Jan 13th, 2009 · Jersey barriers are going up all over Washington, D.C. as event planners ready the city for a possible crowd of millions. Weather forecasters predict cold weather, and precipitation is possible. The pomp, ceremony, security, crowds and money should all make for quite a show.
Jan 6th, 2009 · The pomp and circumstance of the opening of the 111th Congress was overshadowed Tuesday by the brouhaha over Illinois Senate appointee Roland Burris, along with Minnesota's contested Senate seat and the simmering controversy over Barack Obama's reported pick for CIA director.
Jan 6th, 2009 · The new House of Representatives was sworn in with pomp, circumstance and an ambitious Democratic agenda. Nancy Pelosi was re-elected speaker and the Democrats changed some House rules, such as repealing term limits for committee chairs. This has Republicans grousing at the festivities.
Dec 14th, 2008 · President Bush made one last visit to Iraq as president on Sunday. There was much pomp and circumstance, and talk of America's support for and friendship with the Iraqis — until an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the president. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, NPR's Baghdad bureau chief, talks to host Jacki Lyden about President Bush's visit to Iraq on Sunday.
Aug 8th, 2008 · The opening ceremony is underway in Beijing amid pollution, protests and impressive pomp-and-circumstance. More than 91,000 visitors are in attendance.
Mar 26th, 2008 · French president Nicolas Sarkozy's two-day state visit is intriguing to media on both sides of the English Channel. The British are interested Sarkozy's pro-Anglo-Saxon stance. The French see the pomp-filled visit as a chance for Sarkozy to burnish his tarnished presidential image.
Oct 24th, 2007 · Amid patriotic pomp and circumstance, China on Wednesday launched its first-ever lunar probe. It is expected to reach its orbit Nov. 5. The probe will spend more than a year scanning the moon's surface in preparation for the launch of an unmanned lunar vehicle in 2012.
Feb 16th, 2007 · Rival Palestinian factions are struggling to turn the "unity government" deal, signed with great pomp and glitz in Mecca late last week, into a reality in Gaza and the West Bank. The international community's muted reaction to the deal has prompted cautious optimism among Palestinians.