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OT: Nostalgia for Nixon? |
Nostalgia for Nixon?
By Elizabeth Drew
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A17
Anger and frustration with the president have produced an unusual turn
of late. Numerous people have been moved to remark, "I'm beginning to
miss Nixon," or, "I wish we could have Nixon back" -- this usually
followed by, "He was so progressive on domestic policy."
The nostalgists rightly see Richard Nixon as having been far more
intelligent and thoughtful than George W. Bush; Nixon was indeed very
smart, though no intellectual. Actually, he hated intellectuals, among
others, including Jews, political opponents and those born to
privilege. Nixon lacked the exceptional curiosity of Bill Clinton, but
he had an understanding of the world that can only be longed for
today.
A National Test We Don't Need
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2259_pf.html
By Margaret Spellings
Saturday, June 9, 2007; A17
A quiet revolution of accountability is sweeping public education.
We're measuring students annually, breaking down scores by student
group, and insisting that all children be taught to achieve at grade
level or better.
A new study by the nonpartisan Center on Education Policy, revealing
improved student performance and a narrowing achievement gap across
most of the country, shows that we're on the right track.
Measurable Progress in School
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2266.html
No Child Left Behind is helping. The next step will take courage.
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A16
HAS STUDENT achievement increased under the No Child Left Behind Act?
The answer, according to an objective new report, is a resounding yes.
That should give pause to those who seek to derail reauthorization of
the No Child Left Behind legislation.
Health-Care Gap
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2264.html
Democratic candidates tackle the coverage crisis.
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A16
THE THREE leading Democratic presidential candidates have now put
forward 2 1/2 health-care plans. Former senator John Edwards was first
with a broad proposal to require that all individuals have health
insurance coverage; Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) followed with a similar
but less far-reaching version, and Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.)
accounts for the remaining half a plan. This is not a criticism: She
gave a speech last month on containing health-care costs, and she
plans to offer details down the road about improving quality and
expanding coverage; we'll write separately about her proposals.
Joint Chiefs Chair Will Bow Out
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
1537_pf.html
Pentagon Wary of Thorny Reconfirmation Hearings
By Josh White and Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, June 9, 2007; A01
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced yesterday that Marine Gen.
Peter Pace will step down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in
September, a move that Gates said will avert the contentious
congressional hearings that would be needed to reconfirm the nation's
top military officer. Pace will leave after just two years in the
post, the shortest stint as chairman in more than four decades.
The surprise announcement yesterday at the Pentagon amounts to Pace
being fired before a customary second two-year term. He has served as
the top military adviser to President Bush and the defense secretary
since 2005, leading a war effort that has frustrated the American
public and appears no closer to a conclusion.
Report Gives Details on CIA Prisons
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
0985_pf.html
NATO Pacts Exploited, European Probe Finds
By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, June 9, 2007; A01
PARIS, June 8 -- The CIA exploited NATO military agreements to help it
run secret prisons in Poland and Romania where alleged terrorists were
held in solitary confinement for months, shackled and subjected to
other mental and physical torture, according to a European
investigative report released here Friday.
Some of the United States' highest-profile terrorism suspects,
including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, considered the prime organizer of the
Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, were detained and interrogated at the
facility in Poland, according to the 72-page report completed for the
Council of Europe, the continent's human rights agency.
For U.S. Unit in Baghdad, An Alliance of Last Resort
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2879_pf.html
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, June 9, 2007; A01
BAGHDAD, June 8 -- The worst month of Lt. Col. Dale Kuehl's deployment
in western Baghdad was finally drawing to a close. The insurgent group
al-Qaeda in Iraq had unleashed bombings that killed 14 of his soldiers
in May, a shocking escalation of violence for a battalion that had
lost three soldiers in the previous six months while patrolling the
Sunni enclave of Amiriyah. On top of that, the 41-year-old battalion
commander was doubled up with a stomach flu when, late on May 29, he
received a cellphone call that would change everything.
"We're going after al-Qaeda," a leading local imam said, Kuehl
recalled. "What we want you to do is stay out of the way."
