London-based Daily Telegraph, owned by the Hollinger Corporation, a company that had financial ties to arch-neoconservative Richard Perle. The charges by both the Daily Telegraph and now Coleman's committee are based on documents as bogus as the Niger yellowcake documents and those proffered by Curveball and Chalabi about Iraq's fantasized weapons of mass destruction. Galloway successfully sued the Telegraph for libel over its baseless Oil for Food allegations against him.

The only new information on which Coleman is basing his allegations are interviews conducted with Iraq's former vice president and deputy prime minister both of whom are in U.S. custody and awaiting war crimes trials led by Iraqi prosecutor Salam Chalabi, a nephew of Ahmad Chalabi and law partner of Marc Zell, the Washington, DC, law partner of Douglas Feith, the person for whom accused spy Larry Franklin worked at the Pentagon while spying for Israel. If ex-Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan and former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz are receiving even one-eight the harsh treatment meted out by U.S. troops and Israeli contractors to prisoners at the Abu Ghraib concentration camp, none of their so-called testimonies are worth the paper on which they are printed.

Bolton had on his staff a "special adviser" named Matthew Freedman who pulled down a $110,000 per annum salary. Freedman is also a lobbyist who represents "private clients." He refused to tell the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who those clients were. However, it has been discovered that Freedman, a long time GOP operative like Bolton, is tied to the same oil industry network that once used Vice President Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as agents of influence.

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/051305Madsen/051305madsen.html

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7. Hank McKinnell , Pfizer, Inc.

http://www.pfizer.com/are/mn_about_message.html

Greetings from Hank McKinnell, Pfizer's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Friend of Pfizer,

Every morning, a small exhibit at Pfizer's headquarters in New York City reminds me that I am just the 12th person to lead this company in its 155-year history. It also reminds me of my father's words almost 50 years ago: "The best way to express thanks for something you borrow is to return it in better condition than when you borrowed it."

At Pfizer, that's a tall order. We are an evolving company in a changing world. We've grown, in our 155 years, from a small family-owned business to a specialty chemical company to a diversified manufacturing firm to a research-based pharmaceutical company that is now the world's largest and most valuable company devoted to healthcare.

Since attaining that last distinction, we define success as something other than performance in the marketplace. In 2001, we adopted a new mission: to become the world's most valued company to patients, customers, colleagues, investors, business partners and the communities where we work and live. This new mission reflects the broader role society expects Pfizer to take in improving the human condition and the lives of our valued animals. In 2003, we announced that our path to our mission would be illuminated by progress against three key standards: financial performance, corporate citizenship, and our ability to increase access to healthcare. On the issue of access, Pfizer is taking a huge and unprecedented step in America-introducing a program to help more than 40 million uninsured Americans get Pfizer pharmaceuticals for free, for a nominal handling fee, or at significant discount. If you believe you qualify for this program, I urge you to visit the Pfizer Helpful Answers web site.

Other pages on this website will introduce you to today's Pfizer and describe in some detail our progress towards our mission of "most valued." In the many pages of this site, you can learn about our history; our human health, animal health and consumer healthcare operations; our medicines in development; our commitment to innovation and quality; our values and leader behaviors; our employment opportunities; our healthcare access programs and our philanthropy. Perhaps most important, you can meet some of the people of Pfizer-representing more than 122,000 colleagues worldwide. These men and women are striving to ensure that the best days for our patients, customers, colleagues, investors, and other stakeholders most assuredly lie ahead.

Thank you for your interest in Pfizer and for visiting this window on our world.

Sincerely,

Hank McKinnell

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10. kick

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11. Today's Events

Today's Events

House Session

Military Base Closings, Air Force
John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
Michael L. Dominguez, Acting Secretary, U.S. Air Force
Anthony J. Principi, Chair, Defense Base Closure & Realignment Cmsn.

The 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission will hold a round of hearings. The Secretary of the Air Force and his chief of staff will present the Air Force's recommendations. Then Department of the Air Force officials will discuss the methodology used to formulate the recommendations.

Senate Session

Judicial Nominations
Joseph Lieberman, U.S. Senator, D-CT
Byron L. Dorgan, U.S. Senator, D-ND
Tim P. Johnson, U.S. Senator, D-SD
Barack Obama, U.S. Senator, D, Illinois

Democratic Senators will hold a news conference on judicial nominations.

Consumer Credit Cards
Paul S. Sarbanes, U.S. Senator, D-MD
Daniel Akaka, U.S. Senator, D-HI
Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator, D-CA
Richard C. Shelby, U.S. Senator, R-AL
Julie Williams, Comptroller of the Currency (Act.), Department of the Treasury
Edward Gramlich, Governor, Federal Reserve System

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the legal and regulatory practices for credit card issuers. They will focus on disclosure and marketing efforts aimed at consumers.

Senate Agenda

Military Base Closings, Navy & Marines
Vernon Clark, Chief, U.S. Navy, Operations
Michael W. Hagee, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
Gordon R. England, Secretary, U.S. Navy
Anthony J. Principi, Chair, Defense Base Closure & Realignment Cmsn.

The 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission will hold a round of hearings. The Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, and Commandant of the Marine Corps will present the Navy and Marine Corp's recommendations. Then Department of the Navy and Marine Coprs officials will discuss the methodology used to formulate the recommendations.


Senate Session

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13. DU Discussions

The story of the day.... OBVIOUSLY...

George Galloway lays it out to Senate committe...

Galloway vs. The US Senate: Transcript of Statement
posted by NNNOLHI
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1480162

Poor little Normie Coleman got Gallowayed.
posted by democrank
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1789576

It's a Bloody Shame that a Scot has the guts to confront G.O.P. assholes,
posted by mopaul
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3673278


How they attempted to frame Galloway.
posted by understandinglife
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3672704


Turn on CNN......George Galloway testifying on the Hill....WOW!!!
posted by Roxy66
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3672157


In other news...... wait.... was there any other news? lol!