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8/17/2005	FPIF Advisor John Feffer's op/ed on North Korea’s nuclear talks, Atoms for Peace, was published in the Providence Journal.

8/15/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver discussed U.S. policy and the Iraqi Constitution on C-SPAN’s National Journal.

8/15/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods discussed the upcoming Liberian elections on BBC Radio.

8/14/2005	FPIF Scholar Antonia Juhasz's op/ed Bush's Economic Invasion of Iraq was published in the Los Angeles Times.

8/6/2005	John Gershman spoke on Wake Up Everybody at 9am Pacific on KPOO 89.5fm in San Francisco (Listen Online) with host Donald Lacy for discussion of the latest developments in the Bolton appointment.

8/3/2005	FPIF Co-Director John Gershman appeared on the Steve Kane Show in South Florida, KPFA in Berkeley, CA and WNWS in Jackson, Tennessee speaking about the John Bolton nomination.

8/3/2005	John Gershman will be on KPFA - Pacifica Radio for the Bay Area - to discuss the Bolton recess appointment. Tune to 94.1fm or Listen O nline at 10am Pacific time.

8/1/2005	John Gershman discussed the Bolton recess appointment on Beneath the Surface on KPFK 90.7fm Pacifica Radio for Los Angeles.

8/1/2005	John Gershman joined Rebecca Henschke of SBS Radio / Australia to discuss President Bush's recess appointment of John Bolton as UN ambassador.

7/12/2005	FPIF Codirector John Gershman was on Talk Back with Hugh Hamilton regarding U.S.-China relations on WBAI, Pacifica Radio.

7/12/2005	FPIF Co-Director John Gershman discussed the impact of the G-8 meetings as well as the Global Good Neighbor Initiative on “Hemispheres” broadcast from Boulder and Denver, CO on KGNU.

7/8/2005	John Gershman appeared on Free Speech Radio News to discuss U.S. military bases in Central Asia.

7/1/2005	Korean Quarterly, a non-profit publication serving the Korean community in the Twin Cities and upper midwest, published South Korea and the United States Sixty Years On by Charles Armstrong.

7/1/2005	John Gershman discussed China and global energy issues on the syndicated radio talk show Louisiana Live.

6/28/2005	John Gershman joined Anthony McCarthy, host of Daybreak / WEAA/NPR 88.9 FM in Baltimore, MD to discuss the Global Good Neighbor framework as an alternative set of trade policies.

6/24/2005	FPIF Co-director Emira Woods discussed debt cancellation for Africa on the 8 O'clock Buzz, a program of WORT (89.9 FM), a Madison, Wisconsin community radio station.

6/23/2005	FPIF Scholar Mark Engler discussed U.S. trade policy toward Latin America with host Diego Mulligan on KSFR FM (90.7 FM), a Santa Fe, New Mexico radio station. He also discussed the G-8 debt cancellation deal for poor nations on WSKY (97.3 FM), a Gainesville, Florida radio station with host Doug Clifford.

6/22/2005	FPIF Co-director Emira Woods discussed debt cancellation for impoverished nations on SBS radio, Australia’s national broadcast network.

6/21/2005	John Gershman discussed how existing and Global Good Neighbor-inspired trade policies affect national security with host Troy Derengowski on WHON AM 930 in Richmond, IN.

6/20/2005	FPIF Scholar Mark Engler published an op-ed in Newsday titled “Bush's free-trade pact is a heavy lift” about the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).

6/20/2005	FPIF scholar Chris Toensing was a guest on “Bloomberg Simply Put,” which runs on the Sirius network and radio stations across the country. He discussed the ramifications of a U.S.-orchestrated manhunt for Osama bin Laden in a foreign country.

6/19/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver was quoted in the independent news site New Standard by Michelle Chen in an article titled: “Public Can Force Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Lawmakers and Critics Say.”

6/17/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods discussed the Bush administration’s Millennium Challenge Account on Worldview, a program of WBEZ, the Chicago NPR station. The Chicago Public Radio show also runs on the Sirius satellite radio network.

