WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Council on Foreign Relations issued the following news release: Former diplomat and Middle East expert Martin Indyk will join the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) this month as a distinguished fellow and director of executive education, based in New York City. "We are honored to welcome a practitioner and scholar of Martin's caliber to the Council," said CFR President Richard N. Haass. "Martin has been at the center of much of U.S. policy toward the Middle East fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: A discussion with authors Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry and Minyon Moore about their upcoming book For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics will lead the programing schedule for September and October at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. All four political strategists and authors will take the stage in the Oprah Winfrey Theater Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture issued the following news: A discussion with authors Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry and Minyon Moore about their upcoming book For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics will lead the programing schedule for September and October at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. All four political strategists and authors will take the stage in the Opra more PR

CLINTON, New York, Sept. 13 -- Hamilton College issued the following news: The Right Honourable David Cameron, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016), will be Hamilton College's next Sacerdote Great Names speaker on Monday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the public, although tickets are required. Cameron is the second British Prime Minister to speak as part of the Sacerdote Series. Margaret Thatcher appeared at Hamilton in 1999. David Cameron served as  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund issued the following news release: Less than two months before Latino voters head to the polls for the 2018 midterm elections, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund and Latino Decisions released the results of the second wave of its ten-week tracking poll of Latino registered voters. Results from the second week of the NALEO Education more PR

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, Sept. 12 -- Indiana University issued the following news release: Indiana University South Bend invites the community to two special events featuring Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate Rita Dove. On Friday, September 21 from 6-7 p.m., Dove will participate in a public interview and question-and-answer session at the Civil Rights Heritage Center at 1040 W. Washington Street in South Bend. She will then deliver the Bender Scholar-in-Residence Lecture on Saturday, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Sept. 12, paying tribute to Judge Guido Calabresi: Mr. President, today I recognize Judge Guido Calabresi, a dedicated public servant and professor who is celebrating 70 years as a naturalized citizen of the United States on September 16. His life and career constitute a legacy of commitment and passion for initiating positive change. A deeply insig more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The office of Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement at the conclusion of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's testimony in the Senate Judiciary Committee on his confirmation to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Anthony Kennedy: Senator Cardin was a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for the hearings of both Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor. "What I have witnessed over the last few days has been a struggle between Republican more PR