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In the News (Sat 26 Dec 09)

  
  Dossier - Timothy Wirth
Wirth was also criticized for failing to act to curb abuses of junk bond traders while serving as chairman of the House subcommittee with jurisdiction over such matters.
Timothy Wirth is a follower of the teachings Thomas Malthus, the British economist who predicted in 1789 that the planet's rapid increase in population would soon outstrip the planet's ability to produce food resulting in massive worldwide starvation.
Timothy Wirth demonstrating that it is easier to attack the messenger than the message...
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 PLANetWIRE.org: Timothy Wirth
As President of the UN Foundation and its related institutions, Wirth is responsible for leading the Foundation's central mission in support of UN causes, with special focus on population stabilization, women's empowerment and the education of girls; protection against environmental destruction and climate change; and advancement of children's health.
Wirth is also in charge of strengthening UN institutions, including support of the Secretary General's reform efforts and initiatives to improve UN capability related to human rights, the environment, land mine removal and other major priorities.
Wirth was a White House Fellow under President Lyndon Johnson, and served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education in the Nixon Administration.
www.planetwire.org /details/197   (292 words)

  
 The Wirth Chair in Environmental and Community Development Policy
Wirth began his political career as a White House Fellow under President Lyndon Johnson and was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education in the Nixon Administration.
In 1987, Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he focused on environmental issues—especially global climate change and population stabilization.
Wirth is married to Wren Wirth, the President of the Winslow Foundation; they have two grown children.
thunder1.cudenver.edu /wirthchair/wirthbio.htm   (309 words)

  
 Wirth touts global cooperation
Timothy Wirth, the former Democratic U.S. senator from Colorado and current president of the United Nations Foundation, spoke Tuesday to a Conference on World Affairs crowd of about 500 at the Flatirons Theater.
Wirth said Tuesday that some good had come from the America's invasion despite the lack of weapons of mass destruction used as its justification.
Wirth said an American-led shift in energy policy to renewable energy and more efficient hybrid vehicles could transform the world economy, improve geopolitical stability and stem climate change.
www.dailycamera.com /news/2005/apr/05/wirth-touts-global-cooperation/?printer=1   (327 words)

  
 John Wirth, professor of Latin American studies, dead at 66 : 06/02
Wirth, who had retired from Stanford earlier this month, had most recently turned his attention to the complex relationships between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Wirth was an avid outdoorsman who loved fly-fishing and taking care of their family land, said Peter Wirth, his eldest son.
A brother, Timothy Wirth, a former U.S. senator who is now president of the United Nations Foundation, lives in Washington, D.C. Wirth is also survived by half-brother John Wiebenson of Washington, D.C., and sisters Carla Henebry of Denver and Mary Gilland of Seattle.
news-service.stanford.edu /news/july10/obitwirth-710.html   (526 words)

  
 Transcript: Undersecretary Of State Timothy Wirth 7/22 Worldnet
WIRTH: Well, we believe that there should be a single -- that developing countries, under the terms of the treaty known as Annex I countries -- we believe that we should all have the same reduction targets and the same reduction timetables.
WIRTH: Well, I think all of us have ideas that we want to put into this, and all of us want to work with other countries to say, you know, we want to understand what you're saying, you want to understand the position that we are taking.
Wirth, we are going to be out of here in a couple of minutes, but I'd like to give you the chance to put a cap on it, if you would, and maybe give us a final statement.
www.usembassy-israel.org.il /publish/press/state/archive/1997/july/sd60724.htm   (5934 words)

  
 State Department Archived Biographies -- TIMOTHY E. WIRTH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Wirth was elected U.S. Senator from Colorado in 1986 and served until 1992.
Wirth served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW).
Wirth has served on the board of Denver Planned Parenthood, was a founding board member of Denver Head Start, and served on the board of Visitors of the United States Air Force Academy.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/biographies/wirth.html   (265 words)

  
 Timothy Wirth, undersecretary of state for global affairs, to speak Oct. 11 (9/96)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Timothy Wirth, undersecretary of state for global affairs, will deliver the 1996-97 Cubberley Lecture, "Thinking About the 21st Century," at 5 p.m.
From 1987 to 1993, Wirth was U.S. senator from Colorado, where he was engaged in a number of natural resource issues.
Prior to the Senate, Wirth served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years, where he was chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications.
www.stanford.edu /dept/news/pr/96/960930wirth.html   (197 words)

