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</title><link>http://hirc.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=945</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press944</guid><title>Ranking Member Berman Recognizes 97th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide</title><link>http://hirc.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=944</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press943</guid><title>Howard Berman Statement Following Release of Satellite Report Issued by Department of Defense </title><link>http://hirc.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=943</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press942</guid><title>Ranking Member Howard Berman Opening Statement at Hearing' &amp;quot;North Korea after Kim Jong-il: Still Dangerous and Erratic&amp;quot;</title><link>http://hirc.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=942</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press941</guid><title>Ranking Member Howard Berman Opening Statement at Hearing' &amp;quot;Investigating the Chinese Threat' Part 1: Military and Economic Aggression&amp;quot;</title><link>http://hirc.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=941</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press940</guid><title>Howard Berman Statement on Administration Support for Israel's Iron Dome Anti-Missile System </title><link>http://hirc.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=940</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press939</guid><title>Howard Berman Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Federal Courts to Rule on Jerusalem Passport Case</title><link>http://hirc.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=939</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press938</guid><title>Howard Berman' Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Introduce Bipartisan North Korean Human Rights Bill </title><link>http://hirc.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=938</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press937</guid><title>Howard Berman Introduces Legislation Authorizing Further Assistance for Israel's Iron Dome Anti-Missile Defense System</title><link>http://hirc.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=937</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press936</guid><title>Ranking Member Howard Berman Opening Statement at Hearing' &amp;quot;Russia 2012: Increased Repression' Rampant Corruption' Assisting Rogue Regimes&amp;quot;</title><link>http://hirc.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=936</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press317</guid><title>Congressman Donald M. Payne on Liberia's Presidential Elections </title><link>http:// </link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press316</guid><title>Congressman Donald Payne Urges UNESCO to Reject Prize Honoring President Obiang of Equatorial Guinea</title><link>http:// </link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press315</guid><title>Rep. Payne Commends the Obama Administration for Committing Additional Aid to Somalia and the Horn of Africa</title><link>http:// </link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press314</guid><title>      Rep. Payne Applauds President Obama for Establishing an Atrocities Prevention Board to Prevent Human Rights Violations</title><link>http:// </link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press313</guid><title>Rep. Payne Selected to Be a Member of President Obama's Presidential Delegation to Attend the Ceremony Marking the Declaration of the Independence of the Republic of South Sudan</title><link>http:// </link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press312</guid><title>Rep. 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Disappointment in Argentina's and Uruguay's Misguided Decision to Recognize Palestine </title><link>http:// </link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press306</guid><title>FALEOMAVAEGA ISSUES STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM</title><link>http://www.hcfa.house.gov/111/press_APGE121610_1.pdf</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press305</guid><title>FALEOMAVAEGA CALLS UPON SECRETARY CLINTON TO SUPPORT DEBT RELIEF FOR CAMBODIA</title><link>http://www.hcfa.house.gov/111/press_APGE121610.pdf</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press304</guid><title>FALEOMAVAEGA CALLS FOR SWIFT PASSAGE OF KOREA-U.S. FREE TRADE AGREEMENT </title><link>http://www.hcfa.house.gov/111/press_APGE120810.pdf</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press303</guid><title>Payne Calls on Gbagbo to Respect the Will of the Ivorian People</title><link>http://www.hcfa.house.gov/111/press_AGH120710.pdf</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press302</guid><title>FALEOMAVAEGA INTRODUCES BILLS TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS OF U.S. NUCLEAR TESTING IN PACIFIC</title><link>http://www.hcfa.house.gov/111/press_APGE120110.pdf</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press301</guid><title>FALEOMAVAEGA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREA'S LATEST PROVOCATIONS</title><link>http://www.hcfa.house.gov/111/press_APGE113010.pdf</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500 EST</pubDate></item><item><guid>http://hirc.house.gov/rss/press299</guid><title>Payne Calls on Sudanese Leaders to Finalize Agreement on Abyei and South Sudan 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