6/16/2005	FPIF Scholar Gareth Porter’s new book “Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to Vietnam” received a rave review in The Nation’s July 4, 2005 issue. Read the article about this “illuminating and wonderfully subversive book."

6/16/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver discussed the Iraq War on MSNBC with Nile Gardiner of the Heritage Foundation.

6/16/2005	FPIF contributor and IPS Associate Fellow Steve Cobble discussed the “Downing Street Memo” regarding the Iraq War on CBC TV.

6/16/2005	FPIF scholar and IPS fellow Sarah Anderson was quoted in a Calgary Herald article titled “Wolfowitz says wealthy nations should cut agricultural subsidies.”

6/16/2005	FPIF scholar Mark Engler discussed African debt on the Pat Thurston radio show, which is broadcast from KSRO 1350 AM in Santa Rosa, California.

6/16/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods discussed debt cancellation for impoverished Arfrican nations on the XM satellite radio program, The Power, with host George Wilson.

6/15/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on Against the Grain, a radio program broadcast by KPFA, the Pacifica radio station serving California’s Bay Area. She and Salih Booker, executive director of Africa Action and an FPIF steering committee member, discussed the crises in Darfur and Zimbabwe, as well as debt, aid, and trade. http://www.kpfa.org/archives/archives.php?id=47

6/15/2005	FPIF Expert Mark Engler published an op-ed in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer titled “Debt Relief a Big Victory for Activists.” Read the article: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/228460_debt15.html

6/13/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on KQED, a Northern California NPR and Sirius satellite station. She discussed aid to Africa on Forum with Michael Krasny. The other guests were Bill Easterly, an economics professor and Africana studies at New York University, and George Ayitteh, president of the Free Africa Foundation.

6/13/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods discussed debt cancellation for poor nations with CBC radio, Pacifica radio and CNN International’s “Your World Today.”

6/9/2005	FPIF Advisory Committee member John Feffer and FPIF Media Director Emily Schwartz Greco published an op-ed titled “Korea's slow-motion reunification” in The Boston Globe. The same op-ed ran on 6/10/05 in the International Herald Tribune.

6/9/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on VOA television on two topics. Read a transcript of a report regarding the Darfur Crisis by Carol Pearson and watch the segment: Read a transcript of a report regarding President Bush’s and Prime Minister Blair’s pledges of increased aid for Africa by Amy Katz and watch the segment.

6/7/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was interviewed regarding UK Prime Minister Tony Blair’s visit to Washington on CBC TV.

6/7/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was interviewed on President Bush’s aid announcement and the G8 agenda on CNN Today.

6/2/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods discussed the Sudan crisis on Voice of America television.

6/2/2005	FPIF Expert Mark Engler was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor column by David Francis titled "Sweet Victory Ahead on Debt Relief?"

5/31/2005	FPIF contributor Dante Zappala was quoted in an article regarding the "Downing Street Memo" on the Iraq War on FOXNews.com.

5/23/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver was quoted in an article that ran in the Scottish paper The Herald titled "Adored, praised ... and feared. George Galloway's gone global," by Louise Hancock and Catherine MacLeod.

5/18/2005	FPIF Contributor and IPS Peace Movement Coordinator Amy Quinn was quoted by James Bone in an article in The Times of London titled “Galloway wins on points rather than knockout, says US.”

5/17/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on the NPR radio program "News & Notes with Ed Gordon," to discuss Nelson Mandela’s legacy. The complete segment is available online in RealPlayer.

5/17/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on Black Entertainment Television (BET) News. She discussed Nelson Mandela’s visit to the U.S.

5/17/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods discussed Nelson Mandela’s visit to the U.S.on Voice of America’s On the Line program. She was joined by Thomas Donnelly of the American Enterprise Institute..

5/16/2005	David Francis wrote about the Unified Security Budget for the United States, 2006 report in the Christian Science Monitor.

