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...take hostile actions against the Blue team which must then fashion a response. "Our goal is to stress the blue team," says retired Maj. Gen. Chuck Thomas, a red team senior mentor. In some instances, diplomatic and humanitarian actions short of military force can be chosen as the best option. In others, force may be required. The idea is to draw from all military services and branches of government along with key allied nations to defuse conflicts while causing the least amount of damage. "Each problem we engage in is unique in its own right. Which is beyond what...
...third option, injecting more taxpayer money, might not be an option by itself if the remaining TARP funds end up not being enough; the costs for the taxpayer are too high and the political capital behind such a solution is too weak...
...begins to collapse as it threatened to do late last year. The results from the bank "stress tests" showed that the capital needs of America's banks are modest, about $74 billion, compared to more pessimistic figures provided by the IMF and bank experts. Banks may have the option of asking the government to convert preferred shares owned by the taxpayer due to original TARP investments into common shares, or they can raise private capital. That could completely negate the need for any more direct investment by the government. The action would be bad for bank shareholders who would...
...same rate, regardless of pre-existing condition. (There are caveats: the details of health insurance are devilish, and pitched battles are fought over arcana too obscure to cover in this space.) But more-liberal Democrats have decided to press the issue. They have proposed a "public" health-insurance option, similar to Medicare. They argue, correctly, that the profits made by insurance companies are a good part of what makes health care so expensive in the U.S. and that a public option is needed to keep the insurers honest. Needless to say, the insurers are vehemently opposed to this and will...
...guess is that the public option is a bargaining chip that will be cashed in to gain support from moderate Republicans and Democrats as crunch time approaches. The real battle, and the fate of this liberal dream, will be fought over what gets covered and who decides...