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Among other things, Petraeus' review called for additional troops to be sent to Afghanistan, beyond the 17,000 Obama ordered. The Administration wasn't ready to do that, at least not yet. And so, the fourth policy review was ordered up - this one conducted by Bruce Riedel, a scholar at...
There are both practical and philosophical problems with a modern Harkness. Practically, there are fewer tycoons on the scale of Harkness today—and far more legal implications to their donations. Even the $100 million that David Rockefeller donated to Harvard last April—the largest ever single...
Vietnam's stimulus program pales in comparison to the $787-billion package approved by U.S. lawmakers last week, but the country is doing what it can to jumpstart its economy. The cash giveaway followed November's announcement of a plan to spend $1 billion to subsidize interest rates for businesses...
At first glance Ottawa's C$125 billion pales in comparison to the $1-trillion "bad bank" being contemplated by Obama to jump-start lending in the U.S.; however, accounting for differences in size between the two economies, the figures are nearly identical. If Canadian banks, ranked best capitalized in...
But while ethics in politics is an important cause, it pales in comparison to that of health-care reform. While it would be nice if our politicians played by the same tax rules as the rest of the public, an improper tax return has never caused a death. A failure...