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OT: Mukasey at the Bat |
Mukasey at the Bat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
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By Ruth Marcus
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A19
The judge was running out of patience. It had been three months since
he ordered the government to let the prisoner talk to his lawyers, and
still the government was balking.
"Lest any confusion remain, this is not a suggestion or a request that
[the prisoner] be permitted to consult with counsel, and it is
certainly not an invitation to conduct a further 'dialogue' about
whether he will be permitted to do so," the judge wrote with
unmistakable tartness. "It is a ruling -- a determination -- that he
will be permitted to do so."
Sinking in the Polls
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0909.html
By Karen P. Hughes
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A19
The video reappearance of Osama bin Laden is a reminder that
extremists with murderous methods continue to threaten innocent people
worldwide. His emergence after three years of hiding also provides an
opportunity to take stock of how differently the world now views the
terrorist leader -- and that view is turning darker than bin Laden's
newly dyed beard.
People in America and many other Western nations have expressed strong
disapproval of bin Laden and al-Qaeda since the Sept. 11 attacks.
What's new is the dramatic decline in his standing in majority-Muslim
countries. Polls in the two nations that have suffered some of the
worst of al-Qaeda's violence -- Afghanistan and Iraq -- show that more
than 90 percent of those populations have unfavorable views of al-
Qaeda and of bin Laden himself.
Energy Bedfellows
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
0910.html
Countering OPEC Through China-U.S. Cooperation
By Sebastian Mallaby
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A19
President Bush has denounced our addiction to oil. His foreign policy
has been guided by advisers -- ***** Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul
Wolfowitz -- whose worldviews were formed during the 1970s, when the
OPEC oil cartel emerged as a threat to U.S. interests. But OPEC now
appears more menacing than it has in a long time. For an
administration that made energy security a priority right from its
first months, this is a humiliation.
At its meeting a year ago, OPEC resolved to restrain output and force
higher prices on consumers. That muscle-flexing worked: It reinforced
the market dynamics that have brought prices to $80 a barrel. Then
last week, after much American pleading, OPEC magnanimously promised
to boost output by a token amount. "Our message to consumers is that
we care," OPEC's leader told the media. The unspoken subtext was, "You
are at our mercy."
Rangel's Tax-the-Rich 'Reform'
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By Robert D. Novak
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A19
Meeting reporters for breakfast last week, Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson set as his tax priority a "patch" to slow the runaway
alternative minimum tax (AMT). The former investment banker acted as
though he was oblivious to plans by Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of
the House Ways and Means Committee, to turn the need for such a
temporary fix into the most radical left-wing tax revision in half a
century.
When one questioner asked whether Paulson contemplated recommending a
presidential veto of AMT legislation, he indicated astonishment at the
very idea. His only stated concern was that Congress had not patched
the AMT -- originally intended to catch tax-evading millionaires --
this year to prevent it from wreaking havoc on middle-income
Americans. Paulson uttered not a word about what Rangel is up to.
A Fight Over Corruption
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
1143.html
'Resistance' to the World Bank's anti-corruption office must come to
an end.
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A18
PAUL D. WOLFOWITZ is long gone as president of the World Bank, but the
job of restoring a sense of mission and morale at the venerable
poverty-fighting organization goes on. No doubt many of Mr.
Wolfowitz's former enemies at the bank saw his ouster (over
accusations that he had shown favoritism to his girlfriend) as a
general vindication of their traditional ways of doing business, which
Mr. Wolfowitz had aggressively, and, to some extent, ham-handedly,
attacked. But a piece of leftover business from the Wolfowitz era has
just been wrapped up, in a way that demonstrates pretty clearly that,
even if Mr. Wolfowitz was miscast as the manager of 10,000 entrenched
World Bank staffers, he had a point about the institution's lax
attitude toward the issue of corruption.
Nomination Preemption
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
1146.html
President Bush may choose a new attorney general for his ability to
avoid a confirmation fight.
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A18
IF PRESIDENT Bush names retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey to
succeed Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general, it may be as much out
of a desire to avoid a confrontation with Congress as out of esteem
for Mr. Mukasey.
