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...that the government has set a number of caps on Wall St. pay packages, the question is whether the financial firms can get around some of the rules. Certainly not. Congress has too much invested in showing the public that it can bring down the people who tend to get the most blame for the collapse of the of the credit system...
...result, though the Library of Congress in Washington is the official repository of Lincoln's papers, the library in Springfield has more items (1,600 compared to 900) written in Lincoln's own hand...
...picked to be the next Commerce Secretary, he accepted the appointment, and then he walked away - breaking the news, as it turned out, at the very moment Obama was appearing at an event in Peoria, Ill., to build support for his $789 billion stimulus plan being hammered out by Congress. In this town, the President, especially one with a 63% approval rating just three weeks into office, is not supposed to get dumped. (See who's who in Obama's White House...
...tidal wave, the next item on Obama's to-do list is a tsunami - a $2.5 trillion bank bailout. Fortunately for the President, little of that plan requires congressional action. Unless - or until - the Administration ends up needing more money for it, at which point no one will expect Congress to move as rapidly as it did this week...
...that Nkunda was sponsored and supported by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. But last month something happened that seems to have ended that debate. Congo and Rwanda joined forces. Kagame's troops flushed out and arrested Nkunda, then helped facilitate a cease-fire with his forces in the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP). Kabila's government in Kinshasa made a deal to protect the new CNDP leader, Bosco Ntaganda (who is wanted for war crimes), and joined Rwandan forces in fighting the FDLR. Their joint effort has been under way for several weeks, and to date...