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State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns answered questions from the press about an explosion in Syria, the Israel-Palestine peace process and other topics.

Matt Keller, Assistant Director for Legislation at Common Cause, spoke about the Common Cause lobbying effort for campaign finance reform and why it is so necessary. He examined several prob…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

The American University Lobby Group sponsored this talk. Mr. Finefrock discussed lobbying for multiple interest groups. He also talked about his experience in his career development in lobby…

Will Robinson, Campaign Management Institute Co-director, discussed getting demographic and electoral information on all voters in a locality and how to get voters out to vote. He took quest…

Campaign Management Institute Co-Director Will Robinson discussed how to reach partisan voters through demographic and electoral targeting. He also took questions from the students.

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

Ms. Krumholz discussed political contributions in the 1996 elections, both “soft” and “hard” money. She said that loopholes in campaign finance regulations allowed large expenditures for adv…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

Professor Diane Feldman talked about getting the most out of polling research, using polling to help develop a message, and designing polling questions. She took questions from the students.

Carlyle Gregory discussed using campaign issues to support the candidate’s message, finding expertise in various fields, and developing programs. He also took questions from the students.

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl spoke to the German people about a variety of topics including economics and foreign policy and encouraged the German people to have hope in the New Year. Trans…

Cesar Arredondo, staff writer for Wave Newspapers, described California’s 33rd congressional district which is represented by Democratic Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard.

Terry Cooper, Republican Party Political Consultant, spoke to students at American University about doing opposition research, which includes analyzing the opponent’s public record. He took …

President Jacques Chirac spoke to the French people on New Year’s Day, encouraging citizens after a difficult year and assuring them that he will do his utmost to help them. Translation into…

President Zemin spoke about events in China over the past year and Chinese expectations for its assumption of control over Hong Kong. Translation from Chinese to English was by voiceover.

Mr. Goff discussed Political Action Committees and campaign financing during the 1990s, including their history beginning in the 1960s, the development of Political Action Committees and the…

Mr. Marlo described the profession of lobbying and pointed out differences among various lobbyists. He focused on the increasing visibility of lobbyists because of the watchfulness of the me…

During the first day of the Lobbying Institute’s two-week course, David Cohen, Co-Director of the Advocacy Institute, spoke about lobbying in the public interest. He spoke about the work of …