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Online Marketing and Advertising
Participants briefed reporters on online marketing and advertising practices which companies use to target children. They talked about the dangers of online services to children by invasion of privacy and exploitation of young users.
Type: Media
Amtrak Future
Mr. Downs spoke about future plans for higher speed trains with more customer services and the continuing safety concerns about the nation's passenger rail system. After his prepared remarks, he took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Haitian President Perspective
President Preval talked about the status of democracy and investment in Haiti and then took questions from the audience. Translation from French to English was by voiceover.
Type: Media
Governors' Proposal for Education Reform
The two governors talked about bipartisan efforts to improve education and schools across the U.S. They are president and vice president of National Governors' Association which will hold an Education Summit in Washington next week.
Type: Media
Northern Ireland Peace Process
Mr. Trimble spoke about the recent I.R.A. bombings in London and their impact on the peace process in Northern Ireland. After his prepared remarks, he took questions from the press. Prime Minister Bruton, Gerry Adams and he were all in Washington, DC for separate meetings with President Clinton.
Type: Media
Affordable Housing
Mr. Fuller, who founded Habitat for Humanity in Georgia in 1976, talked about the growth of the program over the past twenty years and its goals for continued growth. He stressed that the organization provide houses to all those who want them and that housing must be a matter of conscience to the American people. Habitat Humanity builds housing with volunteer labor and donated materials for low-income families. After his prepared remarks, he took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Television Ratings System
Members of Congress and others reacted to the television ratings system proposed by industry executives and recently leaked to the press. They criticized the proposal for being too vague, and age, rather than content based, which would allow parents to make their own evaluation of programs based on specific information about language, violence and sexual content. The members of Congress also held out the possibility of a government ratings system if the television industry does not change its initial proposal.
Type: Media
East Timor Independence
Ambassador Siregar spoke about the Indonesian perspective on efforts in East Timor for more independence. Indonesia annexed East Timor, a former Portuguese colony, in 1976. He outlined the benefits which integration with Indonesia has provided to the region over the past twenty years and stressed that Indonesia remains committed to an internationally acceptable solution to the East Timor question, about which talks between Portugal and Indonesia will resume later in the month. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience of reporters. The same day, two leaders of the Timoran…
Type: Media
World Trade Organization Meeting
Ambassador Hills spoke about the upcoming World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Singapore. She examined various issues to be debated at the meeting, including adding new members and labor standards. She also reviewed the organization's activities over its first two years of existence. After her remarks, she took questions from the audience of reporters.
Type: Media
Jimmy Dolittle Award
Mr. Augustine received the annual Jimmy Dolittle Award, named after the former Air Force general. The award is presented to persons for contributions to national defense through scientific research.
Type: Media