Romney Brothers Dish on Dad
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2781_pf.html
Blog by Presidential Candidate's Five Sons Reveals G-Rated Details of
Former Governor's Family Life
By Jose Antonio Vargas
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 9, 2007; A01
BOSTON -- Tagg Romney, 37, loves the Sox and has a thing for Billy
Joel. Matt Romney, 35, always tunes in to "Saturday Night Live," and
Josh Romney, 31, likes to surf and water-ski. Ben Romney, 29,
hesitates to call his dog, Kingsley, a half yorkie and half poodle, "a
yorkie-poo." And Craig Romney, 26, a Tom Brady look-alike, has 337
friends on MySpace and cites his dad, along with the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr., as his heroes.
Wholesome does not really begin to describe the five adult children of
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who for the past few
weeks have been sharing such details on Five Brothers, their blog and
the most popular feature on the former Massachusetts governor's
campaign Web site. The blog is yet another medium to convey the image
of dedicated family man that is an essential part of Romney's identity
as a candidate. Earlier this week, while most of his opponents
introduced themselves during the Republican presidential debate by
highlighting their r=E9sum=E9s, Romney started with, "I'm a husband, a
father, a grandfather . . . ."
Cities Take Lead On Environment As Debate Drags At Federal Level
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2779.html
522 Mayors Have Agreed To Meet Kyoto Standards
By Anthony Faiola and Robin Shulman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A01
NEW YORK -- To the long list of evils being blamed on global warming
-- hurricanes, heat waves, melting ice caps -- tack on the smaller
interior of Steve Benesoczky's cab. Inside, his passengers can already
feel the squeeze of climate change in their knees.
"Of course it's less comfortable. Look, there's less leg room," said
Benesoczky, 55, as he pointed to the back of his new taxi -- a hybrid
Ford Escape.
Commerce Dept. Inspector General's Casino Trip Probed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2508.html
Lawmaker Claims It Was on Federal Time
By John Solomon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A02
Commerce Department Inspector General Johnnie E. Frazier, whose
retirement was announced Thursday, took five subordinates attending a
government conference last spring gambling with him in Atlantic City
on federal time, a lawmaker alleged yesterday.
When Frazier returned to the conference in Philadelphia, he asked
subordinates if he could borrow $100 and one assistant obliged,
according to a congressional committee and an eyewitness.
Bush Criticized in Immigration Defeat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2509.html
President's Worsening Relations With GOP, Grass-Roots Conservatives
Cited
By Michael Abramowitz and Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A03
President Bush awoke in Germany yesterday to find his immigration
compromise on life support and facing fresh criticism that he failed
to exert the leadership needed to save what is likely to be the last
major domestic agenda item of his presidency.
Although congressional aides and GOP strategists said it was unfair to
blame Bush alone, the collapse of the immigration bill late Thursday
was a reflection of the weakened state of his presidency. Those aides
said the bill's troubles were exacerbated by Bush's deteriorating
relations with congressional Republicans and his inability to combat
an unexpectedly fierce attack on the bill by grass-roots
conservatives.
Talk of Resurrecting Immigration Bill Begins as Autopsy Goes On
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2771_pf.html
By Shailagh Murray and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, June 9, 2007; A03
Supporters of immigration reform launched new talks to save their
tattered bill yesterday, with the chief architects of the bipartisan
compromise confident that they could resurrect it -- even as
recriminations flew over its stunning collapse.
The rescue mission was dispatched moments after the vote was tallied
Thursday night. Sixty votes were needed to end debate and pave the way
for final passage, but only 45 senators voted yes. Republican and
Democratic negotiators believe they can reach agreement by early next
week on the official sticking point: which conservative amendments
would be considered before final passage. The list must be short
enough for time-conscious Democrats, yet substantive enough for
Republicans demanding to be heard.
