Word: globalization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...last few months, the Obama administration has extended its hand to a number of different countries. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has already made two trips, the first to Asia and the second to Europe, to assure nations of continued alliance with the United States. This pursuit of closer global ties is promising and will start the crucial process of mending the rifts created by the previous administration. Lacking conspicuously in America’s foreign-policy plans, however, is its own neighbor—Latin America...
...Speaking from a car on the way back from his introduction at Dartmouth, Kim—the head of the Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine—said that the college’s environment was a natural fit both geographically and intellectually...
...Besides an extensive teaching career, Kim has devoted much of his life to global health activism and disease prevention research...
...According to Howard H. Hiatt, a professor of medicine who worked closely with Kim as associate chief of the division of global health equity at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Kim’s efforts have spearheaded movements to increase awareness of health concerns in developing countries, bringing medical researchers out of their comfort zone and into the field...
...commissioner, but at HHS she will oversee a massive organization with 10 operating divisions. Orszag must focus on the entire government budget. The head of the National Economic Council, Larry Summers, who has taken a particular interest in health care, has a portfolio that ranges from bank bailouts to global financial regulation. The other legislative, political and managerial staff at the White House spend their days stretched over dozens of subject areas. In this chaotic situation, DeParle will be charged with never letting health care get off track. (Read "Who Will Push Health-Care Reform in Place of Daschle...