In her new book, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, Alexandra Fuller writes about a very memorable character: her mother, Nicola. The Wyoming-based author previously wrote about her experiences as a white child growing up in Africa’s Rhodesia in the midst of a civil war in her memoir, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, which was not exactly well-received by her mother.
With an agreement being debated by Congress, we discussed free trade with former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who was in town to speak at the Zions Bank Trade & Business Conference. We also spoke with Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Rebecca Blank with the U.S. Department of Commerce.
A former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen’s visit to Salt Lake City yesterday came at an ideal time to discuss the country in turmoil, with President Barack Obama calling on embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down from power in the midst of a political crisis. Barbara Bodine, who was U.S. Ambassador to Yemen from 1997 to 2001, spoke yesterday to the Salt Lake Committee on Foreign Relations.
President Obama’s trip to London makes it a busy time for the BBC World Service, which has been covering his visit extensively here on KCPW. It’s the president’s first official state visit to the capital of the U.K., leading to lots of speculation about the exact nature of the relationship between the two nations. One journalist who’s been covering President Obama’s visit is Lawrence Pollard, a presenter for The World Today, heard on the BBC World Service.
Dr. Hussein Elkhafaifi is a native of Libya and witnessed this year’s uprising against Muammar Gaddafi. The Director of the Arabic Program at the University of Washington will speak this Sunday afternoon at 2 at the Salt Lake City Main Library Auditorium. We talked with him about Gaddafi’s history of oppression.
Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz’s Facebook page has become a flurry of conversation about the Republican’s opposition to the U.S. intervention in Libya. And a commentary he wrote for CNN’s website has now picked up more than 1,000 comments. Every Friday, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online round-up of Utah politics.
Ambassador Christopher Hill has represented the United States in many countries, most recently Iraq, where he served from 2009 to 2010 under the Obama Administration. Before that, he was ambassador to Korea, Poland, and Macedonia under Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Hill was recently in Salt Lake City to speak to the Salt Lake Committee on Foreign Relations.
A political action committee associated with former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman has launched its new website. But you won’t find Huntsman’s name listed on the site for Horizon PAC. Every Friday, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune, and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online-roundup of Utah politics.
When the Oslo Accords were negotiated between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in 1993, Dr. Yair Hirschfeld was a key architect of the agreement. The University of Haifa history professor will speak tonight at Salt Lake City’s Jewish Community Center.
Two dozen companies may soon be prohibited from doing business with the Utah State Retirement Office. Republican Senator Curt Bramble is sponsoring SB 112, which would prevent Utah’s pension system from investing in companies that support the Iranian petroleum industry.
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