Word: partisan
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...various military strikes on supposed al-Qaeda training sites inside Yemen. But there are few good options. Obama doesn't want to end up like Bill Clinton, whose futile 1998 cruise missile "retaliation" for the East Africa embassy bombings did al-Qaeda more good than harm. Given the partisan sniping already breaking out following the failed airline bombing, the last thing Obama needs right now is to be accused of launching what General Tommy Franks once derided as "pinpricks." (After the 9/11 attacks, Franks voiced his glee that he would no longer be ordered to launch "million-dollar [cruise missiles...
...FMLA), COBRA does not require the employer to pay the cost of providing continuing coverage. Instead, it allows employees and their dependents to maintain coverage at their own expense by paying the full price of the premium plus an administration fee. The Joint Committee on Taxation, a non-partisan group focused on government finance, estimates the existing nine-month Cobra subsidy program has helped provide health care coverage to approximately 7 million Americans in 2009 at a cost of $24.7 billion...
Joseph P. Kalt, who worked with Allred on negotiations between a Native American tribe in Idaho and the local government. After leaving Harvard in 2003, Allred brought his work back to Idaho through the formation of a non-partisan citizen’s group...
...dedicated, independent, committed to finding practical solutions that rise above partisan relations,” Allred said. “I think that good ideas and good people come from across the political spectrum...
...Democratic Party’s support of Allred’s bi-partisan approach encouraged him to join the race, he said. The former professor said he was concerned that the recent Republican governments have not reflected the views of the 60 to 65 percent of Idahoans who consider themselves moderates...