OBAMA GOT $500,000 FOR WHAT? - While President Obama criticizes AIG employees who took large bonuses, be fails to mention that he grabbed half a million bucks from a publisher just days before he was sworn into office. What was the money for? A children's book that be might write in the future. There is no manuscript. Rich liberals like Obama, Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi are on the side of the poor as long as they can have their huge incomes and large mansions. Read more

OBAMA TELLS CHINA NOT TO WORRY - The Obama administration tried to calm Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's worries about the huge amount of US debt they hold. Of the $3.2 trillion of US debt in foreign hands, China is the largest holder. The Chinese leader is concerned that Obama's wild spending will cause the value of the dollar to drop, thus hurting Chinese holdings. Read more

SPEAKER PELOSI SAYS ILLEGALS ARE PATRIOTIC AND BORDER GUARDS ARE ANTI-AMERICAN - Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and third in line for the presidency, told a group of illegals that existing immigration laws were "un-American. She condemned raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and said the illegal immigrants were "very, very patriotic." This is not made up -- there is a video tape. Read more. See video This may sound bizarre, but then she is also a "Catholic" who says the Pope is wrong on the abortion issue.

SENATOR BLOCKS IRAQI AMBASSADOR - Senator Sam Brownback said he would block Obama's nominee for Ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, because of human rights issues. The Senator said that Hill had promised him in a Senate hearing that he would bring up human rights issues when he was an envoy to North Korea, but he did not do so. In essence, Brownback said that Hill had lied to him. Hill claims that it was former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who ordered him not to push North Korea on human rights. Read more

NEW MARCH CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new March 11, 2009 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains more information about our work on Capitol Hill with the new 111th Congress, and also about our work on international issues. Help your Sunday School class understand these issues better. Print out and distribute to your class or fellowship this Sunday! Click here to view in PDF.

YES, SAUDI RELIGIOUS POLICE ARE NUTS - In violation of the Koran which they claim to uphold, the "Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice" invaded an all women's area to grab a woman by the hair and drag her out of the building. The "commission" claims the young woman was seen with an unrelated male in a car parked in a public street. Read more

CLINTON PETITION DRIVE - The Religious Freedom Coalition has begun a petition drive asking Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to formulate a policy to stop the persecution of Christians in Iraq and to aid those Christians who have been forced to flee. More than 100,000 paper copies of the petition have been distributed, and an online version is now available. Click here to see petition!

FACEBOOK FOR IRAQI CHRISTIANS - The Religious Freedom Coalition has a new Facebook page to expose the crisis faced by Iraqi Christians. If you have a Facebook account, please become our friend at this link. You can help Iraqi Christians directly by making a donation at the Facebook cause page!