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Her name is Leymah Gbowee, a 2007 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. Before coming to EMU, Gbowee emerged into the world spotlight when she and a brave group of ordinary women, mostly mothers, banded together to do the unimaginable – use nonviolent methods to confront Liberia’s despotic president Charles Taylor…
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Last week, I had the honor of attending a very special bill signing at the White House. Surrounded by representatives from the major veterans service organizations, the President signed into law the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act, which will ensure our veterans get the health care they have earned. As a member…
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We have seen some promising signs in recent weeks that our economy is on the path toward recovery, but I continue to hear from small business owners across Virginia about their difficulties in getting access to credit. While Congress took unprecedented action last fall to help stabilize Wall Street, we can do more to support…
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Friday, Oct. 23 MR. BURTON: Good morning. Thank you for joining us on our trip to Massachusetts and Connecticut. I have a week ahead for you all. The President will spend this weekend in Washington, he has no scheduled public events. On Monday afternoon the President will travel to Jacksonville, Florida, to meet with U.S….
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The largest coalition of educational agencies and services in Virginia history is supporting the continued development of the innovative Virginia Education Wizard (www.VaWizard.org) – with a goal of making the online college and career planning tool available to all middle-school students in 2010. Virginia’s Community Colleges launched the Wizard in March as a one-stop resource…
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“I don’t need maternity care.” Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) lobbed this comment against Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s (D-Mich.) efforts to guarantee maternity coverage as a basic benefit in health-care reform. “Your mom probably did,” Stabenow famously shot back. That exchange and the wave of support that followed for Stabenow’s proposals illustrates how out of step Kyl…
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While there are recent promising signs that our country’s economy is beginning to improve, I share the concerns of many Virginians about the federal government’s role in assuming significant ownership stakes in several private companies – namely General Motors, Chrysler, AIG and Citigroup. Taxpayers are understandably worried about how much of their initial investment they…
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Friday, Oct. 9 MR. GIBBS: All right. I don’t have a week ahead yet, but we will put it in the guidance that will go out a little bit later on this afternoon, so we’ll get a chance to do that then. Take us away. Q On the Nobel Prize, did anyone in the White…
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Schola Cantorum of Waynesboro is hosting its annual Pancake Breakfast at Main Street United Methodist Church in Downtown Waynesboro in conjunction with the opening day of the Virginia Fall Foliage Festival Art Show on Saturday morning. The cost is $5, and tickets are available at the door. The breakfast runs from 7:30-10:30 a.m.
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Thursday, Oct. 8 MR. GIBBS: Just one quick announcement before we get going. I want to give you a readout of a call between the President and Prime Minister Gordon Brown as part of their ongoing consultations and the special U.S.-U.K. relationship. They talked to each other this morning and discussed several key issues on…
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