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...Under political pressure to do something about drug costs, 28 states are offering prescription assistance. Since they can't afford to pick up the tab, most are trying to force pharmaceutical makers to cut costs--so the country is becoming a legal battlefield on which states are locked in hand-to-hand combat with drug companies. A federal judge last week ruled that Maine could force drugmakers to provide discounts of up to 25% for people with incomes up to three times the poverty level. It was the third such defeat the industry had suffered against such programs in three...
...says the U.S. doesn't negotiate with terrorists? Camp X-Ray commander Marine Gen. Michael Lehnert came one step closer to moving all 300 of the Camp X-Ray "battlefield detainees" to suites at the Miami Hilton, reversing previously immovable policy and allowing them to make turbans out of their bedsheets - as long as the sheets were subject to inspection...
...figure out your constraints and limitations, you figure out the things you must do, you figure out what you can't do. Understanding the operational environment - we call it plugging in - the intelligence, the battlefield, everything from the terrain to the weather to politics in some situations. That's something pretty unique to Special Operations Forces anyway - being aware of the political environment. And the enemy. We put that all together and figure out how we can optimize their loss and minimize our risk. Once you figure how you want to do it, you train, you rehearse, and then...
...Staff, insists that the U.S. "will continue to work with each of the tribal leaders to get to the point where the things that we are doing in Afghanistan alongside them are good for both the U.S. and Afghanistan." But he concedes that all of Afghanistan is a battlefield. And, he said, "the battlefield will continue to be fluid...
...Russia, China and Japan all jousted for control of the Korean peninsula at the end of the 19th century. After beating both countries on the battlefield, Japan made Korea a protectorate in 1905 before annexing it in 1910. The military had a dominant role from the start, running the country like a boot camp. Big business zaibatsu, or conglomerates, also became key players as Japan turned the colony into an industrial base, gearing up for war with China in the late 1930s. While some Koreans joined rebel groups, Japan's overwhelming grip on the country subdued most resistance. Some...