Besieged White House Reinforces Counsel's Office
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2510.html
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A04
President Bush has authorized another surge -- this time in the White
House counsel's office. Facing a blizzard of congressional
investigations, hearings and subpoenas, the White House has hired a
new crop of lawyers to do battle with the Democratic Congress.
White House counsel Fred F. Fielding, brought in by Bush in January
when the opposition took over Capitol Hill, announced the appointment
of nine new lawyers yesterday, including J. Michael Farren, former
general counsel of Xerox Corp., as his deputy. A source said Fielding
has also recruited Stephen D. Potts, a longtime head of the U.S.
Office of Government Ethics, to be ethics counsel.
Patched Atlantis Lifts NASA
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2794.html
First Shuttle Flight of the Year Puts Focus Back on Space
By Mike Schneider
Associated Press
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A07
CAPE CANAVERAL, June 8 -- A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven
astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting
NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal that included a
damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
The spaceship rose from its seaside launch pad with a roar and climbed
into a clear and still-brightly lit sky at 7:38 p.m., setting a course
for the international space station.
Brownback Says He Won't Yield Straw Poll to Romney
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2573_pf.html
By Politics
Saturday, June 9, 2007; A08
With former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Sen. John McCain of
Arizona and former Virginia governor James S. Gilmore III gone from
the Iowa straw poll, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney -- who
is not pulling out of the August contest -- declared victory.
"It looks as if we just beat those campaigns in Iowa two months
earlier than we had planned," Romney's son Tagg said in an e-mail to
supporters.
Padilla Jurors Hear Wiretapped Calls
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
3018.html
Associated Press
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A09
MIAMI, June 8 -- Jurors in the terrorism support and conspiracy trial
of Jose Padilla heard his voice on an FBI wiretap for the first time
Friday, in a conversation that prosecutors say proves he was getting
ready to fight jihad overseas.
In the July 1997 intercepted phone call, co-defendant Adham Amin
Hassoun tells Padilla in English that "the most important thing is
that you tell me you're ready." The FBI's lead investigator in the
case testified that Hassoun was talking about going to an area of
jihad, or Islamic holy war.
U=2ES. Alleges North Korea Is Misusing Aid for Poor
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2793.html
Probe Says U.N. Money Was Spent on Property Overseas
By Glenn Kessler and Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A11
About $3 million in United Nations money intended to help impoverished
North Koreans was diverted by the Pyongyang government toward the
purchase of property in France, the United Kingdom and Canada,
according to a confidential State Department account of witness
reports and internal business records. Millions more, the department
reported, went to a North Korean institution linked to a bank alleged
to handle arms deals.
The U.N. Development Program (UNDP) in North Korea spent about $3
million a year over the past decade to promote the country's economic
growth, foreign trade and investment. It halted operations in March
after the United States alleged that the agency engaged in improper
hiring and financial practices. A preliminary U.N. audit, released
last week, confirmed that it violated its own guidelines by hiring
local workers who were selected by the North Korean government and
paying them in foreign currency.
In Arctic Ice, Lessons on Effects of Warming
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2782.html
Researchers Drill, Map, Blast In Greenland in Hunt for Clues
By Doug Struck
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A11
JAKOBSHAVN GLACIER, Greenland
If Manhattan floods, it may start here, on an ice field that stretches
in frozen silence to every horizon.
Global warming is working away at the Greenland ice cap. The frozen
interior of the Arctic island is shedding ice much faster than simple
melting should explain. And George Tsoflias wants to know why.
Arms Dealer Arrested in Spain
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2513.html
U=2ES. Alleges Conspiracy to Equip Colombian Rebel Group
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A11
A longtime international arms trafficker was arrested Thursday evening
in Spain, where he has a mansion, on U.S. charges that he was
conspiring to sell millions of dollars in arms to Colombian rebels.
Since the early 1970s, Monzer al-Kassar has "supported terrorists and
insurgents by providing them with high-powered weapons that have
fueled the most violent conflicts of the last three decades," Michael
J=2E Garcia, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said
in a statement released yesterday. Along the way, Kassar sold weapons
to groups in Nicaragua, Brazil, Cyprus, Bosnia, Croatia, Somalia, the
Palestinian territories, Iran and Iraq, Garcia and Karen P. Tandy, the
U=2ES. Drug Enforcement Administration chief, said in the statement.
