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...might expect from a nation that grew at some 9% in 2009. There is some arrogant chest slapping, to be sure, but it is mixed with plenty of exhausted eye rubbing. To sit with China's leaders as they ponder the enormous challenges facing them in financial markets, corruption, civilian-military relations, Tibet, Xinjiang and a dozen other areas is a reminder of the luxury Americans have to consider one problem like health care for a year. (See pictures of the making of modern China...
...Afghanistan - will rest on the ability of the Afghan government to make good on that. The early returns are not promising. Commanding General Stanley McChrystal promised a "government in a box" that would unwrap itself as soon as the Taliban were tossed from town, but several U.S. civilian aid workers told me that the Afghan ministries were slow off the mark and hadn't yet arrived. The real work of winning Marjah hadn't really begun. (See pictures of Person of the Year 2009 runner-up General Stanley McChrystal...
...blunt the impact of an EMP strike, those most alarmed by the threat want the U.S. military to shield its key electronics, and want vital elements of civilian society to do the same. Like with taxes and health care, the debate over the EMP threat is polarizing. "More fearmongering to garner more $$$ for The Big War Machine," opines one poster on Wired's Danger Room blog. Another skeptic asks: "Do they have a flying carpet that could go that high?" But EMP-threat true believers won't be deterred. "Detonating a nuke on the ground would leave cities in shambles...
...sexual-assault-policy overhaul might be part of the reason more victims have come forward. The study also highlighted a 16% increase in sexual assaults occurring in combat areas. The typical case involved an 18-to-25-year-old enlisted male and a female victim (either military or civilian). The report estimates that only 20% of sexual-assault victims report their experience to authorities...
ERIC HOLDER, U.S. Attorney General, on the prospects of the al-Qaeda leader ever being put on trial, during questioning by members of Congress about trying terror suspects in federal civilian courts...