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...Center colleague Michele Flournoy—the White House’s current undersecretary of defense for policy—Campbell served as an associate professor of Public Policy and International Relations at the Kennedy School. He was also the assistant director of the Belfer Center. Currently, Campbell holds leadership positions at a variety of prominent political organizations in Washington, including the Aspen Strategy Group, StratAsia, and the Washington Quarterly. He has previously served in government in a variety of capacities, and received the Department of Defense Medals for Distinguished Public Service and for Outstanding Public Service for his contributions...
...That threat would carry more weight if the banks weren't so politically vulnerable right now. "They're trying to figure out the best way to screw the people that are bailing them out," says one Democratic leadership aide. "It's unacceptable." Even if they can't force through a bill as tough as they would like, top Democrats promise to make life painful for the banks...
...Senate Democrats want more. "There's a desire to see something much closer to Dodd out of committee than Maloney," says the leadership aide. And if the banks manage to water down Dodd, and only Maloney's bill passes? The Dems have a plan for that: humiliate the banks and the Senators protecting them by bringing a tougher version to the floor and making them vote against it. Republicans for their part realize the political tide is against the credit card industry, but are working with them to limit Dodd's bill. "The bill won't go anywhere...
...what if the banks ultimately deliver on their threats, simply jacking up initial interest rates on everyone thereafter and constraining credit? "Then you'll continue to see us changing the law and the regulations so that eventually they're out of options," says the Democratic leadership aide...
...latest development in Nepal's experiment with allowing former rebels to take the helm of the nation's democratically elected government, the Maoist leadership formally retracted its threat last week to sack the chief of the formerly royalist Nepal army. The move, some say, may have saved the less-than-a-year-old government from being overthrown. The intractable dispute over assimilating the former Maoist guerrillas into the army, as per the terms of the peace accord signed in November 2006, could have led to a military coup. But while the government's reconciliatory decision succeeded in keeping power...