To be sure, there is much to be admired in Mr. Mukasey. He won
plaudits for his deft handling of the difficult case of Omar Abdel
Rahman, the "blind sheik," who was convicted for his role in the 1993
bombing of the World Trade Center. He garnered applause from
conservatives for upholding the executive's right to designate alleged
dirty bomber Jose Padilla an enemy combatant, even while winning the
respect of liberals for insisting that Mr. Padilla be allowed to
consult with a lawyer. And in a time when bipartisan consensus on
almost any subject seems but a quaint ideal, Mr. Mukasey has won fans
across the political spectrum, including Gonzales critic Charles E.
Schumer (D-N.Y.) and leading conservative pundit William Kristol.
D=2EC. Voting Rights
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
1149.html
It's time for the Senate to debate the bill on the floor.
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A18
SUPPORTERS OF D.C. voting rights have to get 60 votes to advance the
bill to the Senate floor for debate and a vote. This cloture motion is
technical, but how the senators vote is entirely about principle. It
is simply not right that U.S. citizens who live in the nation's
capital are denied basic representation in their government. That a
procedural gambit would be used to prevent a redressing of this wrong
is inexcusable.
COMING OF AGE: Life in Fort Hunt
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/comingofage/index.html
Introduction
Stories by Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post Staff Writer | Photos by
Carol Guzy - The Washington Post
Traffic along Fort Hunt Road moves more slowly. The local beauty salon
does a steady business of "roller sets" under bubble hair dryers, and
the barbershop around the corner offers shaves. Full-time attendants
at the service station pump gas, check tires and clean windshields
because so many customers can't.
Just up the road, a variety store hearkens back to the dime store, its
shelves chockablock with everything from bobby pins to popguns. Its
fastest-selling items are canning jars and sewing notions. The former
Hollin Hills Elementary School is now a retirement community, a mix of
assisted- and independent living for about 150 people. Another school
has become a senior center, offering Jazzercise, line dancing, bridge,
military history classes and trips to see "Menopause, the Musical!" in
Baltimore.
Crocker Blasts Refugee Process
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
1698.html
Iraqis Could Wait 2 Years for Entry, Ambassador Says
By Spencer S. Hsu and Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A01
The U.S. ambassador to Iraq warned that it may take the U.S.
government as long as two years to process and admit nearly 10,000
Iraqi refugees referred by the United Nations for resettlement to the
United States, because of bureaucratic bottlenecks.
In a bluntly worded State Department cable titled "Iraqi Refugee
Processing: Can We Speed It Up?" Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker noted that
the Department of Homeland Security had only a handful of officers in
Jordan to vet the refugees.
Ex-Judge Is Said to Be Pick At Justice
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
0924.html
Democrats Likely To Accept Him as Attorney General
By Michael Abramowitz and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A01
President Bush has selected retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey
as his new attorney general, sources said yesterday, moving to install
a law-and-order conservative at the Justice Department while hoping to
avoid a confirmation fight with Senate Democrats.
The nomination of Mukasey, considered an authority on national
security issues, could come as early as this morning, the sources
said. The White House was already seeking over the weekend to tamp
down concern in the conservative legal world about Mukasey's views,
assuring allies that he shares Bush's views on executive power and the
need for strong action against terrorists.
Hamas's New Order Exacts Toll On Gazans
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
1487.html
Party Cements Grip With Harsh Tactics
By Scott Wilson
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A01
GAZA CITY -- For years, the seaside Flower of the Cities resort was
that rare place in the Gaza Strip where the dress code did not rule
out bikinis. Now, with some of its cinder-block cabanas turned into
prayer rooms, the beach club shows how Hamas is consolidating its hold
here three months after seizing power.
Bushy beards and black head-to-toe cloaks for women have become common
at the club, which the armed Islamic movement torched in June after
routing the secular Fatah party on the streets. The facility has been
rebranded the al-Aqsa Resort, with a new logo featuring the revered
mosque complex in Jerusalem next to a beach umbrella. Hamas followers
collect the $2.50 entrance fee.
On Wikipedia, Debating 2008 Hopefuls' Every Facet
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
1699.html
By Jose Antonio Vargas
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A01
On Sen. John McCain's Wikipedia entry, the argument has been over
whether he is a conservative, moderate or liberal Republican. A heated
exchange on former senator John Edwards's page has centered on
deleting any reference to his $400 haircuts. And perhaps the most
contentious dispute of all -- at least last week -- was over Fred
Thompson's proper name: Is it Freddie, the name he was born with? Or
Fred, as he's called now?
