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...We’re still hopeful that we’re going to be able to put together a bipartisan compromise,” Weatherl said, pausing for a moment to choose his words...
...that Senator John S. McCain has clinched the Republican nomination, he must overcome an identity crisis. Should he change his history of bipartisan voting to strengthen his Republican kinship ties? Or will his attempts to woo the right-wingers of his party alienate Independents? McCain’s recent flip-flop on torture suggests that he is trying to attract the right-wing Republican vote. That seems to explain why McCain, one of the nation’s staunchest opponents of torture, voted not to pass an anti-torture bill.This came as a surprise for those who know of McCain?...
...Pensions, which has jurisdiction over NIH, largely expressed support for Faust’s cause.“It’s a committee that has been very supportive of NIH, so the response was extremely positive,” she said in an interview following the testimony.A bipartisan group of 15 senators, including Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, who chairs the Committee, will soon propose an amendment to raise NIH funding by $2.1 billion—a seven percent increase over the budget for this year, according to a spokesperson for Kennedy.Similar amendments...
...aggressive face to the world, the “Department of War” became the “Department of Defense.” In response to numerous surveys confirming falling opinions of the United States around the world, the Commission on Smart Power—a bipartisan project chaired by Kennedy School of Government professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr. and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage—has suggested that the emphasis on a narrow “War on Terror” driven by self-interest should be replaced...
...innovation was the decisive factor in Harvard winning this grant,” she said. The grant was one of five that the Foundation announced last Thursday, totalling $6.6 million. Each grant–including those awarded to MIT, Carnegie Mellon, the nonprofit Clean Air Task Force and the Bipartisan Policy Center—has a unique focus. The Harvard grant aims to speed up the development of clean-energy technologies, according to the Foundation’s press release. The Kennedy School group will study the efficacy of past and present U.S. policies intended to encourage clean-energy research...