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...coming from the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, which was created two years ago as part of the bipartisan Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. It was funded by Congress last fall to accelerate the production of fuel-efficient vehicles for mainstream Americans and reduce the nation's dependence on imported oil. (See the history of the electric...
...government of the island nation of Cyprus has pledged $8.8 million towards increasing opportunities in public health education, research, and outreach as part of a recent agreement between the Harvard School of Public Health and the Cyprus University of Technology...
...minds to it we can really play against any team in the nation,” junior Jeff Lee said...
...Another common criticism is that Afghanistan is a cobbled-together agglomeration of warring tribes and ethnic factions that is not amenable to anything approaching nation-building. In fact, the first Afghan state emerged with the Durrani Empire in 1747, making it a nation older than the U.S. Afghans lack no sense of nationhood; rather, they have always been ruled by a weak central state...
...deployed in the field in less than a year; they would thus do little to protect against the near-term dangers that General Stanley McChrystal has warned of. Perhaps most fundamental, the middle way avoids the quicksand on which the counterinsurgency strategy is built: the absolute need for nation-building. Counterinsurgency strategy requires clearing and holding territory, which cannot be done without transforming a corruption-riddled, anarchic and poverty-stricken state into a functioning market democracy. That goal is totally beyond American interests and capabilities and promises only endless war. Nor does the all-out approach help us in Pakistan...