" 'Freddie' makes Thompson sound ridiculous," a user argued. "It's not
about making Thompson look silly," another responded. "It's about
having accurate information."
O=2EJ. Simpson Is Charged In Alleged Robbery
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0221.html
By Paul Farhi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A01
Las Vegas police arrested O.J. Simpson yesterday and charged the
former football star with six felony counts in connection with an
alleged hotel-room robbery, placing Simpson in his most serious legal
jeopardy since his acquittal on double murder charges in 1995.
Simpson, 60, was arrested yesterday morning, three days after two
sports-memorabilia dealers told police that Simpson and five other men
burst into their room at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino, several
of them brandishing guns, and seized various mementos, including
several items autographed by the NFL Hall of Famer.
At Iowa Event, Clinton Vows Pre-Inauguration Diplomatic Push
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1486.html
By Anne E. Kornblut and Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A02
INDIANOLA, Iowa, Sept. 16 -- Appearing Sunday at a mini-Democratic
convention of sorts in a field, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton declared
that if she is elected she will not wait until her inauguration to
begin acting as president.
Clinton said that, the day after winning election, she would select
envoys to "travel around the world with a very simple message: The era
of cowboy diplomacy is over."
Greenspan: Ouster Of Hussein Crucial For Oil Security
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1287.html
By Bob Woodward
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A03
Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said in an
interview that the removal of Saddam Hussein had been "essential" to
secure world oil supplies, a point he emphasized to the White House in
private conversations before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Greenspan, who was the country's top voice on monetary policy at the
time Bush decided to go to war in Iraq, has refrained from extensive
public comment on it until now, but he made the striking comment in a
new memoir out today that "the Iraq War is largely about oil." In the
interview, he clarified that sentence in his 531-page book, saying
that while securing global oil supplies was "not the administration's
motive," he had presented the White House with the case for why
removing Hussein was important for the global economy.
Lessons in Forced Democracy
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1359.html
By Shankar Vedantam
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A03
Four years ago, during a speech in Manila, President Bush drew an
analogy between the history of the Philippines and the history he was
rewriting in Iraq.
"Democracy always has skeptics," Bush said. "Some say the culture of
the Middle East will not sustain the institutions of democracy. The
same doubts were proved wrong nearly six decades ago, when the
Republic of the Philippines became the first democratic nation in
Asia."
Clinton Health Plan Outlined
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/17/AR200709170=
0118.html
All Americans Would Be Required to Have Insurance
By Beth Fouhy
Associated Press
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A04
DES MOINES -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's sweeping health-care
proposal, which she plans to unveil today, would require every
American to carry health insurance and offer federal subsidies to help
reduce the cost of coverage.
The proposal, Clinton's first major effort to achieve universal health
coverage since an ill-fated 1994 plan, carries a price tag of about
$110 billion per year. The centerpiece of her "American Health Choices
Plan" is an "individual mandate" requiring everyone to have health
insurance -- just as most states require drivers to purchase auto
insurance.
In Florida, Mystery Surrounds 8 Skeletons
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1361.html
Six Months Later, Fort Myers Police Still Have Not Identified the
Victims
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A04
MIAMI -- For almost six months, Fort Myers police have puzzled over
the eight skeletons discovered in the spring in a forested wetland.
Who were they? How did they get there?
Rumsfeld Foundation to Encourage Public Service
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1564.html
Fellowships Planned; Group Also Aims to Support Micro-Enterprise,
Central Asia
By Bradley Graham
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A06
In a rare foray into public debate since stepping down as defense
secretary late last year, Donald H. Rumsfeld blasted the recent
advertisement by MoveOn.org against Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and
decried the current state of political discourse in Washington for its
"tendency to try to criminalize public service."
"It seems that the default position for opponents of anyone is to call
them liars and betrayers," he said in an interview last week,
referring to MoveOn.org's portrayal of Petraeus, the top U.S.
commander in Iraq, as "General Betray Us." Rumsfeld expressed concern
that such attacks will discourage public service, especially among
young people.
Climate Change Brings Risk of More Extinctions
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0607.html
By David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A07
BLACKWATER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Md. -- Third in a monthly series
What has gone missing here is almost as spectacular as the 8,000 acres
of swampy wilderness that remain. And that makes it Chesapeake Bay's
best place to watch climate change in action.
