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Office of the United States Trade Representative

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    November 3, 2011

    Perennial Dallas Mayoral Candidate Edward Okpa Is Not Impressed EBJ's Running Again

    ​From what I can tell, Jessica Huseman and Shawn Williams were the sole media members to attend Eddie Bernice Johnson's campaign kick-off held yesterday at the beleaguered Southwest Center Mall. The event was also attended by three council members: Pauline Medrano, Vonciel Jones Hill and Tennell A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    You Can Take the U.S. Trade Representative Out of Dallas, But You Can't ... Well, You Know

    ​Late yesterday, as the boy grew fidgety from yet another day stuck at home, we flipped on the teevee hoping to find something interesting, educational. Which meant: No Disney Channel, no nonsense. A few flips later, and there we were on C-SPAN2, listening to former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk address t ... More >>

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    December 29, 2010

    No, Ron Kirk Will Not Change Seats With You

    ​Flipped over to the Kennedy Center Honors late in the show, just as a certain Arts Magnet grad was foo-fighting over Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed."  And first thing I saw was former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, now the United States Trade Representative. Clearly, it still pays to be the Firs ... More >>

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    October 16, 2009

    Steer Clear of the Crescent on Monday

    Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in D.C. earlier this month​That is, unless you have business with former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, who, in his position as U.S. Trade Representative, will be holed up at the hotel Monday talking North American Free Trade Agreement. But, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    If Nothing Else, You Can Always Go to Booker T. to Watch Obama's Speech With Ron Kirk

    ​A few minutes ago, I spoke to Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander concerning his voice-mail message this morning. I wondered if today's decision, to let teachers and principals decide whether their classes could watch President Obama's speech to students on Tuesday, was a c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Ron Kirk's Doing Just Fine, Thanks

    The Senate Committee on Finance doesn't have Ron Kirk's confirmation hearing penciled in on the schedule; so, for now, Bush appointee Peter F. Allgeier is the acting U.S. Trade Representative, the position to which then-President-elect Barack Obama appointed Kirk last month. But the former Dallas ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Oh, Say, Can You D.C.: Ron Kirk and Tom Leppert at the U.S. Conference of Mayors

    Dallas mayors former and current were in D.C. over the weekend for the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual winter meeting: Tom Leppert, to once more make Dallas's case for stimulus dough-re-mi; Ron Kirk, to calm mayors' fears concerning his unpopular position on free trade. Leppert, like every other in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Kay Bailey Hutchison's Fellow GOP Senators Begging Her Not to Leave D.C. Just Yet

    On Tuesday, Governor Rick Perry told the Associated Press he seriously doubted Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was going to challenge him come 2010. Because, look, "there's plenty of time for the senator to think that it's not in her best interest, Texas' best interest or the country's best interest to ... More >>

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