U=2ES. Businessman Jailed, Iran Confirms
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
1542.html
Report Cites Security Investigation
By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A12
A semi-official Iranian news agency reported yesterday that California
businessman Ali Shakeri is in custody in Tehran and is under
investigation for possible national security violations. It is the
first confirmation by Iran of his detention after repeated statements
from the Tehran regime that it had no information on Shakeri.
Shakeri, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen and University of Texas graduate
who has lived in the United States since the 1970s, disappeared from
Tehran's international airport on May 8 as he was preparing to return
to the United States after the death of his mother in Tehran. His wife
told The Washington Post that he had called her at least three times
from Iran's notorious Evin Prison.
Sri Lankan Court Halts Tamil Expulsions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2441.html
Associated Press
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A13
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 8 -- Sri Lanka's highest court ordered police
on Friday to stop expelling ethnic Tamils from the capital, a lawyer
said, after rights groups warned that the recent removal of hundreds
of Tamils could further fuel a 24-year ethnic separatist conflict.
The Defense Ministry said 376 people were rounded up in Colombo and
sent to Sri Lanka's north and east -- areas that have been beset by
bloodshed for most of the past year -- as a security precaution amid
the rising violence that has claimed more than 5,000 lives in 19
months.
Moscow Panel Backs Rights Lawyer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/08/AR200706080=
2501.html
By Peter Finn
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, June 9, 2007; Page A14
MOSCOW, June 8 -- A panel at the Moscow Bar Association voted 9 to 2
Friday to reject a disbarment effort launched by federal prosecutors
against leading Russian human rights lawyer Karina Moskalenko.
"I'm exhausted but absolutely delighted," said Moskalenko, 53, who
represents opposition leader Garry Kasparov and numerous other Russian
plaintiffs before the European Court of Human Rights.
A Failure of Leadership
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/opinion/09sat1.html
The anti-immigrant hard-core must not be allowed to hold the nation
hostage.
Nasty, Unfinished Cold War Business
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/opinion/09sat2.html
Nearly two decades after the Berlin Wall came down the United States
and Russia together still have nearly 25,000 nuclear weapons -
including 6,000 long-range weapons deployed and ready to launch.
The Road to Somewhere
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/opinion/09sat3.html
Representative Don Young of Alaska is the king of the Congressional
pork dispensers.
Trans-Pacific Chicken
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/opinion/09sat4.html
Polynesian chickens whose bones were discovered at a Chilean
archaeological site may have made it to the New World about a century
before any European explorer.
(Don't Go Back to) San Francisco
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/opinion/09walker.html
By MICHAEL WALKER
Laurel Canyon was the more evolved and influential musical destination
during the Summer of Love.
A Patent Lie
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/opinion/09lee.html
By TIMOTHY B. LEE
Nothing illustrates the way patents harm the software industry better
than the conflict between Verizon and Vonage.
A Castro Strives to Open Cuban's Opinions on Sex
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/americas/09castro.html?ref=3Dworld&=
pagewanted=3Dall
By MARC LACEY
Mariela Castro Esp=EDn, daughter of Ra=FAl Castro, the commander of Cuba's
armed forces, is the country's premier sexologist.
Bush, Feeling Ill and Resting, Attracts Notice by Absence
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/europe/09notebook.html?ref=3Dworld
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
A counselor to President Bush reported that the president had awakened
"not feeling well to the stomach."
Putin Proposes Alternatives on Missile Defense
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/europe/09azerbaijan.html?ref=3Dworld
By C. J. CHIVERS
President Vladimir V. Putin proposed that Russia and the West study
emerging missile threats jointly.
With New Law, China Reports Drop in Executions
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/asia/09china.html?ref=3Dworld
By JIM YARDLEY
China reinstated a requirement that every death case be reviewed and
approved by the country's highest court.
