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Harvard's schools have signed on to a new federal matching program to support financial aid for veterans, but the University's units differed widely in their financial commitment to the initiative—reflecting a tradition of decentralized decision-making at Harvard that current leaders have often sought to curtail.The recently-approved Yellow Ribbon Program—part of a new G.I. Bill that promises to pay up to the maximum in-state public undergraduate tuition rate for veterans who have served at least three years after 9/11—allows institutions to enter into agreements with...
State leaders hope the Department of Housing and Urban Development will grant their request to develop a "disaster track" that would temporarily ease restrictions so the money can reach residents and communities faster. They're also hopeful that Iowa will receive more overall federal and state disaster aid. To date, over $3 billion has been allocated, with $638 million spent. "It's the timeliness of the money that frustrates us all," says Lieut. General Ron Dardis, a former Iowa National Guard commander who is executive director of the state's Rebuild Iowa Office, created soon after last June's disaster...
...those people in those neighborhoods who are waiting. We have tried to move and advance as quickly as we can." He points to federal funding that has been too slow in reaching residents and, to date, too little. He says the city needs to ensure that disaster aid is spent wisely and that the city rebuilds in a smart, sustainable way that prevents future flooding. Says Fagan: "Going through the natural disaster, then the economic crisis, then a bitterly cold and hard winter certainly put strains on those ties that bind us together as a community...
...innernumb RT Soak clothes in water to aid in stopping tear gas. Don't throw tear gas canisters barehanded, they will burn you. #iran9...
...when the Uzbek army gunned down hundreds of civilians protesting for reform in the Ferghana Valley under the pretense that it was curbing an Islamist revolt. U.S. and European condemnation only led the government to turn to Moscow's embrace and throw out numerous international NGOs and foreign aid agencies. The country's dissidents receded further into the margins; the more pronounced opposition now tends to be radical and violent. "Islamic militancy here," says McGlinchey, "has almost always more to do with the oppressiveness of the local governments than some kind of trans-national religious calling...