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...part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ cost-cutting efforts—is drawing mixed reactions from members of the Faculty. Although the possibility of the program has been floated for some time, FAS began to seriously consider implementing it around November, when it became clear that the financial crisis was going to hit the University hard, said Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith. Since Smith has slashed the number of visiting professorships for next year and the hiring slowdown will limit the number of new lecturers FAS will be able to hire, the new program...
...Former Congressman and Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta has promised to cooperate with Congress, saying, "I think that we have a responsibility to be transparent on these issues and to provide them that information." But during his confirmation hearings by Feinstein's Committee, Panetta made it clear he doesn't support the prosecution of CIA staff involved in detention and interrogation of terror suspects, saying they were simply following guidelines issued by the Bush administration. At a media roundtable last week, Panetta returned to the theme: "I would not support any investigation or a prosecution of those...
...sheer enormity of the task has been clear for months. But it was on sometimes painful display at the two breakout sessions to discuss healthcare that Obama has already organized at the White House. The first session, which occurred in late February in the Indian Treaty Room, had a somewhat comical cast to it. Dozens of powerful people sat around a square table in one of the most gaudy and expensive marble rooms ever built by the U.S. government. The task: Figure out how to save money on health spending. The solution, according to almost every person present: Spend more...
...Thursday, the government announced it was expelling three more groups. Most of the aid organizations worked in Darfur, providing things such as water, proper sanitation, food and medical assistance to hundreds of thousands of people in the troubled region. The groups say they have no clear idea why they had been targeted, and their aid efforts in the autonomous region of South Sudan have not been affected. "We've actually received no official reason or explanation," said Kurt Tjossem, Regional Director for the Horn and East Africa at the International Rescue Committee. "We did ask them on what grounds...
...logic behind the government move was not clear. Save the Children U.K., for example, has not worked in Darfur since 2005, but was on the list nonetheless...