CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- VIPs and delegates gathered in South Africa yesterday to hear retired US Ambassador Joseph Wilson, a Director of Symbion Power, deliver the keynote address at the opening of the Power Indaba 2010 conference in Durban, Symbion Power announced today.

WASHINGTON, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Symbion Power today announced the appointment of Ambassador Joseph Wilson (ret.) as a member of the Symbion Power Advisory Board. Ambassador Wilson has extensive experience in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

WASHINGTON, April 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Nation Institute and The Fertel Foundation will recognize the winners of the 2009 Ridenhour Prizes -- Bob Herbert, Jane Mayer, former Justice Department lawyer Thomas Tamm and investigative journalist Nick Turse -- on April 16, 2009 from 12 p.m.

By Connie Cass Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan defended his bombshell book about the Bush administration on Thursday, saying he didn't speak up against the overselling of war in Iraq at the time because he, like other Americans, gave the president the benefit of the doubt.

The Bush White House, long accused by outside critics of misrepresenting the facts to make the case for war in Iraq and other matters, has launched a personal counterattack against harsh accusations of "deception" from a longtime insider who worked closely with the president.