Berman Conferring With Ros-Lehtinen After Charging ‘Inaccuracies’ in Goldstone Letter

After receiving a letter from Richard Goldstone, the South African judge who investigated Israeli and Hamas war crimes in Gaza, to dispute an impending bipartisan House resolution denouncing his report, staffers for Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) are “conferring” with staffers for bill co-sponsor Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s (R-Fla.). “Chairman Berman is More…

Goldstone Tells Congress That Resolution Misrepresents His Gaza Report

Via Michael Goldfarb, the respected former South African judge who investigated war crimes in Gaza has sent a letter to Congress highlighting factual errors in its resolution condemning his investigation. For instance: the resolution condemns Goldstone’s team for

pre-judg[ing] the outcome of its investigation, by one-sidedly mandating the

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House Foreign Affairs Chairman: It Was a Coup in Honduras

Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), writing in the Los Angeles Times, is tired of euphemistic language about the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya:

This one looks, walks and quacks like a duck. It’s time to stop hedging and call this bird what it is. And if, for whatever reason,

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Republicans Nudge Democrats Over Iran Resolution

There’s some static between Democratic and Republican members of Congress in favor of the Iran Resolution. After Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) used her time to talk about Iran’s nuclear program, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) gently shifted the focus back to “the people of the Iran.” Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) very More…