North Korea: Counterterrorism

Bob Menendez Dept: The new Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman presides over hearings on North Korea and counterterrorism, travels to Afghanistan and Pakistan and meets privately with foreign ministers and ambassadors, according to Calgary Herald. As a Cuban-American, he works daily into the evening with seven other senators on a plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system. Participants say he hasn't missed a meeting and WASHINGTON - It's business as usual for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez despite potentially career-ending ethics investigations. The two-term New Jersey senator welcomes professors and students from Rutgers University and the state's National Council of Jewish Women. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.