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...blame Congress. I really think that between the two, Congress has the power. We've got to get these people working together. I'm not talking as a Democrat or Republican here because I think they're both to blame. I think when the Republicans had control of Congress they drove it into the ground; over the last two years, when the Democrats gained control, they drove it deeper into the ground...
...some trepidation until I heard Sarah Palin talk. I was very impressed by that lady, and I was impressed by McCain's [acceptance speech]. What he talked about was taking the control out of government and giving it back to the people. That's what my book is about. I feel like right now we're wards of the state. Congress says we'll give you this, but you're not going to have that. That's not for them to decide...
...large U.S. units pull out, Pentagon officials say. When the British pulled out of the southern city of Basra in 2007, the resulting vacuum was filled by Shi'ite militia units until the Iraqi government sent in its improving army in March and brought it under Baghdad's control. Petraeus also doesn't want to risk a security meltdown brought on by a major withdrawal just as a new U.S. President takes office...
...Weller received his M.D. from Harvard and began clinical training at the Harvard-affiliated Children’s Hospital Boston. But his work was interrupted two years later by World War II, when Weller shipped off to a research post in Puerto Rico that was responsible for malaria control of Caribbean bases. During his 32 months there, he headed the bacteriology, virology, and parasitology department...
...teaching at Harvard Medical School,” Peter Weller said. “He had great pride in many of the students and fellow junior faculty who worked with him”—many of who would go on to serve major roles at government control centers...