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Department of Safety Lacks Spokesperson

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, January 19, 2005.

For the past year, the Department of Safety has lacked a public information officer, or spokesperson.

That absense has worsened a long standing problem between one of the state's largest departments....and the press.

Whether it's about winter driving conditions or about state policing policies, many members of the media say the department does little to inform the public.

NHPR's Dan Gorenstein reports.

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Senator Sununu Sits on Rice Confirmation Committee

By Julie Donnelly on Wednesday, January 19, 2005.

National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice faced confirmation hearings Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Committee member, John Sununu used his time questioning Rice to determine US policy in the Isreali-Palestinian conflict.

The New Hampshire Senator has just returned from monitoring the recent Palestinian Presidential Elections.

But while Israel was an important topic of the day, the Bush Administration's critics chose to focus their questions on the US policy in Iraq.

NHPR Correspondent Julie Donnelly reports from Washington.

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