”Foreign Affairs Committee” News

Yahoo CEO defends company in China case

WASHINGTON - Yahoo Inc . Chief Executive Jerry Yang testified to lawmakers on Tuesday that the company has been "open and forthcoming" about its role in a Chinese government investigation that led in 2005 to a journalist's imprisonment.
11 7 2007 12:33AM (...more)

Senator Kerry to see Assad during Mideast trip

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – John Kerry , chairman of the U.S. Senate's foreign relations committee, will meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad next
02 15 2009 10:56AM (...more)

Lantos' Burma Human Rights Act Moves to House Floor

To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Lynne Weil of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs , +1-202-225-5021 WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week Congress is expected
12 12 2007 4:33AM (...more)

China Accused of Hacking Computers on Capitol Hill

On Wednesday, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) introduced a resolution on the House floor calling for greater protection of congressional computer and information systems.
06 13 2008 2:18PM (...more)

Statement by Congressman Howard Berman, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the Escalating Violence in South Ossetia

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: David Barnes of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs , +1-202-225-5021 WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
08 9 2008 12:35PM (...more)

Yahoo shares savaged over China journalist case

SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo (YHOO) shares plunged again Wednesday, a day after Congress hammered top executives over the company's cooperation with Chinese officials in the jailing of a pro-democracy journalist.
11 9 2007 12:20AM (...more)

Congressional panel OKs Armenian measure

WASHINGTON - A House panel defied President Bush on Wednesday and approved a measure that he said would damage U.S. goals in the Middle East.
10 11 2007 11:54AM (...more)

Fla. rep. 'flabbergasted' Obama call wasn't prank

MIAMI – First she hung up on President-elect Barack Obama — twice. Now Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
12 7 2008 8:01PM (...more)

Pelosi Statement on Tom Lantos Posthumously Receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom

To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Brendan Daly or Nadeam Elshami, +1-202-226-7616, both of Office of the Speaker of the House WASHINGTON, June 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement
06 13 2008 4:52AM (...more)

State holds off on Saudi arms deal

WASHINGTON - The State Department has agreed to wait until January to announce plans to sell precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia , after senior-ranking lawmakers said they wanted more time to review the deal.
12 5 2007 5:53AM (...more)