JK and Ben Afflect have a Tuesday event on US policy in the Congo

[karynnj]

http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/7197-ben-affleck-to-join-kerry-boozman-for-africa-event

I wonder if there will be coverage.

[Luftmensch067]

1. Not sure, but I think this video is being streamed live NOW?

JK speaking, but I seem to have come in in the middle of his remarks:
http://csis.org/event/us-policy-democratic-republic-congo

Hope they put up permanent link later...

[Luftmensch067]

2. Wahoo! It's already up!

All hail the CSIS web team for "getting" how key it is to have a timely online video record of your event. Available now at above CSIS link. JK doesn't come in until after the panel discussion. Ben Affleck gets ready to introduce him around 1 hour and 17 minutes in if you want to go straight to it.

[karynnj]

3. Thank you so much - JK was wonderful and the conference was very good

Thanks for the link. Here is Politico's article on it. http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1011/affleck_kerry_join_forces.html#replyform They could not have a better example of all that is wrong in the media if they tried. They turn a Kerry joke into a 2012 hint?? when of course even the joke didn't mean that. They also completely miss what Kerry was saying of Dodd's speech. The comments are the usual crap from Politico.

[Mass]

4. It got a decent coverage.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20024312-503544.html
Ben Affleck's Good Will for the Congo

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2010/11/ben_affleck_cal.html

Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, gave the keynote address and engaged with his “fellow member of Red Sox Nation” from the podium. “Ben, you couldn’t have found a cause more in need of attention and public discussion,” Kerry said.

Kerry pointed to last summer’s Dodd-Frank bill as one of “a few small things” Congress has done so far to aid the region. The DRC’s rich mineral resources – widely put to use in cell phones and computers – are exploited by illegal militias who use the profit to fund their activity. The bill requires that the State Department create a strategy to address the illicit minerals trade and its link to armed groups.

Kerry noted that consumers, once informed, can use their position to demand the production of conflict-free technology. He suggested that young people especially would be interested in the source of the raw materials for their phones. “Ben, I think we ought to take this across campuses,” said Kerry.
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http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1011/affleck_kerry_join_forces.html (and Politico, with a very stupid comment at the end politico style)