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...people can read, and for women, the figure is less than 1%. Yet neither Pakistan nor the U.S. appears to have a comprehensive strategy for the area. A top expert on Pakistan recently visited a colleague at the White House who, the expert says, was embarrassed to admit that "no matter who wins the election, I don't have a U.S. policy toward Pakistan to give them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Central Front | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...remarkable? Because John McCain is. "They broke me," he said flatly, of the torture he endured in the Hanoi Hilton. It wasn't the first time he'd said that - indeed, he has been more specific: he has admitted attempting suicide after the North Vietnamese twisted and yanked the war-crimes confession out of him - but it is bracing, all the same, to hear a politician admit weakness. Indeed, this was the first time I'd ever heard a presidential candidate admit his party's failure as comprehensively as McCain did tonight: "Instead of changing Washington, Washington changed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Klein: McCain's Muted Acceptance | 9/5/2008 | See Source »

...send them to Washington instead of the phonies and philosophers, it wouldn't be long before things were fixed. She'd already done it as governor, she said, looking after taxpayers' interests, selling the state plane on eBay, firing the governor's personal chef - "although I've got to admit that sometimes my kids sure miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Palin's Breakout Night | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...McCain adviser, a person who opposed putting Palin on the ticket, had to admit this week that she has transformed social conservatives from ho-hum to hyped, single-handedly closing a gap in McCain's army. "She has been a brilliant base play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Palin, Showtime About to Begin | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

...seems to be on a first name basis with their politicians. "It's just one of those things about Alaska politics," says Grasser. So Governor Palin is Sarah, the irascible (and currently indicted) Senator Stevens is Uncle Ted, and even Representative Young, that venal pork-barreler whom few should admit to being friendly with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Palin Made Her Name | 8/30/2008 | See Source »

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