Commentary: BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT, January 2003 recap
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ------------------------------------------------------ Sunday, February 2, 2003 - Commentary BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT Personal Notes on the occasion of America's third Space Tragedy by RICHARD E. BERG-ANDERSSON TheGreenPapers.com Staff http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCom/?20030202-0 ------------------------------------------------------ Saturday February 1, 2003 - Condolences and Sympathy We at TheGreenPapers.com extend our deepest and most heartfelt sympathies to the family, friends, acquaintances and other loved ones of the 7 astronauts lost aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia which disintegrated during re-entry over the State of Texas on the morning of Saturday 1 February 2003... we also extend our condolences to all those who work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), all those entities- both public and private- which are involved in the design, building and/or maintenance of the Space Shuttle fleet and its systems and all those many institutions and entities- again, both public and private- that provide the ideas, subjects and/or materials for the scientific experiments that were aboard STS-107. This was a terrible loss for all Americans but it was also a terrible loss for all Israelis and our sympathies also extend to the citizens of the State of Israel as they mourn their first-ever astronaut. ====================================================== January 2003 recap ====================================================== ------------------------------------------------------ January 31, 2003 - Florida Lieutenant Governor Florida Lieutenant Governor Republican Frank Brogan was unanimously selected to become Florida Atlantic University’s fifth president by FAU’s Board of Trustees. Unofficial reports indicate that he will begin serving on 1 March 2003. Reference: http://www.fau.edu/about/bot/search/press1.htm http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G03/FL.phtml#LG ------------------------------------------------------ Thursday January 30, 2003 - Secretary of Treasury confirmed John W. Snow is confirmed as Secretary of the Treasury by Senate viva voce (by voice vote). http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Hx/BushAdministration.html#jsnow ------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday January 22, 2003 - First Secretary of Homeland Security confirmed The United States Senate today confirmed the nomination of former Governor Tom Ridge (R-Pennsylvania), the Director of the Office of Homeland Security since the Fall of 2001, as the first Secretary of the new Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security. The Senate vote in favor of Mr. Ridge's confirmation was 94-0. Mr. Ridge's confirmation came on a roll-call vote on the floor of the Senate which, under Article II, Section 2, clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, has power- with its "Advice and Consent"- to confirm nominations by the President re: "public Ministers", among other appointive officers of the Federal Government. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Hx/BushAdministration.html#tridge ------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday January 21, 2003 - Floor Leaders of the 108th Congress (2003-2005) http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Hx/FloorLeaders.html House of Representatives - Majority Party Leader: Republican Tom DeLay, Texas - Majority Party Whip: Republican Roy Blunt, Missouri - Minority Party Leader: Democrat Nancy Pelosi, California - Minority Party Whip: Democrat Steny Hoyer, Maryland Senate - Majority Party Leader: Republican Bill Frist, Tennessee - Majority Party Whip: Republican Mitch McConnell, Kentucky - Minority Party Leader: Democrat Thomas A. Daschle, South Dakota - Minority Party Whip: Democrat Harry Reid, Nevada ------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday January 21, 2003 - Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide have been added to TheGreenPapers. State by State listing of current office holders http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G03/ State by state listing of major executive offices and election cycles http://www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/oes.phtml ------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday January 14, 2003 - Correction The Governor's Chair for the State of Washington was incorrectly listed as having a term limit. In 1998, the Washington Supreme Court declared the state's term limits unconstitutional. Reference: 134 Wn.2d 188, GERBERDING v. MUNRO, No. 65059-4. En Banc., argued October 15, 1997, decided January 8, 1998. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G03/WA.phtml#G ------------------------------------------------------ Monday January 13, 2003 - Presidential Candidates Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut announces "I am a candidate for President in 2004...." http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCC04/candidates.phtml ------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday January 7, 2003... the 108th Congress formally convenes U.S. Senate Chief Officers President pro Tempore: Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) Majority Leader: Bill Frist (R-Tennessee) Minority Leader: Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) U.S. House Chief Officers Speaker: Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) Majority Leader: Tom DeLay (R-Texas) Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi (D-California) ------------------------------------------------------ |