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Erin Drankoski — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:39:00 -0400

Parag Khanna of the New America Foundation interviews with Good Morning America. ... Original Video

Khamenei Has Sweeping Powers Over Government, Military and Religion in Iran | ABC News

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:25:00 -0400

"These are the most significant demonstrations in the history of the Islamic Republic over the past 30 years," said Afshin Molavi, a former Reuters journalist who is now a scholar at the New America Foundation, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit, ...

Will New Military Budget Prolong Recession? | ABC News

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:20:00 -0400

Michael A. Cohen, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation, said that in the short term -- the next six months or so -- there probably is not going to be an enormous impact. "You've got places that obviously rely pretty heavily on ...

Tomás Jiménez on ABC-7 San Francisco | 'Many Illegal Immigrants Leave U.S.'

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:26:00 -0500

In California, lower paid illegals have harvested, cooked in restaurants, bussed tables, worked construction and helped remodel homes or landscape. Tomas Jimenez, Ph.D., is an Irvine fellow and a sociology associate professor at Stanford University. He studies immigration trends. "We have less of an ability to afford these services. Because of that they go back and so at some point the number we will need will find its own level," says Jimenez. LINK to video

Maya MacGuineas Discusses Fiscal Restraint on ABC News

Communications — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:50:00 -0400

Bush's veto of the immensely popular SCHIP bill heated the spending and taxes debate among our nation's political leaders this week.

ABC News covered the President's decision, and also looked at the overarching topic of America's fiscal problems in an interview with Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas.

MacGuineas said that "SCHIP is kind of an odd choice to be the poster child of fiscal responsiblity... There are so many parts of the budget -- through out trillions of dollars -- where we can point to things that we should probably being spending less on."

For MacGuineas' complete ABC News interview, where she also talks about Social Security and presidential candidates' positions on raising taxes, please click on this link.

Ray Boshara Discusses 'Baby Bonds' and Asset Reform on ABC News

Communications — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:07:00 -0400

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., floated the idea Friday of giving every child born in America a $5,000 "baby bond" from the government to help pay for future costs of college or buying a home...

"I'm pleased that Sen. Clinton keeps talking about 'baby bonds,' whether $500 or $5,000 at birth," said Ray Boshara, the vice president of the New America Foundation.

Boshara, who has worked with Clinton's policy staff on the concept, did not see the different dollar figure floated by Clinton on Friday as reflecting a definite policy change. Rather, he saw it as an affirmation of her excitement with the concept and expects her to continue to work out the details when she develops a formal proposal.

"I think Sen. Clinton is very, very excited about accounts at birth and hasn't settled on the right combination between initial deposits and matching deposits until 18," said Boshara. "She and her staff told me in the next several months we'll work on the details. . . . When we work out the details, we'll figure out the best way to get to around $20,000 at 18 -- that's what matters."

Ray Boshara is Director of New America's Asset Building Program,… more

ABC News on Gov. Richardson, New America Energy Event

Communications — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:31:00 -0400

Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson on Thursday laid out his plan for a dramatic shift in the way the U.S. uses energy, proposing to all but end the country's reliance on oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2040. Invoking President Kennedy's call for the Apollo space program, he said the nation needs a "man-on-the-moon" effort to develop technologies that will cut energy costs and halt global warming."I am issuing a call to action, for Congress, the energy industry and the public," he said in a speech to the New America Foundation. "I am calling for a new American revolution an energy and climate revolution."Richardson's plan encourages people to drive electric and plug-in cars, promotes public transportation and calls for increasing fuel economy standards to 50 miles a gallon by 2020 from about 25 miles per gallon now...

For the complete article, please visit the ABC News website.

For more information on New America's energy efficiency event, please click here.

ABC News Reports on Ten Big Ideas and Sen. Clinton

Communications — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:05:00 -0500

ABC News' Matthew Zavala Reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., offered a glimpse of what she learned from her recent trip to Iowa in a speech before the New America Foundation Wednesday in Washington, DC. "What I hear from Americans is frustration, some discouragement, a sense that we are not living up to our potential," the 2008 presidential hopeful said.Joining into the discussion about the need for politicians to work together to solve America's problems--something that her likely 2008 Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama, Ill., has been known to tout--Clinton said, "I don't think Americans are looking for some kind of group hug bipartisanship. I think they're looking for leaders and citizens who will reassert our shared basic American values..."

For the complete article, please visit the ABC News website.

ABC Affiliate Interviews David Lesher on California Health Coverage

Communications — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:15:00 -0500

ABC's KGO-TV featured David Lesher, director of New America's California Program, in a recent piece on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA).

Excerpts from the transcript appear below. For the complete article, and to watch the news clip, please visit the ABC News website.

KGO - State lawmakers got an earful today from Governor Schwarzenegger as he unveiled his plans for the new term. While new legislators are still learning their way around the capitol, the governor made it clear he thinks there should be more new members.

Governor Schwarzenegger unveiled today the first major proposal of his 2007 agenda - it's to have an independent citizen group redraw political district lines. He's unhappy that in the last three state elections, only four out of 459 congressional and legislative seats changed parties.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: "That is evidence of a system that has become unresponsive and is stuck in a status quo. We must bring competition back to the political process."

The governor's anxiously-awaited plan to provide health coverage to California's more than 6,000,000 uninsured is still in the works though.

Just today, a think tank group called the New America Foundation held a forum on the importance of tackling the problem as soon as… more