State Dept. Convoy Attacked in Baghdad, Sparking a Shootout
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
1062.html
Security Guards Kill 9 Civilians, Iraqis Say
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A14
BAGHDAD, Sept. 17 -- A U.S. State Department motorcade came under
attack in Baghdad on Sunday, prompting security contractors guarding
the convoy to open fire in the streets. At least nine civilians were
killed, according to Iraqi officials.
The shootout occurred in the downtown neighborhood of Mansour at
midday after an explosion detonated near the convoy, police said. In
response, the security contractors "escalated the force to defend
themselves," a U.S. Embassy official in Baghdad said.
Murder Suspect to Run For Parliament in Russia
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
0382.html
Ex-KGB Figure Would Get Immunity as Officeholder
By Peter Finn
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A14
MOSCOW, Sept. 16 -- The Russian accused by British authorities of
murdering a former KGB agent with a radioactive isotope in London last
November said he plans to run for parliament in December on the slate
of a radical nationalist party that generally follows the Kremlin's
wishes.
Andrei Lugovoy will be No. 2 on the list of the Liberal Democratic
Party of Russia, currently the fourth-largest grouping in parliament,
Lugovoy and party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky said in separate
interviews with Russian news media Sunday.
Bangladeshi Aid Worker Seized In Latest Afghan Kidnapping
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
0630.html
By John Ward Anderson
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A14
KABUL, Sept. 16 -- A Bangladeshi aid worker helping to administer anti-
poverty programs in rural Afghanistan has been kidnapped, his employer
said Sunday. It was the latest in a string of abductions of
international workers here.
Noor Islam was seized Saturday from a branch office of the Bangladesh
Rural Advancement Committee in Logar province, south of Kabul,
according to the organization's Afghanistan director, who spoke on
condition of anonymity because of security concerns.
A Master of the Machines That Give Tourists a Lift
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
1412.html
By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A14
PARIS
Deep beneath the Eiffel Tower, Fabrice Fevai is dodging fat water
drops, skirting slick pools on the concrete floor and ducking giant
wheels and pistons.
"Down here there's always water dripping, we always have leaks," he
says.
Iran's Newest Hero Aids WWII-Era Jews
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
1363.html
TV Miniseries Puts Focus on Holocaust
By Nasser Karimi
Associated Press
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A15
TEHRAN, Sept. 16 -- It is Iran's version of "Schindler's List," a
miniseries about an Iranian diplomat in Paris who helps Jews escape
the Holocaust -- and viewers across the country are riveted.
That's surprising enough in a country whose president, Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, has questioned whether the Holocaust even took place.
What's more surprising is that government media produced the series,
and it is airing on state-run television.
On the Path to Attorney General, Olson Runs Into a Roadblock
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
1560.html
By Michael A. Fletcher
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A17
With President Bush settled on naming Michael B. Mukasey to replace
former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales, and intending to announce
his choice as early as today, the man favored by many for the job has
instead been passed over.
Theodore B. Olson, the former solicitor general, was said to be a
White House favorite for the post. But talk of his possible nomination
provoked a preemptive strike from Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid
(D-Nev.), who threatened that Senate Democrats would block the
nomination.
'Help Wanted' Ad Belies Report on Iraq Security
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR200709160=
1341.html
By Walter Pincus
Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A17
A week ago today, Gen. David H. Petraeus started his rounds on Capitol
Hill, reporting that security in Iraq was improving to the point that
a small number of troops could begin coming home by year's end.
But 10 days ago, his commanders in Baghdad began advertising for
private contractors to work in combat-supply warehouses on U.S. bases
throughout Iraq because half the soldiers who had been working in the
warehouses were needed for patrols, combat and protection of U.S.
forces.
Restoring American Justice
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/opinion/17mon1.html?_r=3D1&oref=3Dslogin
The Military Commissions Act created a separate, substandard and
clearly unconstitutional system of trial and punishment for
foreigners. This week Congress has a chance to begin fixing that
grievous mistake.
As the Economy Turns Down
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/opinion/17mon2.html
A cut in interest rates won't attack the proximate causes of today's
economic turmoil.
The New Hampshire Phone Scam
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/opinion/17mon3.html
The Bush administration has spent a lot of time talking about mythical
cases of voter fraud and election improprieties, but the New Hampshire
phone jamming case was the real thing.
There Goes the Sun
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/opinion/17mon4.html
The grim realization of recent decades - a time of looming man-made
cataclysms - is that we do not live in geological or astronomical
time.
