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Adam Smith

Type: Person

Name: Adam Smith

Title: U.S. Congressman from Washington

Organization: U.S. House of Representatives

Date of Birth: 15/06/1965

Place of Birth: Washington D.C

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Adam Smith

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Military Sexual Assault Tackled by Flurry of Legislation

Spotlight on military cases increases pressure on lawmakers to take actionRoll Call StaffLawmakers last year gave the military the benefit of the doubt that its leaders were working hard to stop the epidemic of sexual assault within their ranks, opting ... [Published Congressman Michael Turner - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Sexual Assault, Chain of Command

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Top House Democrat Urges Obama To Appoint Special Envoy On Gitmo Closure

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee in a letter to President Obama on Tuesday praised the president’s renewed commitment to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but urged Obama to appoint a senior official charged ... [Published Think Progress - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Adam Smith, Detainee, Barack Obama, Special Envoy, Closure

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

A western apparel retailer corrals its orders with new software

Dang Chicks chooses Brightpearl to manage retail and wholesale sales.Chief Technology EditorTopics: Adam Smith, Adobe Systems Inc., Andy Young, API, Application programming interface, Brightpearl, Commerce Acceleration Platform, Dang Chicks, DangChicks.biz, ... [Published InternetRetailer.com - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Brightpearl, Electronic Commerce, Adam Smith, Tim O'Connor, Eden Ventures

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Adam Smith

Rep. Adam Smith: An Exit Strategy From Detention at Guantanamo

The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay was never a good idea. It is an even worse idea now. Let's start the process to close GTMO now. Read More... More on Guantanamo Bay ... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Exit Strategy, Adam Smith, Guantanamo (Cuba)

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Adobe Systems Inc

Monopoly money

Monopolies, as someone riffing on Adam Smith said, are a conspiracy against the public good. Robust competition improves products and puts a lid on prices. Monopoly power, on the other hand, can lead to arrogant disregard for the customer.In the computer-software ... [Published Melbourne Age - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Monopoly, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Systems Inc

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Pentagon wants $450 million for Guantanamo prison

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.New details on the administration's budget request emerged on Tuesday and underscored ... [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Guantanamo (Cuba), Adam Smith, prison, Barack Obama, United States

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Partridges as prey

Visiting the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust's Scottish Grey Partridge Project at Whitburgh Farms, Midlothian this week, environment minister Paul Wheelhouse heard how researchers had been following the partridge population's movements using radio ... [Published The Scottish Farmer - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Partridge, Grey Partridge, Species, Adam Smith, Agriculture

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Pentagon wants $450mn Gitmo upgrade

The US military has asked the nation’s Congress for over 450 million dollars to upgrade and maintain its notorious prison and torture camp at Guantanamo Bay despite renewed claims by President Barack Obama to shut down the facility.New details about the ... [Published Press tv - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Military/Armed Forces, Guantanamo (Cuba), Prisoner of War Camp

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 reports

Why is Europe so Messed Up? An Illuminating History

John Cassidy in The New Yorker: When the Great Recession struck, U.S. policymakers did what mainstream textbooks recommend: they introduced monetary and fiscal-stimulus programs, which helped offset the retrenchments and job losses in the private ... [Published 3quarksdaily - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Mark Blyth, John Cassidy, David Hume

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Dem: Benghazi turns 'witch hunt'

Republican lawmakers have turned the investigations of the Benghazi attack into a “political witch hunt,” the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said today.Washington Rep. Adam Smith said Republicans are just reaching for scandal by focusing ... [Published Politico - May 21 2013]

Entities: Adam Smith, Benghazi, Witchcraft, Howard McKeon

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

6 Things You Can Do To Become A Better Trader

FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.6 Things Traders Need To Do To Improve Their Consistency (The Kirk Report)Traders should focus on consistency. To do this, Charles ... [Published Business Insider Australia - May 20 2013]

Entities: Can Do Co Ltd, Leon Cooperman, Doug Kass, Steve Einhorn

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

The Adam Smith segment of the Great Economists course is underway

You will find it here , at MRUniversity.com . We have recorded videos covering, annotating, and explaining every single chapter of Smith’s masterwork Wealth of Nations, along with some coverage of surrounding historical material. Having to explain ... [Published Marginal Revolution - May 20 2013]

Entities: Adam Smith

Quotes

GWCT Scottish director, Dr Adam Smith, said: "this visit was about informing the minister about farm biodiversity on agriculturally productive farms and how a game conservation approach can deliver species recovery and a host of wider wildlife benefits."

