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MONROVIA – The Bicentennial Celebration which tends to commemorate 200 years since freed slaves from America settled on the Providence Island in search of true freedom is taking the Liberia-America relationship to another level – even to the level wh

Secretary Blinken: Invoke the Leahy Act! Stop funding Colombia’s human rights abusers! Since April 28, Colombian security forces have murdered at least 37 protestors. These cops receive U.S. funding. Sign the petition to tell the State Department to invoke the Leahy Law - no more U.S. tax dollars to Colombia’s human rights violators! Read the petition Dear Secretary Blinken, I am sure you have seen the horrifying videos coming out of Colombia since April 28. In response to peaceful protests...

Direct News Source Recovery for All of Us: Mayor de Blasio, Representative Meeks, Borough President Richards Announce Foundation for JFK Airport Construction, Over 20,000 Jobs Mayor Bill de Blasio, Representative Gregory Meeks and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards today announced key elements of the foundation for the new JFK Airport construction projects that will drive a recovery for all of us by creating over 20,000 jobs, investing $10 to $15 billion in new infrastructure and boostin...

Monday, February 1, 2021 9:00 am - 10:00 am Please join the CSIS Africa Program for a unique event featuring Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY). Newly elected as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the first Black Member of Congress to serve as Chair of that committee, Representative Meeks will outline his vision for a reimagined approach to U.S.-Africa policy in a democratically controlled house and senate. Representative Meeks will also engage directly with Ugandan and Et...

President Biden has many difficult problems to address but has said that he wants to pursue a collegiate strategy with partners around the world. By any measure, a unilateral policy that has failed for over 60 years, and which has demonstrably not helped the Cuban people requires urgent review. In the dying days of the Trump Presidency, the US State Department designated Cuba a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’. Regrettably, the measure will slow efforts by the Biden administration to take a cal...

That president zelensky will do anything you ask him to. joining me now are two congressmen on committees involved in the impeachment process. ted lu and gregory meeks. thank you both for being here. im going to go back and forth between the two of you. congressman lu, what did you take away from the first two days of open hearings that we heard this week? >> thank you, joy, for your question. first of all its an honor to be on with representative meeks. this week was a very, very bad week for d...

Star power and no substance. the not so blind quotes from the likes of representative meeks, and william clay. respected long-time serving members and members of the congressional black caucus pushing back at ocasio-cortez just 10 short days ago for saying that nancy pelosi was a racist. she was targeting them because they were women of color. by the way, people are saying oh, president trump wants these four to be the face of the democratic party. you know who else does? those four do. theyre l...

If he did well in 2016 he will do better in 2020. >> sometimes it is easier to be the under dog. and in terms of the research that he will face much more within his own party. he is not really a democrat. he is running as a democrat. but he is an independent. some democratic members of congress dont like that a all like representative meeks who told me he didnt think sanders would be allowed to run. i wonder if this time is better for him because it is the green new deal moment or if he is going...

Democratic voters that ultimately want open process and the voters he got over 40% of their votes in 2016 dont seem to have the same problem as representative meeks. representative meeks is entimed to his own opinion, i dont think he would want sanders running eitherer. >> good to have you this morning. >> thank you so much. more news straight ahead. >> smerconish is up after a quick break. well see new another hour. want a performance car that actually fits your life? introducing the new 2019...

Only to his -- to democrats, but even to his allies. >> you believe you and your colleagues across the aisle are still open to something. >> we want to make sure we protect those kids. >> representative meeks, appreciate your time. this just in to cnn, speculation mounts about another administration exit, epas scott pruitt. abby phillip is standing by. what are you learning? >> reporter: good morning, erica. the question going into this day was what would happen with scott pruitt, will he surv...