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Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer addresses the audience Yesterday afternoon I had the unique privilege of introducing Margot Wallstrom, the Secretary General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict at the United Nations, at a seminar for transatlantic challenges organized by the American Chamber of Commerce. Unfortunately, even in today’s modern world, rape continues to be a tool of political intimidation and warfare. Empowering women in conflict zones to speak out against these atrocities is “a human rights issue, not a women’s issue,” according to Wallstrom. Consequently, global peace and stability will never occur until we empower women to have a seat at the negotiating table in peacekeeping efforts. Wallstrom is an innovative leader who has made her own path in her career, and never ... Continue reading →
THEIR LEARNABLE MOMENTEDITORIALNEW YORK TIMES The Senate must also take the lead, starting now, in curtailing the House’s attempts to roll back reform. Several bills have already passed, and others are pending, that would give broad exemptions to regulation for all manner of derivatives trades — loopholes that would allow JPMorgan-style trading to proliferate. JPMorgan’s fiasco should be a teachable — even a transformational moment: one that ensures that all the necessary financial reforms are finally put in place. HOW CHANGE HAPPENSBY DAVID BROOKSNEW YORK TIMES In a country that desperately wants change, I have no idea why a party would not compete to be the party of change and transformation. For a candidate like Obama, who successfully ran an unconventional campaign that embodied and ... Continue reading →