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Westerwelle espouses the economic liberalism that has always defined the FDP, and under his eight-year command he has positioned his party as the champion of the Mittelstand, Germany's formidable family-owned companies. "When a big company gets into difficulty, the German eagle comes to the rescue. When a Mittelstand company gets into trouble, the vultures circle," Westerwelle said in May. His recipe for growth: encourage private investment and cut taxes. "You can sign 100 stimulus programs but if investing doesn't gain momentum, the economy won't get better," he says...
...solution favored by the White House is to pressure Karzai into installing a powerful second in command: a Prime Minister who would run the government's day-to-day functions. Abdullah himself is a possible candidate, as is another presidential contender, former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani, who is Pashtun. Both men have clean reputations and some administrative experience, although it is far from clear that they have the political skills to navigate Afghanistan's multiethnic society...
...write about the fact that God ordered Abraham to leave behind his family, a command that Jesus gave his disciples as well. Do you believe that's still a requirement for following God's will? When Jesus says you must leave your family to follow him, he doesn't necessarily mean physically. He means leave your dependence on them, make an emotional break with them. For me, that meant I had to be willing to step outside the opinions of my parents when I started Bible Study Fellowship [a Bible school for laywomen in North Carolina...
...enjoyment of getting tenure would have been very half-hearted had she not.” Kelsey—who calls himself and Roberts “conjoined academic twins”—said his colleague has transformed American art history with her command of an expansive range of time studied. Americanist art history traditionally ends at 1945, after which point artwork is considered within the realm of the contemporary, according to Kelsey. But Roberts challenges the demarcation by intertwining the contemporary moment and the art and social histories of the United States. The broad spectrum of Roberts?...
...Monday, McChrystal turned his official review of the war over to his superior, General David Petraeus, chief of U.S. Central Command. "The situation in Afghanistan is serious, but success is achievable and demands a revised implementation strategy, commitment and resolve, and increased unity of effort," McChrystal said in a statement announcing he had finished his survey. While the report doesn't recommend additional troops, Pentagon officials expect it to form the foundation for such a request in coming weeks...