5/15/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver published an op-ed regarding U.S. construction of permanent military bases in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. AlterNet.org and TomPaine.com also carried this commentary.

5/11/2005	OneWorld.net posted “U.S. Budget Focus Should Be Security, Not Weapons,” by Abid Aslam on the FPIF/Center for Defense Information special report, Unified Security Budget for the United States, 2006.

5/10/2005	Rebecca Christie's report on the the Unified Security Budget 2006 was distributed by Dow Jones Wire Service.

5/10/2005	Tom Barry's opinion piece on John Bolton's possible eavesdropping on diplomatic communications between NM Governor Bill Richardson and North Korea was published in the Albuquerque Tribune. (available through the IRC site).

5/10/2005	Congress Daily posted Megan Scully's article, Study urges Pentagon cuts as authorization work begins on Unified Security Budget for the United States, 2006.

5/10/2005	Patrick Doherty wrote a TomPaine.com editor blog, titled Smarter Security, on the Unified Security Budget for the United States, 2006.

5/10/2005	Inter Press Service posted Military Spending Leaves Home Front Unguarded by Abid Aslam on the Unified Security Budget for the United States, 2006.

5/6/2005	FPIF Codirector John Gershman spoke at a conference on Philanthropy, Ethics, and International Aid at Princeton University.

5/5/2005	In These Times published on its site and in its May 23, 2005 print edition comments Naomi Klein made at the National Teach-in on Iraq, which IPS organized in Washington. Read “How to End the War."

4/25/2005	FPIF contributor Anita Dancs' opinion piece War Derails Investment in Future was published in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.

4/18/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on Talkback - WBAI 99.5fm / Pacifica NY, with host Hugh Hamilton to discuss developing-country debts and the World Bank Spring Meeting.

4/12/2005	Tom Barry was a guest on Bloomberg Radio's Simply Put with hosts Michael Goldman and Tom Moroney to discuss the Negroponte nomination. Played at 11am Eastern time.

4/8/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver discussed the political climate in Iraq on WEAA 88.9 FM Baltimore, MD with host Anthony McCarthy on the Daybreak show.

4/8/2005	FPIF scholar Mark Engler discussed John Paul II’s economic ethics with Warren Olney on the National Public Radio program To the Point.

4/5/2005	IRC Policy Director Tom Barry joined host Mark Thompson on Make It Plain - XM Radio 169 / The Power - to discuss UN ambassador nominee John Bolton - the Right Man for a Radical Administration.

4/1/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was quoted in the Wall Street Journal regarding Wolfowitz's selection as World Bank president.

4/1/2005	FPIF contributor Sarah Anderson joined Gloria Minott of Metro Watch on WPFW / Pacifica Radio DC to discuss Wolfowitz's selection as World Bank president.

4/1/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was quoted by Suzanne Goldenberg in The Guardian regarding Wolfowitz’s selection as World Bank president.

3/31/2005	Several FPIF experts were featured in Jules Witcover’s syndicated column, From Vietnam to Iraq, Teach-ins Remain Popular, which ran in the (Mansfield, OH) News Journal, Alpena News (MI), Ashville Citizen-News (NC), Northern Virginia Daily (Strasburg), and other papers around the country regarding the National Teach-in on Iraq, which took place on 3/24/2005.

3/31/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was quoted by the Agence France Presse news service on Wolfowitz’s selection as World Bank president.

3/31/2005	Emira Woods and IPS Director/FPIF Adviser John Cavanagh were quoted with other FPIF experts by Emad Mekay of Inter Press Service in “Iraq War Architect Confirmed as World Bank President.”

3/30/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was interviewed on CNN International regarding the elections in Zimbabwe and democracy in Africa.

3/27/2005	Several FPIF experts were featured in David Swanson's “The Teach-in on Iraq” on Common Dreams.

3/25/2005	Read the Washington Post article on The National Teach-In On Iraq: How Can We End this War?, which included many FPIF analysts. Read/hear/see the panel moderated by FPIF analyst Phyllis Bennis on C-SPAN.

