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...Supreme People's Court - whose judges tend to be better educated than those in the provincial high courts that currently have the last word on executions - will reduce both the overall number of people put to death and the number of people killed for crimes they didn't commit...
...Abizaid is also drawing criticism for never asking, so far as anyone knows, for a significant increase in troops to impose security. Abizaid, says a former officer privy to details of miiltary operations, "never wanted to commit more troops to Iraq." Early on he said the U.S. was an "antibody" in the Iraqi body politic and supported early "off-ramps" from Iraq for our forces. Officers who served in Iraq say they asked for more forces several times, but those requests did not make it to the top. At least twice in meetings with President Bush in 2004 - once before...
...conversations with SLAM activists, former University President Lawrence H. Summers and General Counsel Robert W. Iuliano ’83 refused to commit to this kind of framework, arguing that the resulting loss of flexibility would negatively impact the University’s financial interests. Students need to take a stand and refuse to accept this attitude on our campus...
...million condo Linda Lay lives in, more than $10 million in the Lay family investment partnership, and $22,680.14 remaining in Lay's bank account. "All proceeds were obtained directly, or indirectly as the result of various federal crimes, including securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud," the Department of Justice press release said...
...reflects the broader lack of candor that still characterizes our debate about what to do in Iraq. The White House now says it intends to stop using the phrase "staying the course," and Democratic leaders talk about the need for a "new strategy," but neither is willing to publicly commit to a definitive plan - also known by the more politically perjorative phrase "timetable" - for getting U.S. troops out. In the Washington Post today, Richard Holbrooke argues for Bush to "disengage" from Iraq and seek a political compromise there, but rules out "a fixed timetable for U.S. withdrawal, since it would...