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...remains to be seen. "I've never seen the Guard and Reserve in a more dispirited state than they are right now," Rep. Dave Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat, told Defense Secretary Robert Gates when he appeared before the House Appropriations defense subcommittee March 29. "They are a crucial asset to this country and right now they are in big trouble." Gates responded that one of his biggest concerns before he took on the job of defense chief was "that we were stressing the National Guard too much." A key goal for Gates and Petraeus is to make sure that, assuming...
Another advantage for the Crimson comes from the return of many veteran players. 10 members of the 2005-2006 team are with Harvard again this year, giving the Crimson the asset of familiarity with Ivy play, as well as a chance to build on the foundation set by last year’s squad...
...don’t think any team is as much a family as us,” Litvak said. “Tennis could be seen as such an individual sport. I don’t feel that way about our team at all.” Another asset for the Crimson could turn out to be the element of surprise. “The fact that [other Ivy teams] aren’t expecting a lot from us, and that we have pulled together so well is definitely going to work to our advantage,” Mukundan said...
...Nick Bayley, head of trading services at the LSE. "This isn't a market for widows and orphans." Investors prepared to do their homework are bullish. "The prospects for AIM look as good or better than they've ever looked," says Patrick Evershed, a fund manager at New Star Asset Management in London. Vycon's Aoun encourages firms to consider AIM, but with a caveat. "This is no minor undertaking," he says. "Be ready for some serious work." After all, growing up is hard...
...Nexus of Terrorism and Drugs The Noorzai case [Feb. 19] is a perfect example of this Administration's botched war on terrorism and the Drug Enforcement Administration's handling of the incredibly stupid war on drugs. Haji Bashar Noorzai could have been a real asset in rooting out the Taliban. Intelligence on the ground is a most valuable resource. Has Noorzai's arrest really made a difference in heroin production? U.S. taxpayers will now have to spend millions to prosecute and detain him. The U.S. could wipe out the drug trade tomorrow by legalization and taxation, which would take away...