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Scowcroft is that, but he's not actually "advising" Obama. The President-elect has only spoken to him twice, briefly, in the last year and not on substance. Obama's other attempts at outreach, though apparently sincere, seem equally symbolic, at least for now. Obama has had short conversations with Reagan's Secretary of State George Shultz and former deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, and both men describe their conversations positively. But an Obama transition aide, when pressed about these contacts, admits that it is "not fair to put them in the category of advisers." Rick Warren and Obama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Behind Obama's Rightward Outreach? | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

...troop pull-out from Iraq and a possibly trillion dollar stimulus plan for the flagging economy: if he plans to roll them out soon, he might hope that one or two of his putative "advisers" will support him, or at least hold off on their attacks, because of his outreach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Behind Obama's Rightward Outreach? | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

...positions on the more difficult foreign and domestic policy issues yet. Try drilling in with Obama's advisers on his approach to Arab-Israeli peace talks, negotiations with Iran or education reform, and you quickly find much debate but no hard policy decisions. In that light, Obama's outreach seems less about preventive cover for liberal policies than prudent network building for whatever positions, left or right, he ends up taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Behind Obama's Rightward Outreach? | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

Presidential candidate and Student Affairs Committee vice-chair Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 lauded Sundquist for his advocacy, willingness to work with others on the UC, and outreach to students...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leading Candidates Give Sundquist Mixed Reviews | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...crucial to human progress as academic research. A great deal of biochemical research is done today in private firms; Google has done more than perhaps any other organization in the past decade to promote the kingdom of knowledge. What’s more, corporations nowadays often have charitable outreach arms that provide services directly to the community...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Taxes and Duties of the Private University | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

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