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...seems natural for Peppelman and the rookie class. After benefitting from such high-level training and opportunities to compete right away, Peppelman and his classmates have tried to give something back, bringing a new focus and determination to a team that is only growing stronger as the EIWA Championships approach...
...called White House health czar, was originally created as an add-on title for former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, who had to withdraw from consideration for Health and Human Services Secretary because of tax problems. But with Daschle out, the White House decided that it still needed a high-level coordinator for the reform effort. "It's good to have someone who is really riding herd and only thinking of one thing," said one White House official...
...believe his involvement will facilitate high-level engagement with North Korea and our other partners, and enhance our efforts to move forward in the Six-Party process and to realize our goal of the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner." - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, announcing Bosworth's appointment at press conference, February...
...Perez, a Miami-based lawyer who defends accused Colombian traffickers. Many of those caught in the net are small-fry - like the smuggler's driver, the document forger or the guy who prepared the box lunches for the crews of the go-fast boats. Once in U.S. custody, many high-level smugglers do cop pleas and then turn on one another, allowing prosecutors to weaken their organizations, says Josh Levine, former chief of the international narcotics trafficking unit of the U.S. Attorney's office for the southern district of New York. Prosecutors also note that little guys often help build...
...After meeting with Yang, Clinton announced a tentative plan to hold regular high-level talks between the U.S. and China. During the Bush administration Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson led a Strategic Economic Dialogue with China, but under the new system, both Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Clinton would lead discussions divided into two tracks: economic and strategic, which includes a broad range of "political and security and global issues," she said. (See 25 people to blame for the global financial crisis...