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Opened up the queens head tavern. And being down here in lower manhattan, you were at the center of commerce. So it was location, location, location. It was a very popular tavern. Soon, the politics of the times started really kicking up and Samuel Fraunces was a patriot, so having a tavern named after your king and queen was not a good idea, so people referred to it as sam Fraunces Tavern, which is what its known as today. The tavern was very popular. He had two kitchens, he had a savory kitchen and a sweet kitchen, which was very uncommon for the time. In the late 1760s, when the turmoil of ...

I have to think about that for a minute. I just came here, really, today, to thank everybody involved with this. I was not involved with this petition drive at all. And anybody who knows me knows i couldnt organize a onecar funeral. The fact that this has happened just leaves me speechless. And the main thing that gets to me is i realize i dont deserve all this. But i also know its really not about me. Its about some basic issues that affect all journalists and all americans. You know, when the my lawyers always tell me never to talk about my case. But theres a couple of things i can say. And ...

Detained by Police Officers there before being released. Other reports backed up by video taken during the disturbances show that some television grews were hampered by authorities from doing their professional duties. This is all unacceptable. And we call for the police to let the journalists carry out their professional mission to report the news in an unfettered matter, otherwise its a violation of the freedom of the press enshrined in the First Amendment of our bill of rights. Also unacceptable. Very much unacceptable is the threat of prison to james risen. This morning a petition signed b...

Event on government and the media. After that association of black journalists mark rogers. New york times reporter james risen was subpoenaed in 2008 to testify at the trial of a former cia officer accused of leaking information on Irans Nuclear program. In august, mr. Risen spoke about freedom of the press at an event hosted by the institute for public accuracy. Youll also hear from former talk show host phil donahue, this is about an hour and 10 minutes. Good afternoon. Im myron belkheim, president of the National Press club, i would like to welcome you on a day that is important to our whe...

From its normative moral power abroad. I dont think that the United States wants to join cuba in becoming the only other countryr in the western hemisphere to have an imprisoned journalist. And thats whats at risk here. T it is much harder for the u. S. To be taken seriously when it advocates for press freedom and journalistic rights abroad when they are abridged at home. Governments have many obligations, to enforce the law, to protect citizens, to provente attacks. But they also have an obligatio to uphold the constitution and to uphold democratic principles upon which this society is built ...