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During my two-month internship in India this summer, I was curious to see how Indians viewed America. Had the aftermath of the Bush administration left them with a negative view of our country, as it had for most of the world? Or had the presidency of Barack Obama inspired them to respect our country? To my surprise, I found that India—a country in the midst of a sweeping economic and social transformation—has a much more favorable impression of the United States than I had expected...
...Finally, and most refreshingly to an American worried about the country’s place in an ever-changing world, most Indians I met admire our country’s egalitarianism and diversity. A friend of mine one day asked me during a political conversation if Barack Obama was actually the son of a Muslim. When I responded affirmatively, he remarked, “Now that type of thing only happens in America.” Though Indians of diverse religious beliefs are widely represented in India’s governing structures, the general population’s interactions...
...Obama to speak. And although Pope Benedict XVI expressed his disappointment with Obama's support for abortion rights when the two met in July, a Vatican spokesman went out of his way to state that the Holy Father was "very impressed" by the Democratic President. (Read "When Benedict Meets Barack...
...Mass. Turnpike Authority, in early August to serve as a liaison to the panel and to facilitate police discussions, according to CPD spokesman Frank Pasquarello. Gates’ arrest, which some believe was prompted by police racial profiling, triggered a national media frenzy in July that enveloped even President Barack Obama. Wexler said that the panel will seek lessons from the Gates arrest that can help local and national police with conflict resolution in the future, rather than compile an “action report” that only analyzes the incident. He said that the Gates brouhaha has been...
...Lion of the Senate” and the last remaining son of the prominent Democratic political family, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday after a funeral mass packed with political dignitaries that included a eulogy by President Barack Obama.Kennedy passed away last Tuesday night at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass. after a year-long battle with brain cancer. He was 77. More than 25,000 mourners lined up to pay their respects to the senator at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston on Thursday, and a private memorial for Kennedy was held...