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...matter what happens in November, he will be out of a job a few days later, when his two-year turn as Vice President Joe Biden's appointed replacement comes to an end. "I'm junior," the wild-haired, 71-year-old former Biden staffer admits. "I can't get more junior." (See the top 10 Joe Biden gaffes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Replacement Senator Causing Democrats Fits | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...instead of sailing quietly into oblivion, Kaufman has decided to make waves. Most notably, he is challenging his Senate colleagues - and the Obama Administration - to get behind far tougher financial regulations than they have yet proposed, a move that has been unsettling to both bank lobbyists and White House aides. "I think most people know that I am really cranked up about this," Kaufman says with a smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Replacement Senator Causing Democrats Fits | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...luck - and Baghdad's - didn't get better. On Tuesday, at least seven apartment buildings were leveled by explosives that had been planted inside them. One of them had a lovely tea shop on the roof. Nothing makes sense in Iraq right now. High-profile attacks are becoming more frequent, but U.S. officials say it is just proof that al-Qaeda is desperately lashing out and thus on its last legs. (See how Ben Lando survived the attack on Baghdad's Hamra Hotel in January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Officials Downplay Rash of Baghdad Attacks | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...interview with TIME, an Obama Administration senior official said it had been a close call for the U.S. "That we have the Manas base in Kyrgyzstan is a great achievement," he said. "Russia didn't want to allow us to have that. They put down $2 billion to get us out. But Obama had very frank discussions with [Russian President Dmitri] Medvedev. He said, If you believe we have a common enemy in Afghanistan, then this is going to help us fight that common enemy. Had we lost that, it would have been a major blow. It is a major...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kyrgyzstan: Did Moscow Subvert a U.S. Ally? | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...will be very difficult to make much progress with China if we don't see it more clearly. It has been tempting to look at China's process of reform and think that Deng Xiaoping's famous line "To get rich is glorious" might also mean "To get rich means to help America." This has happened in some areas, not least on Beijing's balance sheet, where to get rich has meant, frankly, to lend to an indebted U.S. But what is playing out with China is an expression of a debate that has been gathering force in Beijing: What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hu's Visit: Finding a Way Forward on U.S.-China Relations | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

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