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...Army inspector general to conduct a nationwide survey of the mood among Army recruiters. The Army also ordered a one-day stand-down for all recruiters in February so it could focus on proper leadership and suicide prevention. The worsening economy is already easing some of the recruiters' burden, as is the raising of the maximum enlistment age, from 35 to 42. But with only 3 in 10 young Americans meeting the mental, moral and physical requirements to serve, recruiting challenges will continue...
...don’t think there are too many categories intellectually, but I do worry a little bit that the students will feel the eight requirements as a burden,” she said...
...proposing will get 60 votes in the Senate," said Senator Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut Independent who has championed global-warming legislation for years. "The early targets are high - higher than the Senate will accept and higher than what we can do, because they impose too much of a burden, particularly on people in states that burn a lot of coal or produce a lot of electricity...
...towers of Dubai have been hardest hit. The large foreign banks that had been financing Dubai's real estate boom have pulled out, leaving behind a significant burden on local banks, who have turned to the U.A.E. government for help shoring up their liquidity. To date, approximately $15 billion of federal money has been pumped into local banks. Company buyouts financed by Abu Dhabi - the capital of the U.A.E. and the only emirate with petroleum wealth - are believed to be forthcoming, though no officials will discuss details. "Any bailout from Abu Dhabi will come very privately," says Christopher Davidson, author...
...international support to his new strategy for the country, unveiled last Friday. With the Taliban making inroads, allied casualties at their highest since the war began, and Al Qaeda still lurking in the remote border areas, the president's plan involves raising troop levels in Afghanistan and sharing the burden of rebuilding. The conference in The Hague - which included delegates from 70 nations - aims to internationalize reconstruction efforts...