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...Seattle, Washington, ten high schools allowed students to opt for any school of choice, unless the school was over-enrolled. If that was the case, after preference was given to siblings of enrolled students, the spots were allotted to maintain a racial balance that differed by no more than 15 percent from the county’s overall demographics, according to one of the panelists, Liliana M. Garces, who wrote the amicus brief submitted by the American Civil Liberties Union for the two cases. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
After losing the Democratic primary to Lamont and choosing to continue in the race as an Independent, Lieberman ultimately won an impressive victory, recapturing his Senate seat for a fourth term. Lieberman has agreed to remain within the Democratic caucus, allowing him to maintain his seniority and become chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. But Lieberman’s status as an independent makes it all the more painless for him to switch sides as he pleases, taking the Democrats’ precarious 51-seat majority with him. This unique situation makes Lieberman one of the most powerful people...
...tough is its fight in Afghanistan? Tougher than most thought it would be when NATO first deployed forces in August 2003 to help the nascent Afghan government maintain security. "If we fail in Afghanistan it could be the end of the alliance," says Ronald D. Asmus, director of the Transatlantic Center of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a security think tank in Brussels. "It would be like losing the Korean War at the beginning of the cold war." There's not a single NATO member state who would argue otherwise, yet the trend line is not encouraging...
...next spring's presidential election approaches, the French political right looks set to maintain its tradition of fratricide. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, president of the governing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), has the support of a vocal majority among his party's parliamentarians, and his popularity among conservative voters dwarfs that of any other possible contenders on the right. But President Jacques Chirac doesn't like him. And as many slain rivals have learned, Chirac can be a deadly enemy...
...Pelosi has for quite some time put out signals that she will replace Harman as the top Democrat on the panel in order to maintain a traditional rotation in the spot. But Democratic insiders say her motivation is far more personal - as was Pelosi's support of Murtha against her nemesis of several years, incoming Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Harman defenders say Pelosi's complaints either stem from an unworthy catfight among leading California congresswomen; Harman's close relationship with Hoyer; or Harman's efforts to seem bipartisan on controversial issues such as the Administration's controversial domestic warrantless wiretapping...