This Is Your (Father's) Brain on Drugs
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/opinion/17males.html
By MIKE MALES
Youths are being maligned to draw attention from the reality that it's
actually middle-aged adults - the parents - whose behavior has
worsened.
Vatican Penance: Forgive Us Our Carbon Output
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/world/europe/17carbon.html?ref=3Dworld
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
A donation from a Hungarian company will help the Vatican become the
world's first carbon-neutral state.
France Pressures Iran, Warning of Sanctions
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/world/middleeast/17cnd-iran.html?ref=3Dwo=
rld
By KATRIN BENNHOLD
France announced that it would work to set up European sanctions
modeled on those by the U.S. if the U.N. Security Council failed to
agree on tougher measures.
Countries to Get Help Recovering Stolen Assets
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/world/17cnd-nations.html?ref=3Dworld
By WARREN HOGE
The World Bank and the United Nations announced that they were setting
up a system to help developing nations recover assets stolen and sent
abroad by corrupt leaders.
Greek Governing Party Wins a 2nd Term
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/world/europe/17greece.html?ref=3Dworld
By ANTHEE CARASSAVA
Despite widespread anger at his handling of recent wildfires, Prime
Minister Kostas Karamanlis and his center-right party have won re-
election.
Sectarian Toll Includes Scars to Iraq Psyche
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/world/middleeast/17baghdad.html?ref=3Dwor=
ld&pagewanted=3Dall
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
Iraqis fleeing their homes are leaving behind uncrossable neighborhood
lines and a shattered sense of trust.
An Indispensable Irritant to Iran and Its Foes
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/world/middleeast/17elbaradei.html?ref=3Dw=
orld&pagewanted=3Dall
By ELAINE SCIOLINO and WILLIAM J. BROAD
Mohamed ElBaradei's deal with Iran is one of the biggest gambles of
his tenure as head of the U.N. nuclear agency.
Argentine Church Faces 'Dirty War' Past
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/world/americas/17church.html
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
The Roman Catholic Church in Argentina is beginning to come to terms
with its complicity in the atrocities committed during the
dictatorship from 1976 to 1983.
New Terrorism Case Confirms That Denmark Is a Target
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/world/europe/17denmark.html?pagewanted=3D=
all
By NICHOLAS KULISH
After three terrorism cases in less than two years, intelligence
officials say Denmark is an important piece of the battle against
Islamic terrorism in Europe.
Russian Accused in Poisoning Seeks Parliament Seat
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/world/europe/17russia.html?ref=3Deurope
By C. J. CHIVERS
Andrei K. Lugovoi, accused in Britain of fatally poisoning Alexander
V=2E Litvinenko last year, will seek a seat in Parliament as a member of
an ultranationalist party.
Music Scholar Barred From U.S., but No One Will Tell Her Why
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/nyregion/17musicologist.html?ref=3Deurope=
&pagewanted=3Dall
By NINA BERNSTEIN
The door remains closed to Nalini Ghuman, an assistant professor who
is British and who had lived and worked in this country for 10 years
before her exclusion last August.
Alabama Plan Brings Out Cry of Resegregation
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/education/17schools.html?pagewanted=3Dall
By SAM DILLON
After white parents complained about school crowding, authorities drew
up a rezoning plan. The results: almost all of the students required
to move this fall were black.
Miami Police Given Choice of Carrying Assault Rifles
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/us/17miami.html?ref=3Dus
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Patrol officers in Miami will have the option of carrying assault
rifles as they try to combat the rise in the use of similar weapons by
criminals, the city's police chief said.
In Iowa, Democrats Eat Steak and Look for Votes
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/us/politics/17steak.html?ref=3Dus
By JEFF ZELENY
Six Democratic presidential candidates sought to win over thousands of
undecided voters who flocked to Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry.
U=2ES. Accused of Pressing Alaskan for Plea
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/washington/17alaska.html?ref=3Dus
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Justice Department inappropriately put pressure on a former state
representative to consider pleading guilty in a corruption case, said
his lawyer.
When Will Fred Debate?
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/when-will-fred-debate/
The campaign disclosed Fred D. Thompson's October debate schedule
today.
2008: Health and Labor
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/2008-health-and-labor/
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is set to offer a full-blown health
care plan in Des Moines.