3/24/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods appeared on Black Entertainment Television (BET) News on Bush administration policies that limit access to healthcare and reproductive rights.

3/24/2005	FPIF contributor and USFCA professor Stephen Zunes was a guest on WTAN / Clearwater FL's Walking a Thin Line with host Mike Gault to discuss Syria and Lebanon.

3/23/2005	FPIF codirector John Gershman was quoted extensively in a WebIndia23.com article titled Rice's Asia visit, a tour of mixed results, say U.S.experts.

3/22/2005	FPIF analyst Ian Williams was on Daybreak / WEAA FM / Baltimore, MD hosted by Anthony McCarthy to discuss Kofi Annan’s proposed “reforms” for the United Nations.

3/22/2005	IPS Director and FPIF Adviser John Cavanagh was quoted in a NY Times article on the Wolfowitz nomination.

3/21/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU 88.5fm / NPR / Washington, DC, regarding the Millennium Challenge Account with Paul Applegarth, CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Steven Radelet, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Nisha Desai, InterAction's director of public policy.

3/18/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver discussed the Iraq war and possible exit strategies on NPR affiliate KQED with host Angie Coiro and guests Charles Hill / Hoover Institution and John Arquilla / Naval Post Graduate School.

3/18/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on NPR News and Notes with Ed Gordon (mp3 available) to debate Center for Global Development President Nancy Birdsall on Wolfowitz’s nomination and World Bank policies.

3/18/2005	FPIF Contributor Nadia Martinez discussed the Wolfowitz’s nomination on Wake Up Call WBAI / Pacifica in New York.

3/18/2005	John Cavanagh’s sarcastic “Top Ten Reasons Why Paul Wolfowitz Would Make a Good World Bank President” was quoted in the New York Times and International Herald Tribune.

3/18/2005	FPIF Analyst Mark Engler's op-ed ran in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. It reflects on Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero's assassination 25 years ago and the Bush administration's use of El Salvador as a model for the Iraq War.

3/16/2005	FPIF Advisory Committee Member and IPS Director John Cavanagh appeared on PBS NewsHour with host Ray Suarez to debate the nomination of Paul Wolfowitz for World Bank President with Dennis Ross, a former Wolfowitz colleague at State and Defense. Read the transcript.

3/15/2005	FPIF Adviser John Feffer's article on proposed U.S. legislation to "rid the world of dictators" by 2025—derided as a pie-in-the-sky cover for Bush's failures—appeared in Salon.

3/15/2005	FPIF founder Tom Barry was interviewed via email by Omayma Abdel-Latif, Assistant Editor in Chief of Al-Ahram Weekly, one of the most prominent newspapers in Cairo, Egypt. For those who read Arabic, enjoy the full article. Here are Tom's written responses to questions.

3/11/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on NPR News & Notes with Ed Gordon to discuss a $25 billion African aid proposal with William Kalema, Board of the Uganda Investment Authority chairman.

3/11/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver discussed the Iraq war and possible exit strategies, on America’s Work Force on WERE 1300am Cleveland, OH, with host Flash Ference.

3/11/2005	Erik Leaver was on WBAI / Pacifica New York's Wakeup Call to discuss the Iraq War and possible exit strategies.

3/10/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods discussed developments in Sudan and the Congo on the XM satellite radio program, The Power.

3/8/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver was on American AM - broadcast in Tampa Bay, FL on WWPR and WDCF. He discussed Iraq exit strategies and the $82 billion supplemental budget bill now pending in Congress with host Henry Raines.

3/7/2005	FPIF contributor and IPS fellow Phyllis Bennis debated retired Marine Bob Newman, on MSNBC’s Connected: Coast to Coast, hosted by Ron Reagan and Monica Crowley. The topic was Iraqi occupation in light of the shooting of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena by U.S. forces shortly after her captors freed her.

