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...change it? I actually don't have a rubber stamp. I have to get one. I went down and sat down with the RC South commander, and I didn't put specific changes to timelines or where forces were going, but we talked a lot about the coin intent and the purposes of the operation and the importance of the hold and build - we can clear anywhere we want, but holding and building are hard - so ensuring that the ANSF [Afghan National Security Forces] come in with the Marines, so that they do the partnership up front...
...troops? I am really letting the strategic assessment inform that decision. As much as I can, I am really trying to keep my mind from jumping to conclusions before all the brains we have brought together have done their thing. I think when we look at coin requirements, you can't ignore it, and you can't assume it's wrong, but the coin requirements have never been an absolute cookie cutter. We are using some additional technology here, ISR [Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance], which gives us a little bit more ability to cover more terrain...
...Using a mattress, a coin meter and a clip-on vibrating device, in 1958 inventor John Houghtaling, 92, created his most famous product: the Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed. Billed as a sleep aid, the machine was a staple of U.S. motels in the 1960s...
...call made by Zhou Xiaochuan, its governor, in March, China's central bank advocated a new global reserve currency in its annual financial-stability report released last Friday. Raising concerns of a move away from the dollar as the world's reserve, the proposal for a "super-sovereign" coin nudged down the greenback vs. a host of major currencies. That may have been a tad more impact than Zhou was seeking: with something like two-thirds of China's roughly $2 trillion of foreign-currency reserves held in dollars, the lower a buck goes, the less China's vast...
Weymouth's decor and catering are perfectly acceptable, we hear, but what really made the evening worth the coin is the guest list. Joining the CEO at the intime gathering of 20, according to the flier, would be "Obama administration officials, Congress members, business leaders, advocacy leaders and other select minds," plus "health-care reporting and editorial staff members of The Washington Post." In other words, for a fee, businesses and lobbyists could have access to the sort of high-level opinion makers that the Post has access to as well as the journalists, all in a cozy...