Partridges as prey [Published The Scottish Farmer - 7 hours ago]

Until it is, Smith wrote, "it will continue to symbolize an unjust attempt to avoid the rulerule of law and to undermine the united states' moral standing in defending its values and protecting human rights." Smith said al-Qaida continues to use Guantanamo to rally violent extremists to its cause

Pentagon wants $450 million for Guantanamo prison [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - 19 hours ago]

More Content

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Military Sexual Assault Tackled by Flurry of Le... [Published Congressman Michael Turner - 1 hour ago]
One-by-one, lawmakers nudge Obama on Guantanamo [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 2 hours ago]
Top House Democrat Urges Obama To Appoint Speci... [Published Think Progress - 3 hours ago]
A western apparel retailer corrals its orders w... [Published InternetRetailer.com - 4 hours ago]
Rep. Adam Smith: An Exit Strategy From Detentio... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 4 hours ago]
Monopoly money [Published Melbourne Age - 4 hours ago]
James Elliott: Cameron's Mask of Anarchy Is Sl... [Published Huffington Post UK - 6 hours ago]
Partridges as prey [Published The Scottish Farmer - 7 hours ago]
Obama, lawmakers ready to renew push to shutter... [Published The Hill - 7 hours ago]
"Austere Illusions" by Robert Skidelsky [Published Social Europe Journal - 9 hours ago]
Pentagon wants $450mn Gitmo upgrade [Published Press tv - 10 hours ago]
Michael Sandel interview: the marketization of ... [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - 10 hours ago]
Ruelle E. Smith [Published Beloit Daily News - 15 hours ago]
Man in custody following two-day standoff [Published Point Pleasant Register - 17 hours ago]
Pentagon wants $450 million for Guantanamo prison [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - 19 hours ago]
Why is Europe so Messed Up? An Illuminating His... [Published 3quarksdaily - 22 hours ago]
Brightpearl Raises $8 Million in Series B Funding [Published PE Hub News - May 21 2013]
'Tatooed Mormon' Al Fox shares her conversion s... [Published Deseret Morning News - May 21 2013]
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Will the left focus on what money can't buy, or... [Published New Statesman - May 21 2013]

Blogs

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Top House Democrat Urges Obama To Appoint Speci... [Published Think Progress - 3 hours ago] Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee in a letter to President Obama on Tuesday praised the president’s renewed commitment to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but urged Obama to appoint a senior official charged ...
Rep. Adam Smith: An Exit Strategy From Detentio... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 4 hours ago] The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay was never a good idea. It is an even worse idea now. Let's start the process to close GTMO now. Read More... More on Guantanamo Bay ...
"Austere Illusions" by Robert Skidelsky [Published Social Europe Journal - 9 hours ago] The doctrine of imposing present pain for future benefit has a long history – stretching all the way back to Adam Smith and his praise of “parsimony.” It is particularly vociferous in “hard times.” In 1930, US President Herbert Hoover was advised by ...
Michael Sandel interview: the marketization of ... [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - 10 hours ago] Michael Sandel is a political philosopher and a professor at Harvard University. He is best known for his ‘Justice’ course , which he has taught for over two decades. Sandel first came to prominence in 1982 with his book Liberalism and the Limits ...
Why is Europe so Messed Up? An Illuminating His... [Published 3quarksdaily - 22 hours ago] John Cassidy in The New Yorker: When the Great Recession struck, U.S. policymakers did what mainstream textbooks recommend: they introduced monetary and fiscal-stimulus programs, which helped offset the retrenchments and job losses in the private ...

Audio/Video

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9th District Day- Introduction from Congressman... [Published Rep. Adam Smith - YouTube Channel - May 13 2013]
Rep. Adam Smith on MSNBC to discuss sequestration [Published Rep. Adam Smith - YouTube Channel - Mar 05 2013]
Rep Adam Smith on Fox to discuss sequestration [Published Rep. Adam Smith - YouTube Channel - Mar 05 2013]
Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon and Ranking... [Published HASC Republicans - YouTube Channel - Feb 27 2013]
Jason Brennan, "Libertarianism: What Everyone N... [Published CSPAN - YouTube - Jan 17 2013]

Press Releases

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Leading Cloud Provider Tsohost To Build Future ... [Published Business Wire - May 21 2013]
Bracewell Giuliani's Policy Resolution Group We... [Published Business Wire - May 06 2013]
Hudson Horizons Helps Small Town Jersey Boy Con... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Dec 07 2012]
Former DoubleClick CFO Joins Board of Directors... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Dec 04 2012]