3/1/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was quoted in an Inter Press Service article by Thalif Deen titled, African Force Too Weak to Stop Darfur Killings.

2/28/2005	FPIF Codirector John Gershman's 2002 Foreign Affairs article, Is Southeast Asia the Second Front? is included in their latest terrorism anthology, published by the Council on Foreign Relations.

2/27/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods appeared on CBC TV to discuss world wide citizen efforts to end the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region.

2/22/2005	IPS senior scholar and FPIF contributor Norman Birnbaum debated John J. Miller of the National Review on MSNBC’s Connected: Coast to Coast, hosted by Ron Reagan and Monica Crowley. The issue was Bush's effort to mend fences with France and other European countries.

2/18/2005	FPIF contributor and IPS fellow Phyllis Bennis was quoted in a pg 3 Washington Post article by Evelyn Nieves. Read the article Groups Preparing New Push Against Iraq - War Invasion Anniversary Next Month Is Date of Campaign Kickoff.

2/17/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on Voice of America's Africa Journal to discuss Togo and broader issues of democracy in Africa with Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Ghassim Wane, head of the African Union’s Conflict Management division.

2/17/2005	FPIF booked Ray McGovern on CBC TV to discuss John Negroponte's nomination for national intelligence director. McGovern is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) and 27-year veteran of the CIA and other U.S. intelligence work.

2/16/2005	FPIF Advisory Committee member John Feffer was published in the Ft Worth Star-Telegram. Read his op/ed on the administration's ineffectual negotiations with North Korea on nuclear disarmament.

2/11/2005	FPIF Advisory Committee member John Feffer was quoted in an article by Jeremy Kirk in the Washington Times. Read the article titled N. Korean Defections Strain Ties.

2/10/2005	FPIF founder and IRC Policy Director Tom Barry discussed the implications of the appointment of Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State on Breakfast with Jonathan Lucraft of Radio Adelaide - Australia.

2/10/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on KQED, a Northern California NPR and Sirius satellite station. She discussed Sudan on a panel that included Brett D. Schaeffer of the Heritage Foundation and CA Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally.

2/9/2005	IRC board member Noam Chomsky's address at IRC's 25th Anniversary fete in Santa Fe, NM was broadcast on Democracy Now! Listen to the archive as he discusses his support for the work of IRC and FPIF in working to make the U.S. a more responsible member of the global community.

2/8/2005	Bill Hartung - FPIF scholar, and President's Fellow, World Policy Institute - was on KQED to discuss proposed 2006 military spending with Eric Engen of AEI and Zanny Minton Beddoes for The Economist.

2/4/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver discussed the Iraq War and possible exit strategies on Voice of the Cape's Drivetime, a South African radio program.

2/3/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was quoted regarding developments in Cote d’Ivoire in an Inter Press Service article by Thalif Deen.

2/2/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods debated the State of the Union address on the Voice of America World Service show Daybreak Africa with George Ayittey of American Enterprise Institute and Clyde Wood from the University of Maryland focusing on Social Security, Iraq, and overall U.S. foreign policy.

2/2/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver appeared on Abu Dhabi TV in an interview prior to the State of the Union address regarding President Bush's expected proposals for U.S. foreign policy.

2/1/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was on As It Happens, a CBC radio program that's broadcast in Canada and the U.S. Listen to the real audio file of her discussion of developments in Sudan.

2/1/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver appeared on MSNBC with Nile Gardiner of the Heritage Foundation to discuss the Iraq War.

2/1/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods appeared on BBC World TV to discuss the recent United Nations report on Sudan.

1/31/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver was a guest on the Jamaican radio program, Breakfast Club to discuss the outcome of the Iraqi elections.

1/30/2005	Hear FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver on BackChat - RTHK Radio in Hong Kong - discussing the outcome of the Iraq elections with other distinguished guests.

1/30/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods discussed developments in Sudan on PowerPoint, a nationally syndicated radio program produced in Atlanta, GA - a weekly public affairs, interview and listener participation program, targeting African American audiences.