  
 Former senator speaks at Annenberg - News
Timothy Wirth, a former U.S. Senator, spoke as the keynote address during the annual symposium hosted by the Annenberg School for Communication on Tuesday.
Timothy Wirth, also a former U.S. Senator, was invited to give the keynote address this year by Geoffrey Cowan, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication.
Wirth said that there are better ways to protect America's borders, citing the trend of decreasing foreign applications to U.S. universities as result of post Sept. 11 visa restrictions, which deterred many students from coming.
media.www.dailytrojan.com /media/storage/paper679/news/2005/03/23/News/Former.Senator.Speaks.At.Annenberg-900601.shtml?norewrite200612141524&sourcedomain=www.dailytrojan.com   (371 words)

  
 Timothy E. Wirth — Panel on the Nonprofit Sector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Timothy E. Wirth is the president of the United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund, both of which were founded in 1998 to support and strengthen the work of the United Nations.
Wirth began his career in government as a White House Fellow under President Johnson and later became Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education in the Nixon Administration.
Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1987 and shifted his focus to environmental issues, especially climate change and population stabilization.
www.nonprofitpanel.org /participants/panel/wirth_timothy_e   (290 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Debate | U.N. Session Opens in New York | September 18, 2006 | PBS
He was appointed by President Bush to serve as a congressional delegate to the U.N. And Timothy Wirth, he is a former Democratic senator from Colorado, a former undersecretary of state.
TIMOTHY WIRTH: Well, the secretary-general, as you know, has chaired a very important Iraq combat group today, bringing people together to try to, you know, get a lot of other countries to be donors, to try to lay out some better milestones for the Iraqi government.
TIMOTHY WIRTH: I think he's transformed the role of the secretary-general and been a major force for the U.N. I think he's been a remarkable secretary-general.
www.pbs.org /newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/international/july-dec06/un_09-18.html   (3032 words)

  
 Timothy E. Wirth - SourceWatch
Timothy E. Wirth is president of the United Nations Foundation, a former senator from Colorado, and advisor to President William Jefferson Clinton on climate change.
In 1975, Senator Wirth returned to his home state and successfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District from 1975 to 1987.
In 1987, Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate where he focussed on environmental issues, especially global climate change and population stabilization.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Timothy_E._Wirth   (272 words)

  
 USC Annenberg | Timothy Wirth keynotes 2005 Annenberg Symposium
Timothy Wirth, the former U.S. Senator and Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs who now heads the United Nations Foundation» delivered a foreign policy address at the USC Annenberg School for Communication on Tuesday, March 22, 2005.
Wirth was the keynote speaker at the Walter H. Annenberg Symposium, an annual event presented by the Annenberg School for Communication and the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California.
Wirth's address covered U.S. foreign policy and efforts in public diplomacy, including the recent announcement that President Bush has nominated longtime adviser Karen Hughes to become the nation's new Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy.
annenberg.usc.edu /AboutUs/News/news444.aspx   (294 words)

  
 USIA - Text: Wirth, Albanian Foreign Minister Shehu Meet (96-10-02)
Wirth emphasized the importance of the United States' relationship with Albania and, in that light, expressed continued American concerns about the Albanian political situation in the aftermath of the flawed May 26 parliamentary elections.
Wirth noted the positive interparty dialogue which resulted in the package of amendments to the local elections law.
Wirth said that for Albania to continue on the road to democracy, free and fair local elections should be considered an initial step to be followed by a new constitution drafted in a politically inclusive process and submitted to a referendum -- with parliamentary elections organized under this new constitutional framework being a logical outcome.
www.hri.org /news/usa/usia/1996/96-10-02.usia.html   (509 words)

  
 Office of Public Affairs at Yale - News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Wirth recently led a bipartisan group, the Energy Future Coalition, in producing an energy blueprint for the United States.
Prior to joining the foundation, Wirth was undersecretary of state for global affairs (1993-1997), responsible for coordinating U.S. foreign policy in the areas of refugees, population, environment, science, human rights, narcotics and crime.
A fourth generation Colorado native, Wirth was White House Fellow under President Lyndon Johnson, and served as deputy assistant secretary for education in the Nixon Administration.
www.yale.edu /opa/newsr/03-10-21-01.all.html   (381 words)

  
 Foreign Affairs - The Future of Energy Policy - Timothy E. Wirth, C. Boyden Gray, and John D. Podesta
It is time for an ambitious new approach to U.S. strategic energy policy, one that deals with the problems of oil dependence, climate change, and the developing world's lack of access to energy.
Timothy E. Wirth is President of the United Nations Foundation and a former U.S. Senator from Colorado.
Boyden Gray is a partner at Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering and served as Counsel to former President George H.W. Bush.
www.foreignaffairs.org /20030701faessay15410/timothy-e-wirth-c-boyden-gray-john-d-podesta/the-future-of-energy-policy.html?mode=print   (616 words)