Clinton's Rivals Blast Health Care Plan
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/romney-blasts-clinton-health-=
care-plan/
Presidential candidates from both parties took aim at Hillary Rodham
Clinton's plan today. Updated.
The Return of the Snowman
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/the-return-of-the-snowman/
A scan of the videos submitted for the Republican YouTube debate so
far shows the candidates have little to fear.
Ad Watch: 'Giuliani AWOL'
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/ad-watch-giuliani-awol/
The new commercial is the third in MoveOn's series of "betrayal" ads.
Clinton Unveils Her Plan for Health Care
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/washington/17cnd-clinton.html?ref=3Dpolit=
ics
By PATRICK HEALY
Thirteen years after the collapse of her landmark attempt to overhaul
national health care, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced
her second attempt.
In Iowa, Democrats Eat Steak and Look for Votes
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/us/politics/17steak.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By JEFF ZELENY
Six Democratic presidential candidates sought to win over thousands of
undecided voters who flocked to Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry.
Veto Risk Seen in Compromise on Child Health
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/health/policy/17health.html?ref=3Dwashing=
ton
By ROBERT PEAR
A bill that would provide health insurance to four million children
sets the stage for a battle with President Bush.
Gates Plans Speech to Detail the Roots of Security Policy
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/washington/17gates.html?ref=3Dwashington
By THOM SHANKER
In a speech on Monday, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will argue
that U.S. foreign policy must embrace both realism and idealism.
A 'Disappointed' Greenspan Lashes Out at Bush's Economic Policies
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/business/17greenspan.html?ref=3Dwashington
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
In an interview timed with the release of his memoir, Alan Greenspan,
a lifelong Republican, sought to distance himself from the economic
policies of President Bush.
U=2ES. Accused of Pressing Alaskan for Plea
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/washington/17alaska.html?ref=3Dwashington
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Justice Department inappropriately put pressure on a former state
representative to consider pleading guilty in a corruption case, said
his lawyer.
The Wisdom of Sales Trend Predictions
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/technology/17ecom.html?ref=3Dbusiness
By BOB TEDESCHI
The Sloan Center for Internet Retailing is turning to a new approach
to make its annual forecast for online holiday sales: ask everybody.
Veto Risk Seen in Compromise on Child Health
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/health/policy/17health.html?ref=3Dhealth
By ROBERT PEAR
A bill that would provide health insurance to four million children
sets the stage for a battle with President Bush.
Obama's Team Is Confident About Health Care Politics, Too
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/09/obamas_team_is_confide=
nt_about.php
17 Sep 2007 11:18 am
Obama:
"I comment Senator Clinton for her health care proposal. It's similar
to the one I put forth last spring, though my universal health care
plan would go further in reducing the punishing cost of health care
than any other proposal."
Obama: Wall Street thinking short-term
http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/17/news/newsmakers/obama.ap/index.htm?section=
=3Dmoney_news_newsmakers
Democratic presidential candidate says the Street needs to work harder
to earn the trust of investors and public.
September 17 2007: 4:02 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on
Monday called for more openness and transparency in the marketplace to
bolster the trust of investors and the public.
The reasoning "what's good for me is good enough" has crept into parts
of the business world, Obama said at the NASDAQ Marketsite. "It's a
mentality that sees conflicts of interest as opportunities for
profit."
Obama's policy team loaded with all-stars
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama_mon_nusep17,0,5780=
374,full.story?coll=3Dchi_tab01_layout
Criticized by some as lean on experience, the Democrat has drawn a
huge circle of advisers with expertise honed in the circles of power
By Mike Dorning | Washington Bureau
September 17, 2007
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's presidential bid may have a well-
cultivated insurgent feel, as the candidate both benefits and suffers
politically from a relatively thin record of experience in Washington.
But the swelling team of policy advisers who have joined his campaign
shows a politician grounded in his party's intellectual mainstream and
well-connected within the capital's Democratic establishment.
Barack Obama's Important Speech On Iraq/Iran
http://cliffschecter.bravenewfilms.org/blog/12983-barack-obama-s-important-=
speech-on-iraq-iran
by cliffschecter =B7 Monday September 17, 04:43 PM
Many people have paid attention to the part of the speech (watch the
video, it is a good one) where Obama reminded us of his opposition to
this war, and firmly stated he would no longer fund an inane strategy
that gets our troops killed. And this was and is VERY IMPORTANT.
