Current Issues

Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail to Advise President Obama

In his book Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize, Ahmed Zewail considers himself as a cultural product of both East and West, and he also integrates the two worlds he equally belongs to: Egypt and America. Despite differences, he emphasizes the confluence of the two cultures. More...

U.S. Trade Representative Underscores Safety of U.S. Meat Exports

U.S. meat products are safe and American ranchers and farmers are helping feed the families of the world, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk says. Trade, particularly trade in agricultural products, can be a “powerful contributor to the revival of the U.S. and global economies,” he says. More...

Obama Picks Sonia Sotomayor to Serve on U.S. Supreme Court

President Obama announced May 26 that he will nominate U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the Supreme Court. If confirmed by the Senate, Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the highest court in the United States. More...

Space Telescope Fix a Success; Shuttle Prepares for June Launch

Space shuttle Atlantis is home after a successful mission and a weather-delayed landing in California on May 24, and shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on June 13, leaving seven flights to go before the shuttle’s final flight in September 2010. More...

Obama Calls North Korea’s Nuclear Test Reckless

North Korea’s recent underground nuclear test and short-range missile tests pose “a great threat to the peace and security of the world, and I strongly condemn their reckless action,” President Obama says at the White House, adding that the tests are a violation of international law. More...