  
 In the Media
Here to debate that issue, Timothy Wirth, former senator, president of the United Nations Foundation and Cliff May from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
TIMOTHY WIRTH, UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION PRES.: Well, first and foremost, you know the idea of us going into Iraq and the United States for the purposes of making the Middle East stable and for helping Israel I think, Pat, was not a policy that most people would think made a lot of sense.
WIRTH: The chaos that exists in Iraq, you know, is the unhappy result of the fact that there isn't security.
www.defenddemocracy.org /in_the_media/in_the_media_show.htm?doc_id=197729   (1102 words)

  
 Forbes Articles
Wirth has been chosen by media mogul Ted Turner to spend the $1 billion Turner pledged last September to the United Nations.
Wirth is creating a mini-U.N., with foundation offices in New York and Washington, D.C., and 35 employees.
In 1992 Wirth made himself unpopular in Washington when he wrote an article for the New York Times magazine about why he was not running for reelection.
www.dyanmachan.com /wirth.html   (607 words)

  
 GW News Center
The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth, president of the United Nations Foundation and former United States senator, will address "The U.S.-U.N. Relationship: A Golden Opportunity." Wirth will speak on the present opportunity and need for renewed U.S. engagement with the world at the United Nations to resolve issues such as terrorism, proliferation, climate change, and poverty.
Wirth will speak on the present opportunity and need for renewed U.S. engagement with the world at the U.N. Every day, it becomes more and more apparent that the great global challenges of the 21st century - from terrorism and proliferation to climate change and poverty - require international cooperation.
In 1986, Wirth was elected to the United States senate where he focused on environmental issues, especially global climate change and population.
www.gwu.edu /~media/pressrelease.cfm?event_id=11100   (359 words)

  
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Wirth knew that he owed a sizeable balance and was obligated to make substantial monthly land contract payments on White Birch.
Wirth recorded with the Saginaw County Register of Deeds a warranty deed purportedly signed by the true owners conveying the property to him, when, in fact, the signatures were forgeries.
Wirth failed to timely file his 1997, 1998, and 1999 tax returns, in September 2003, he did file federal tax returns and partnership returns for 1997 and 1998, failing to report over $197,000 in taxable income and all of his gross receipts from his mobile parks on the partnership returns.
www.usdoj.gov /tax/usaopress/2004/txdv04nr_usao_wirth_timothy_guiltyplea_detroit_121504.doc   (723 words)

  
 www.aidemocracy.org ::: News & Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Wirth, who has had a history of dealing with environmental issues and global climate changes, explained in detail how much damage has been done to the ozone layer, what we need to do to stop it, and gave a timetable as to when it all needs to get accomplished.
Once Wirth had given the audience the right mindset on how to look at the oil issue, he delved into basic statistics about oil consumption and the atmosphere.
In order to accomplish this, Wirth said that the world would need to decrease carbon emission by 70 percent in the next 50 years.
www.aidemocracy.org /News.cfm?article_id=061106_bc   (699 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: technology@ugusta: Wirth predicts congressional approval of global warming pact 12/24/97
In a farewell news conference as he prepares to head broadcast executive Ted Turner's $1 billion foundation to assist the United Nations, Wirth said it was no surprise that the accord was under attack on Capitol Hill.
Denying he quit because he was displeased with the administration's stand, Wirth said he was ``one of the primary architects'' of the U.S. position during negotiations in Kyoto, Japan.
Wirth, rating his own efforts in behalf of such issues as global warming, population control and women's rights, gave himself good grades.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/122497/tech_global.shtml   (492 words)

  
 Soap Summit Archive
Timothy E. Wirth is Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, with responsibility for overseeing environment, population, human rights, refugee, narcotics and related programs.
Wirth was elected to the Untied States Senate from Colorado in 1986 and served until 1993: he chose not to run for re-election.
Wirth served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1961-67.
www.population.org /summits/soapsummit/biography/bio_wirth.htm   (303 words)

  
 59th Annual Conference on World Affairs - Participants
Senator Wirth began his political career as a White House Fellow under President Lyndon Johnson and was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education in the Nixon Administration.
In 1975, Wirth returned to his home state and successfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Colorado’s Second Congressional District from 1975 to 1987.
Wirth is married to Wren Wirth, the president of the Winslow Foundation, and they have two children.
www.colorado.edu /cwa/bios.html?id=581&year=2005   (311 words)

  
 MaximsNews Network
In 1970, Wirth returned to his home state and successfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District from 1975-1987.
In 1986, Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate where he focused on environmental issues, especially global climate change and population stabilization.
Wirth is married to Wren Wirth, the President of the Winslow Foundation; they have two grown children and three grandchildren.
www.maximsnews.com /1006timwirthbio.htm   (525 words)

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