Message from the Democratic Party of Oregon, LGBTQ caucus:
November 4th election night has come and passed.As Democrats, as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Oregonians and Americans we have much to celebrate.
Topics include a report from occupied Gaza, the crisis of displaced refugees in Congo, and former Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney reflects on the election and the future of President-Elect Obama.
Host Per Fagereng interviews journalist, professor and lawyer Peter Erlinder, who has done legal work in Rwanda, about the upsurge of fighting in Congo and its relationship to Rwanda.
Obama promised change, but so far, his foreign policy advisors look like the same old crew.
The economic crisis has pushed foreign policy issues to the back burner. Even America's two Asian wars - with a third brewing in Pakistan - have received scant attention in recent months. What should President Obama's foreign policy priorities be and can he really bring change to the nation's relationship with the rest of the world?
Michele Darr is in the same spot she has been for the past eleven days; camping and on hunger strike at the steps of governor Ted Kulongoski’s office in salem. She wants a meeting with the governor and a chance to dissuade him from sending oregon's National Guard to serve in Iraq. Michele is dismayed with the deployment and with the Bush Administration's “Stop Loss” policy which involuntarily extends a service member's active duty.