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...benefits if they commit to working in government after graduation. Ellwood stressed the importance of making these changes now, during what he called a “once-in-a-generation opportunity.” “I think this is an amazingly important, exciting, but also troubling moment,” he said. “It’s exciting because young people are stepping up and want to serve, but it’s frightening because our current system doesn’t always give people the opportunity to serve.” Kennedy School Professor...
...laws candidate. But many graduates said they were happy to see Kagan take part in the ceremonies marking their last days as Law School students. Juelle J. Gomes, who will receive a J.D., called the sight of Kagan behind the podium a “nostalgic” moment. “She was such a presence around the Law School and really did so much to enrich student life,” Gomes said. “They couldn’t have picked a better speaker.” —Staff writer Athena Y. Jiang...
Quotes By: "I've thought long and hard as to what I might say that would sound original at this moment. But honestly, I don't have an original thought in my mind - all I know is what I feel in my heart, and that is that I am enormously moved and deeply proud of this nomination." - Accepting the Secretary of the Army nomination from President Obama on June...
...This election is very difficult for mainstream parties," says Antonio Missiroli, director of studies at the Brussels-based European Policy Centre (EPC). "It is complicated to make a case for Europe at this moment. And during the economic crisis, voters feel that someone has to be blamed, whether it is Europe or capitalism in general...
After a cheek-to-cheek greeting on the tarmac Wednesday, President Barack Obama walked the red carpet with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to the foot of an airport escalator. There, the President paused a fleeting moment in the blistering desert heat, ceding the right of way to his host. But the King would have none of it. So the two men rode together, feet on the same step. The extent to which they're in step on Obama's bigger agenda, including an effort to relaunch the Middle East peace process and repatriate Guantánamo detainees, remains...