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From: [email protected] On Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: 6/3, 4: Pro-Israel The Israel Project Conf Cal: Iran and Latin America/Venezuela
Dear all:
Today I received a e-mail from U.S.-based pro-Israel think-thank The Israel Project inviting people to join their upcoming conference call with Rep. Connie Mack and Rep. Eliot Engel, topic: "Venezuela and Iran: The Case for Concern" and "Iran and Latin America: Is Iran Making Regional Advances?" (Information see below)
It might worth to join the call and see what they're cooking for linking Iran and Latin America, as well as Venezuela.
Lee Siu Hin
National Coordinator
National Immigrant Solidarity Network http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org
Peace NO War Network http://www.PeaceNoWar.net
ActionLA Coalition http://www.ActionLA.org
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http://www.theisraelproject.org/
Join The Israel Project for Two Conference Calls:
Click here for call with Rep. Connie Mack (Wednesday, June 3)
Click here for call with Rep. Eliot Engel (Thursday, June 4)
Wednesday, June 3 at 11 a.m. EST
"Venezuela and Iran: The Case for Concern"
featuring
Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL)
Ranking Member of the House of Representatives, Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommitee on the Western Hemisphere
Time:
8 a.m. Los Angeles
11 a.m. Washington/New York
4 p.m. London
5 p.m. Paris/Berlin
6 p.m. Jerusalem
1 a.m. Sydney (Thursday, June 4)
RSVP HERE*
(you will receive a confirmation page and e-mail with dial-in information)
*Questions must be submitted in advance via the registration page (click on RSVP link above)
or by sending questions to [email protected]
For more information, please contact Michael Wain at
(202) 279-0565 or [email protected]
Thursday, June 4 at 3 p.m. EST
"Iran and Latin America: Is Iran Making Regional Advances?"
featuring
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)
Chairman of the House of Representatives, Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommitee on the Western Hemisphere
Time:
12 p.m. (noon) Los Angeles
3 p.m. Washington/New York
8 p.m. London
9 p.m. Paris/Berlin
10 p.m. Jerusalem
5 a.m. Sydney (Friday, June 5)
RSVP HERE*
(you will receive a confirmation page and e-mail with dial-in information)
*Questions must be submitted in advance via the registration page (click on RSVP link above) or by sending questions to [email protected]
For more information, please contact Michael Wain at
(202) 279-0565 or [email protected]
About the Speakers
Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL)
Rep. Connie Mack
Connie Mack was elected to his third term in the United States Congress in November of 2008 to represent Florida's 14th Congressional District. He currently serves on three committees -- Transportation and Infrastructure; Foreign Affairs; and Budget -- allowing him to effectively represent the needs of Southwest Florida.
Mack has taken a leadership role in fighting for the needs of Southwest Florida. From his successful efforts to secure $81.1 million for the expansion of I-75, to fighting to preserve the region's fragile ecosystem and tourist-based economy, Mack is focused on making sure Southwest Florida remains a great place to live, work and visit.
Nationally, Congressman Mack understands that the most important issue of our time continues to be fighting and winning the war on terror. As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, he is working to help craft policies that spread the ideals of Freedom, Security and Prosperity around the world. Mack has become widely viewed as one Congress' leading critic of Venezuela's Communist President Hugo Chavez and the rapid military build-up, and ever-growing anti-democratic and anti-U.S. actions of the Chavez government.
Congressman Mack also understands that government doesn't have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem. As a member of the Budget Committee, he is continuing to work to restore fiscal responsibility and reduce wasteful spending so that people can continue to receive the services they need, but at a price they can afford.
Congressman Mack previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2003. As a member of the Florida Legislature, he established himself as a champion for mainstream conservative values, and was named Deputy Majority Leader in just his second term.
Prior to being elected to Congress, Mack was a business executive with Fort Myers-based LTP Management before becoming an independent business and marketing consultant.
Connie Mack was born and raised in Southwest Florida and is a graduate of the University of Florida. He is the son of former United States Senator Connie Mack and well-known cancer prevention advocate Priscilla Mack.
Mack is married to U.S. Rep. Mary Bono Mack. He is the proud father of two children, Addison and Connie, and two stepchildren, Chesare and Chianna. Mack resides in Fort Myers.
Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY)
Rep. Eliot L. Engel
Congressman Engel serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee including the Subcommittees on Health, and Energy and the Environment. He also serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee and is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, as well as serving on the Subcommittee on Europe, and the Subcommittee on the Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment. In addition he serves as Vice Chair of the Democratic Task Force on Homeland Security. He is the founder and Co-Chair of the House Oil and National Security Caucus, which is seeking clean, energy efficient alternatives to America's over-reliance on oil. He is also a member of the Democratic Task Force on Health and serves on the House Caucuses on Human Rights and the Hudson Valley.
During his political career, Congressman Engel has championed affordable housing, real healthcare reform and education for all Americans. He was a leader in passing legislation to protect the Highlands, millions of acres running through New York, including large portions of Rockland and Westchester Counties. Congressman Engel has called for balancing the budget by rolling back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and reforming the Alternative Minimum Tax that is hurting so many middle class New York families.
Congressman Engel is the author the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003, which successfully sparked international pressure on Syria to withdraw from Lebanon, and sponsored a key resolution recognizing Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel. He has written important laws relating to Albania and Kosova, Cyprus, Irish affairs, and is co-author of the Harkin-Engel Protocol, which addresses the child slave labor in the cocoa fields of Africa.
Congressman Engel was born in the Bronx on February 18, 1947. He grew up in a city housing project and attended New York City public schools. In 1969, he graduated from Hunter-Lehman College with a B.A. in History and received a Master's Degree in Guidance and Counseling in 1973 from Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York. In 1987, he received a law degree from New York Law School.
For twelve years prior to his election to Congress, Mr. Engel served in the New York State Assembly (1977-1988), where he chaired the Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, as well as the Subcommittee on Mitchell-Lama Housing. Prior to that, he was a teacher and guidance counselor in the New York City public school system.
A lifelong resident of the Bronx, Congressman Engel is married to Patricia Ennis Engel. They have three children, Julia, Jonathan and Philip.
The Israel Project is an international non-profit organization devoted to educating the press and the public about Israel while promoting security, freedom and peace. The Israel Project provides journalists, leaders and opinion-makers accurate information about Israel. The Israel Project is not related to any government or government agency.
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