G-8 Leaders Reaffirm Promises of Billions to Battle AIDS and Other
Diseases
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/europe/09group.html?ref=3Dworld
By MARK LANDLER
The $60 billion pledge, which is to extend over an unspecified number
of years, includes aid already promised by the Group of 8 leaders.
Rights Group Offers Grim View of C.I.A. Jails
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/europe/09prisons.html?ref=3Dworld
By DOREEN CARVAJAL
A bleak description of secret prisons run by the Central Intelligence
Agency in Eastern Europe emerged from a report on Friday.
War Ends in Ivory Coast but Peace Is Still a Dream
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/world/africa/10ivory.html?ref=3Dworld&pag=
ewanted=3Dall
By LYDIA POLGREEN
For most Ivorians, little has improved since rebels signed a peace
pact in March ending a five-year war.
Ivory Coast: Cocoa Fueled Civil War
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/africa/09briefs-cocoa.html?ref=3Daf=
rica
By LYDIA POLGREEN
A report by an anti-corruption organization found that profits from
smuggled and mishandled cocoa had helped pay for the civil war in
Ivory Coast.
Nigeria: Britons Advised to Leave Oil Delta
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/africa/09briefs-delta.html?ref=3Daf=
rica
By REUTERS
Violence against foreigners has become commonplace in the country's
southern Niger Delta, Africa's top oil-producing region.
Peru: Chilean Judge Orders Fujimori Arrested
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/americas/09briefs-fujimori.html?ref=
=3Damericas
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Alberto K. Fujimori, the disgraced former president of Peru, was back
under house arrest in Chile.
Besieged by Protests, Pakistan Suspends Curbs on TV
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/asia/09pakistan.html?ref=3Dasia
By SALMAN MASOOD
The prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, announced the formation of a six-
member committee to review amendments to media restrictions.
Court Blocks Sri Lanka's Effort to Expel Tamils From Capital
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/asia/09lanka.html?ref=3Dasia
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
The Sri Lankan government's move was met with a barrage of criticism
from home and abroad on Friday and was quashed by the country's
highest court.
Japan: Guidelines to Reduce Suicide Rate
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/asia/09briefs-suicide.html?ref=3Das=
ia
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The government took aim at the country's high suicide rate, approving
measures meant to reduce the number of deaths by 20 percent by 2016.
Ernest Hofstetter, Climber Who Helped Find the Path Up Everest, Dies
at 95
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/europe/09hofstetter.html?ref=3Deuro=
pe
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mr. Hofstetter was part of the Swiss team that first traced the route
to "The Roof of the World" used by Sir Edmund Hillary to conquer Mount
Everest.
For One Visit, Bush Will Feel Pro-U.S. Glow
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/europe/09albania.html
By CRAIG S. SMITH
In Albania, which has not wavered in its support for American
policies, President Bush can do no wrong.
Italy Prosecutes C.I.A. Agents in Kidnapping
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/europe/09italy.html?ref=3Deurope
By IAN FISHER
The trial is a landmark case that will look into one of America's most
secretive programs.
Rights Group Offers Grim View of C.I.A. Jails
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/europe/09prisons.html?ref=3Deurope
By DOREEN CARVAJAL
A bleak description of secret prisons run by the Central Intelligence
Agency in Eastern Europe emerged from a report on Friday.
Israelis Ask, What Have We Gained Since the '67 War?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/middleeast/09israel.html?pagewanted=
=3Dall
By STEVEN ERLANGER
As Israel marks 40 years after an extraordinary victory, there is far
less exultation than questioning about the war's impact on the
country.
Palestinian Premier Urges End to Factional Clashes
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/world/middleeast/09mideast.html?ref=3Dmid=
dleeast
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Ismail Haniya of Hamas called for the political will to stop another
round of intra-Palestinian clashes between his own faction and Fatah.
