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...want to be undermining students’ health. We do not want to be undermining community morale,” Faust said. “So we are going to figure out how to address this problem.”Faust also addressed an issue raised recently on Capitol Hill—the rising cost of higher education amidst ballooning university endowments.“[Financial aid] programs are very costly for us. You know we have a large endowment but that endowment funds programs and research across a university,” Faust said. “It?...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks and Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Faust Addresses Junior Parents | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...Boeing's backers on Capitol Hill argue that the Air Force should have factored in damage to the U.S. industrial base - and the loss of American jobs - by letting the contract to the foreign firm. (The Airbus team claims its deal will support 25,000 U.S. jobs, but Boeing says it would have created more.) Underscoring the sensitivity of the topic on Capitol Hill, a top Air Force official addressing a House hearing on Wednesday referred to the winning bid using only the name of its American partner. "Northrop Grumman brought their A-game" to the competition, said Air Force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Air Force Snub Good for Boeing | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...morning after the four-state primary, Clinton adviser Harold Ickes, who is shepherding superdelegates for her campaign, lost no time in visiting the ones on Capitol Hill who have already voiced support for her. His message: Hold firm. To the estimated 330 supers who have yet to commit, he says, Don't do anything rash. "What we are saying to the superdelegates is, 'Hold your fire, keep your powder dry, don't make a commitment,'" Ickes says. "We're going to do our level best to show [Obama] is not the strongest candidate in a general election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Collateral Damage | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...message has gotten through: by clear margins, voters rate her as the more experienced of the two candidates. The fact that this hasn't stopped Obama's momentum doesn't mean he's heard the last of it - not with John McCain, who has spent 26 years on Capitol Hill, the likely Republican nominee. "I'm not the youngest candidate. But I am the most experienced," says McCain. "I know how the world works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Experience Matter in a President? | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...days before Clinton arrived for this rally, there was another one just down the hill from UT in front of the Texas Capitol: Barack Obama's. And there, hundreds of placards emblazoned "Change We Can Believe In" popped up from a crowd estimated between 15,000 and 20,000. Obama spun his magic in an hourlong speech that was lacking the wonkish details about nuclear proliferation and educational testing offered by Bill Clinton. The crowd was enthralled if not inspired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas, Bill v. Barack | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

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