1/28/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver was quoted in Michelle Chen's New Standard article, Public Can Force Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Lawmakers and Critics Say, which examines emerging splits over occupation policy and hope for antiwar activists.

1/27/2005	FPIF contributor Gareth Porter's opinion piece appeared in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Not Even a Shadow of Iraqi Counterinsurgency examines the failings of the "Iraqization" of the war in comparison to "Vietnamization."

1/27/2005	FPIF analyst Anas Shallal's op/ed, Low-Expectation Election, was featured in the Baltimore Sun. It critiques the administration's methods of lowering expectations by adjusting it's message to suit current reality and never admitting mistakes.

1/26/2005	FPIF analyst Frida Berrigan was heard on Voice of the Cape, a South African radio program, to discuss developments in Sudan, based on her recent FPIF commentary Peace Accord in Sudan: Good News for People or Oil Companies?

1/25/2005	IRC Policy Director Tom Barry was heard on KPFK's Uprising with host Sonali Kolhatkar discussing US.foreign aid policy. They discussed Tom's commentary, U.S. Isn't "Stingy," It's Strategic.

1/23/2005	Read IRC Policy Director Tom Barry's opinion piece on U.S. foreign aid policy published in the Billings Gazette. You can also read his full length commentary, U.S. Isn't "Stingy," It's Strategic.

1/20/2005	John Gershman and Laura Carlsen, IRC's Global Affairs and Americas Program directors, respectively, were guests on The Journey Home hosted by Diego Mulligan on www.ksfr.org. In anticipation of IRC's 25th Anniversary in Santa Fe, they discussed its history and future.

1/19/2005	FPIF codirector Emira Woods was a guest on Voice of America's Straight-Talk Africa program to discuss prospects for U.S. foreign policy under a Condoleezza Rice led State Department.

1/19/2005	FPIF codirector John Gershman and FPIF Grassroots Outreach Coordinator, Julie Ajinkya, were guests on A Public Affair on WORT, listener-sponsored community radio in Madison, WI. They discussed the tsunami and its aftermath with host Esty Dinur.

1/19/2005	FPIF peace and security editor Miriam Pemberton's op/ed on illusory Pentagon budget cuts was published by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram today. It was also published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on the 14th. Read the article, Slowing the Military Spending Surge.

1/17/2005	FPIF Codirector John Gershman, was heard on Jamaican newsradio's The Breakfast Club discussing implications of China's growing economy and power with Michelle Mood of Kenyon College and Suzanne Rudden of Northeastern University.

1/17/2005	IPS Fellow and FPIF Contributor Phyllis Bennis was quoted in the Hartford Courant by David Lightman in “Rice’s Clout No Sure Thing.”

1/16/2005	Ronald Bruce St John's op/ed appeared in the Peoria Journal Star. Titled U.S. Ideological Rigidity Causes Blowback Around Globe, it examines the far-reaching and negative consequences of U.S. Iraqi and terrorism policies.

1/16/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver and FPIF Middle East editor Stephen Zunes were quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle by Joe Garofoli in “Bush protesters rethink tactics.”

1/14/2005	FPIF peace and security editor, Miriam Pemberton, was published in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Read the article, Slowing the Military Spending Surge.

1/13/2005	FPIF Codirector John Gershman was quoted in a FoxNews.com article regarding Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf's announcement that he doesn't intend to step down. Read the report.

1/13/2005	FPIF contributor and World Policy Institute senior research associate, Frida Berrigan, was heard on KAOS community radio at Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA discussing Indonesian Military and International Tsunami Relief Challenges in Aceh.

1/13/2005	IPS Fellow and FPIF contributor Sarah Anderson was quoted by CBS MarketWatch regarding Wal-Mart’s business and labor practices in China. Read the article.

1/12/2005	IPS fellow and FPIF contributor Phyllis Bennis discussed the Palestinian elections on Abu Dhabi Television.