Ruling Likely to Spur Convictions in Capital Cases
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/us/09death.html?ref=3Dus&pagewanted=3Dall
By ADAM LIPTAK
Experts said a Supreme Court decision will make juries in death
penalty cases whiter and more conviction-prone.
Chairman of Joint Chiefs Will Not Be Reappointed
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/washington/09military.html?ref=3Dus
By THOM SHANKER
The Bush administration's decision makes Gen. Peter Pace the highest-
ranking officer to be a political casualty of the issue of Iraq.
Private Loans Deepen a Crisis in Student Debt
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/us/10loans.html?ref=3Dus&pagewanted=3Dall
By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO
As tuition has soared past the limits on federal aid, more students
are relying on barely regulated private loans.
Celebrity Justice Cuts Both Ways for Paris Hilton
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/us/09hilton.html?ref=3Dus
By SHARON WAXMAN
In the socialite's case, the national obsession with celebrity
collided with the issue of the equal application of justice.
Kennedy Plea Was Last Gasp for Immigration Bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/washington/09immig.html?ref=3Dus&pagewant=
ed=3Dall
By CARL HULSE
Senator Edward M. Kennedy unsuccessfully sought more time to salvage a
bill that had never been embraced by the leadership of either party.
F=2EB.I. Agent Tells Padilla Jury of Coded Plans for Jihad
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/us/09padilla.html?ref=3Dus
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
Jurors in the federal terrorism case against Jose Padilla heard his
voice for the first time Friday, in a decade-old wiretapped
conversation.
Indian Reservation Reeling in Wave of Youth Suicides and Attempts
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/us/09suicide.html?ref=3Dus
By EVELYN NIEVES
American Indian and Alaska Native youth 15 to 24 years old are
committing suicide at a rate more than three times the national
average for their age group.
Shuttle Atlantis Appears to Have Flawless Liftoff
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/us/09shuttle.html?ref=3Dus
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
The shuttle blasted off with the rattling roar of more than seven
million pounds of thrust into a stunningly clear evening sky on
Friday.
No-Confidence Resolution on Gonzales Is Scheduled
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/washington/09justice.html?ref=3Dus
By ERIC LIPTON
Senate Democrats said on Friday that they intended to bring a no-
confidence resolution against Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to
a vote on Monday.
A Tentative First Step in Addressing Faith and Politics
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/us/09beliefs.html?ref=3Dus
By PETER STEINFELS
Monday night's forum at which leading Democratic presidential
candidates discussed faith and politics left a number of issues
unarticulated.
Sunday Breakfast Menu, June 10
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/sunday-breakfast-menu-june-10/
This week's Sunday morning lineup features hearty portions of
immigration and Iraq, served up with a side of presidential politics
and a sprinkling of Hillary Clinton biographers.
2008: Iowa Remains a Destination
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/2008-iowa-remains-a-destinati=
on/
The talk is almost all about Iowa, with several candidates making
campaign stops there this week.
Why Washington Can't Get Much Done
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/weekinreview/10broder.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By JOHN M. BRODER
On issues ranging from immigration to global warming, lawmakers are
paralyzed by partisanship, fear, denial (and the Constitution).
Nominee for Joint Chiefs Is Called a Pragmatist
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/washington/09chief.html?ref=3Dwashington
By DAVID S. CLOUD
Adm. Michael G. Mullen is a low-key pragmatist without a well-
established stake in the Iraq strategy.
Quantifying the Role of School Ties in Investing
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/business/09fund.html?ref=3Dbusiness
By DAVID LEONHARDT
Mutual fund managers invest more money in companies that are run by
people they knew in school, a study says.
A Rare Case of Confident Consumers Disapproving of a President
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/business/09charts.html?ref=3Dbusiness
By FLOYD NORRIS
President Bush has endured low approval ratings longer than any
president since Jimmy Carter, but consumer confidence has not
plummeted.
NASA Leader Regrets Global Warming Comments
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/science/09griffin.html?ref=3Dscience
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Michael D. Griffin said Friday that he regretted having sparked a
furor last week when he said he was not sure climate change "is a
problem we must wrestle with."
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