Equally as important, however, is this:
We hear eerie echoes of the run-up to the war in Iraq in the way that
the President and Vice President talk about Iran. They conflate Iran
and al Qaeda. They issue veiled threats. They suggest that the time
for diplomacy and pressure is running out when we haven't even tried
direct diplomacy. Well George Bush and ***** Cheney must hear - loud
and clear - from the American people and the Congress: you don't have
our support, and you don't have our authorization for another war.
Iraq Speech Dust Settling
http://tampabayotrain.blogspot.com/2007/09/iraq-speech-dust-settling.html
Last week in a major speech, Senator Obama announced his plan for
ending the war in Iraq. Predictably, Obama has again set the standard
for other candidates as each now look to issue their own Iraq policy
statement. Just as predictably, he has taken incoming fire from both
Democrats and Republicans alike -- which, in the 2008 U.S.
Presidential campaign, seems to be a cost of leadership.
For Democrats like Chris Dodd, the fact that Obama will not
unequivocally state he is against any war funding bill going to Bush
which does not contain timelines for withdrawal makes the plan a non-
starter. From the other side of the aisle, any plan which presents
Iraq withdrawal scenarios is tantamount to renouncing the War on
Terrorism and a global surrender to Al-Qaeda. Appeasement.
Capitulation.
Politics: S.C. Blacks Moving Away From Clinton Toward Obama
http://betintroduces.com/news/newsyoushouldknow/?p=3D445
Posted September 17, 2007
S=2EC. Blacks move away from Clinton toward Obama
The more Black folks in South Carolina get to know Sen. Barack
ObamaObama, the more they're starting to leave his closest rival, Sen.
Hillary Clinton, and be counted among his supporters, according to a
new Winthrop/ETV poll. Scott Huffmon, who designed the survey with the
assistance of Winthrop University's co-director of African-American
Studies, Dr. Adolphus Belk, Jr., said the horse race results show
that, "Early on, African-Americans threw their support to Hillary
Clinton, primarily based on the Clinton legacy. However, as African-
American voters have gotten to know Barack Obama, support for him has
increased significantly." But it could ultimately be Black women who
decide who wins in South Carolina, since there are "many more African-
American female undecideds than males, and Clinton and Obama are dead
even among African-American women," Huffmon says. "It may literally
come down to whoever gets the African-American female vote." Do you
think the average Democrat is leaning toward Obama or Clinton? Is
there another candidate that's more attractive to you?
Obama the Wonkish Insider?
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3D1400
by: Chris Bowers
Mon Sep 17, 2007 at 11:32:36 AM EDT
Barack Obama is ensconsed with professional Democratic policy types:
As Obama rapidly transitioned from a senator with less than three
years in office to a presidential candidate who has delivered detailed
policy speeches, he has assembled a personal think tank that easily
outsizes any of the established Washington policy institutes that
provide intellectual fodder for the political war of ideas.(...)
On foreign policy alone, some 200 experts are providing the Obama
campaign with assistance of some sort, arranged into 20 subgroups. On
the domestic front, more than 500 policy experts are contributing
ideas, campaign aides said. Veterans of previous election campaigns
say the scale of the policy operation resembles the full-blown effort
candidates typically undertake for a general election campaign rather
than the more stripped-down versions common for the primary season.
Obama's in the Eye of the Beholder
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3329/obamas_in_the_eye_of_the_beholder/
Can the junior senator from Illinois be both a stalwart progressive
and a post-ideological unifier?
By David Moberg (Tama, Iowa)
Every August for 46 years, until she retired two years ago, Duffy Lyon
carved the butter cow sculpture that has occupied a place of honor at
the Iowa State Fair. But newly inspired, this summer she crafted 17
pounds of butter into the campaign logo of Democratic presidential
aspirant Barack Obama, proudly displaying her creation at an Obama
forum on rural issues here.
"He's the kind of person who will represent us the best, better than
Hillary," she says. "He's for people who haven't got things."
Prominent dairy farmer Joe Lyon, like his wife an active 78-year-old
independent who Bush turned into an ardent Democrat, adds, "We've got
to have a change in Washington. I think it's been a calamity-war,
giveaways to the well-connected. I don't think we've seen anything
like it in history. And we've just seen the tip of the iceberg. I
don't know how long it will take to straighten out."
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