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...this, the level of resentment and ire directed at Goldman - from Congress, from competitors, from the media, from the public - has never been higher. Blankfein, only the 11th leader of the 140-year-old firm, is having a tough time understanding...
...while the Secretary was playing a major role in deciding whether to pump $85 billion into the rescue of insurance behemoth AIG - Paulson and Blankfein spoke 24 times. On one level it makes sense: a Treasury official discussing a financial crisis with a trusted expert and industry leader. A mention in a call log is not the same as an actual conversation, Blankfein correctly points out. He recalls only a handful of actual conversations with Paulson or Timothy Geithner, then the president of the New York Fed. "Now, that was AIG week," he says, "but it was also breaking...
...state of Virginia, U.S. Senator Jim Webb has penned novels featuring swashbuckling Americans seeking adventure in exotic backwaters. But even he might not have imagined a scenario in which a U.S. military aircraft flies him to the heavily fortified Burmese capital, Naypyidaw, to meet the country's reclusive military leader and secure the release of an American prisoner...
...diagnosed with a malignant glioma, a type of brain tumor that carries a bleak prognosis in the majority of patients. He underwent surgery and a subsequent aggressive course of cancer treatment in the months following the diagnosis.In the Senate, Kennedy developed a reputation as a leader on social policy issues, championing reforms in areas such as health care, education, and immigration, while leading multiple committees, including, most recently, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Though he was one of the dominant liberal figures in the Senate, Kennedy was also known for his efforts to reach across party lines...
...Democratic leader under Reagan, Kennedy helped pass sanctions against apartheid South Africa as an override to Reagan’s veto, and clashed openly with Reagan over weapons development and support for the Contras. Kennedy also grew to be a staunch supporter of gay and women’s rights, and his opposition to Reagan’s Supreme Court candidate Robert Bork, a constitutional originalist who hoped to overturn Roe v. Wade, is credited with preventing Bork’s nomination. On the Senate floor, Kennedy furiously alleged that “Bork’s America...