1/12/2005	FPIF assisted Michael Beer, director of Nonviolence International, in arranging an interview on CNN International where he discussed conditions in Indonesia’s Aceh province following the tsunami.

1/11/2005	FPIF Codirector John Gershman was interviewed by Mark Thompson regarding aid to Asian tsunami-hit nations on XM satellite radio's “The Power.”

1/08/2005	IPS fellow and FPIF contributor Phyllis Bennis was on CNN International Weekend News to discuss the U.S. image abroad in light of the Iraq War and tsunami aid.

1/07/2005	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods discussed aid and poverty in Africa on BBC Radio’s "Five Live" program.

1/06/2005	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver was quoted by Lakshmi Chaudhry on the AlterNet news and analysis site in an article titled Rethinking Iraq.

1/05/2005	National Priorities Project Executive Director, Greg Speeter, was booked by FPIF for What's At Stake, a weekly radio show on WPFW (Washington) and other Pacifica stations. He discussed the need for the U.S. to spend more on social services and less on military operations and weapons.

1/05/2005	International Relations Center Policy Director and FPIF founder, Tom Barry, discussed the politics of foreign aid on Between the Lines, a weekly radio program on WPKN/Bridgeport, CT and other Pacifica stations. Listen to the broadcast.

1/03/2005	Writer Ann Keller cited Foreign Policy In Focus for its work on security spending in Newspaper Tree, an El Paso, TX publication. Her article is titled "How Much is Defense Costing Us?"

12/30/2004	FPIF Codirector John Gershman was quoted in an Inter Press Service article by Jim Lobe regarding the slow response of the U.S. in delivering aid to Asian nations struck by the tsunami. Read the article.

12/23/2004	FPIF booked Corporal Alex Ryabov, cofounder of Iraq Veterans Against the War, for an interview with television news program, BBC World.

12/22/2004	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods updated radio listeners across the country on the situation in Darfur and Sudan in an interview that aired on Pacifica Headline News throughout the day.

12/22/2004	Krista Ridley, Deputy Director of Policy for Oxfam America, was booked by FPIF on NPR News w/ Tony Cox titled “Foreign Aid Workers Discuss Dangers of the Profession.” You can hear the program here.

12/20/2004	FPIF Codirector John Gershman and FPIF scholar Jules Lobel were interviewed by Free Speech Radio News regarding a memo written in 2001 that links Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales and Bush’s “preemptive” war doctrine. Click here to hear the broadcast.

12/11/2004	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver was quoted in a Toronto Star article by Tim Harper titled "U.S. Soldiers’ Grilling Fields."

12/10/2004	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver spoke about the lack of proper equipment for U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq on the Washington, DC affiliate of ABC News.

12/10/2004	Ivan Medina, a co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War, was booked by FPIF for an interview on To the Point, originating on KCRW and nationally syndicated via NPR. He discussed the reasons why many U.S. troops are unhappy with the Iraq War. Read and listen at www.moretothepoint.com/

12/8/2004	FPIF Policy Outreach Director Erik Leaver was quoted in a Dallas Morning News article by David McLemore titled Rumsfeld Takes Heat from Rank-and-File. The article also appeared in the Kansas City Star and Omaha World Herald.

12/3/2004	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods updated listeners on the situation in Darfur and Sudan on Chuck Harder’s "For the People" nationally syndicated radio show.

12/2/2004	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods discussed President George W. Bush’s meeting with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on BET Nightly News, a television program.

11/30/2004	FPIF Codirector John Gershman was the guest on KPFA/ Berkeley's Against the Grain. He discussed and elaborated on the IRC policy brief, The Next Four Years: A Political Forecast. Hear the one-hour discussion here.

11/24/2004	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was quoted in the CNN article Prospects for Peace in Sudan. Her comments also aired on CNN Wolf Blitzer Reports.

11/24/2004	FPIF Codirector Emira Woods was interviewed on NPR’s Tavis Smiley Show regarding events in Sudan and the Ivory Coast.

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