ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS

Thank you for inviting me here to speak with you today about U.S. foreign policy priorities and needs in South Asia.
Robert O. Blake, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Testifies Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia..

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News Categories

911

•	The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks

•	The Berger Investigation

•	(Dallas) 911 Calls Of Gainesville Flooding Victims

Archives

•	Area Control News Archives 3 Feb 2011

•	Area Control News Archive 30 Jan 2011

•	Area Control News Archive 27 Jan 2011

Bank / Robbery

•	Michael Grace, 20, Former Bank Employee Pleads Guilty to Staged Kidnapping, Bank Robbery

•	FBI’s Bank Robbery Task Force is seeking the public’s assistance

•	Overland Park Man Pleads Guilty to Staged Kidnapping, Bank Robbery

Child Crime / pornography

•	Canadian Man Convicted of Traveling to Have Sex with an 11-Year-Old Girl

•	Former Air Force Sergeant Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Paying to View Minors Engaging in Online Sex Acts

•	Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing a Minor on the Grounds of KAFB

Constitution

•	Civil Rights Complaint Filed on Two Men Barnwell and Dodson

•	The Shadow Government

Drugs

•	Laredo lawyer admits paying nearly $50,000 in drug-trafficking proceeds to ensure drug defendant's silence

•	1,500 pound marijuana seizure leads to federal prison for 7 men

•	ICE arrests 2 and seizes $1.6 million worth of cocaine

Environment

•	6.8 earth quake Region: MYANMAR

•	Nearly 60 Small to Moderate Earthquakes Strike Arkansas

•	EPA Announces New Tool to Promote Safer Chemicals and Products

Government

•	Daily Press Briefing Washington, DC April 21, 2011

•	Daily Press Briefing Washington, DC April 20, 2011

•	Daily Press Briefing Washington, DC April 19, 2011

Hate Crime

•	Three Men Sentenced on Federal Hate Crime Charges Related to Desecration of Synagogue and Churches in Modesto, California

•	Indiana Woman Sheryl Small, 48 Indicted for Arson Threat

•	Aryan Brotherhood Sentenced to 150 Months in Prison

Health

•	EPA to Expand Chemicals Testing for Endocrine Disruption

•	Update on Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages

•	FDA warns consumers not to use Vigor-25

Homeland Security

•	ICE repatriates 69 convicted criminal immigration violators to the Dominican Republic

•	Two Chinese nationals attempting to obtain radiation-hardened microchips,

•	Chun Yan Lin, 44, sentenced transport and harbor illegal aliens,

How things work

•	How Caffeine Works

•	How Cable TV Works

•	How Building a NASCAR Works

Human Trafficking

•	Human Trafficking in Persons Report outlines the continuing challenges across the globe

•	HUMAN TRAFFICKING Victims' Stories

•	Sex Trafficking and Murder-for-Hire Scheme

Informative

•	Multiple Dope Seizures Include: Vehicle Rollover, Foot Pursuit

•	Funding to Help Rural Residents in Remote Areas Reduce Energy Costs

•	Republic of Turkey

Iraq

•	Never before seen video of 40 different missle strikes on vehicles during the Persian Gulf War.

•	Gates Visits Troops, Meets Officials in Iraq

•	Transcom Stays on Schedule Through Contingencies

Israel

•	Gates: U.S.-Israeli Defense Relationship Never Stronger

•	Gates: U.S.-Israeli Defense Relationship Never Stronger

•	Israel jails nuclear whistleblower for six months

JAPAN Earthquake tsunami video

•	Newly released footage right after Japan Tsunami. Helocopter overflight in Hi Def!

•	Operation Tomodachi Mission Continues Strong

•	3 earthquakes over a magnitude of 6 occurred this morning in Japan

Libya

•	U.S. Continues Missions to Support Libya No-fly Zone

•	NATO Makes Smooth Transition in Libya Operations

•	NATO Assumes Command of Libya Operations

Military / War

•	Dempsey Discusses Range of Army Issues

•	Missile Strike against Libyian Forces - some of the first to be released!

•	Army Newswatch for 04/09/2011

Misc

•	Two New Orleans Police Officers Convicted on Civil Rights and Obstruction of Justice Charges in Connection with the Beating Death of a Civilian

•	Toledo Man Arrested for Kidnapping

•	Former Town of West Seneca Police Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Conviction

Nuclear

•	Pakistani National Indicted in Scheme to Illegally Export Restricted Goods

•	Nuclear Weapons:

•	UN Monitors Head to North Korea Reactor

Online Safety

•	TIPS ON AVOIDING FRAUDULENT CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION SCHEMES

•	Internet Crime Trends

•	Resources to Promote Online Child Safety

Organized Crime

•	Operation Power Outage Armenian Organized Crime Group Targeted

•	North Carolina MS-13 Gang Members Sentenced to Prison

•	13 alleged members, associates of 'Raza Unida' gang charged with racketeering

Scam Alert

•	ICE agents return over $6,000 to victim of telemarketing fraud

•	Automated Clearing House (ACH) And Work-At-Home Scams

•	Malware Sent To Businesses Concerning Their Online Job Postings

Space Bulletin

•	NASA: Medium Launch Transition Strategy Leverages Ongoing Investments

•	EPOXI Encounter With Comet Hartley 2

Terrorist

•	Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on the Killing of Osama bin Laden

•	MICHAEL CROOKER", 57 Pleads Guilty to Threatening a Federal Prosecutor

•	Explosive Components Found at Federal Building in Detroit

U.S. Borders

•	Border Security: Preliminary Observations February 15, 2011

•	Border Security: Preliminary Observations March 15, 2011

•	Former Customs and Border Patrol Agent Pleads Guilty

USA

•	CPA sentenced to more than 27 years

•	Bank robber sentenced to 53 years in prison

•	Federal grand jury indicts metairie man on bank robbery charges.

Veterans Affairs

•	Korean War Actions Earn Medals of Honor

•	Chairman Thanks USO for Service to Military

•	The American Veteran Video magazine for April 2011

Wanted

•	Eric Deshawn Floyd

Weather

•	Pictures and Video of April 30th 2011 Hughes Springs, Texas.

•	Flooding Recedes, Leaving Mess in Oklahoma

•	Scorching Heat Out West

World News

•	Pacom Chief Sees Regional Peace, Prosperity

•	Africa to reduce threats to U.S. citizens and interests,

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