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Other than leading by example, the military can do little to bolster faith in the state. As part of his plan, Obama has proposed a civilian surge - a phalanx of mentors for the Afghans. Much of the more than $32 billion that the U.S. government has spent in aid to Afghanistan since 2002 has gone through the military or its provincial reconstruction teams. The projects are designed to earn goodwill for foreign forces as much as for local governors, but they also have the unintended consequence of undermining the central government, which never gets a chance to take credit...
...time-honored practice among Jews seeking God's help, so it's hardly surprising that visiting the sacred site with a message for the Almighty has become an election-eve ritual for Israeli politicians. At twilight on Monday, Israel's most controversial politician, Avigdor Lieberman, arrived with a phalanx of bodyguards and photographers and threaded his way between the black-hatted ultra-Orthodox men praying at the Wall to twist his message into a crack between the stones...
There's anger too, and a gathering phalanx of lawyers ready to go after Madoff, his feeder funds and brokerage houses. Few victims expect to realize much from this legal offensive. Most see the Internal Revenue Service as the go-to place for lost monies, with at least three years of back taxes being recoverable. The next best hope: the Securities Investors Protection Corporation, which was set up for just such fraudulent behavior among securities brokers. It's unclear how much money SIPC has for victims, and payouts are notoriously slow. But there are reports it may offer between...
...When I became a government witness, he interviewed me alone and knew the details of my case better than I did. He doesn't rely on a phalanx of aides, although he has them." - Former TIME journalist Matthew Cooper, on being subpoenaed during the Plame investigation (Portfolio, December...
...responsiveness by bringing in staffers and support services, including a mobile congressional phone bank with links to government aid agencies. Both sides suspended their campaigns for much of September, but Lampson kept a high profile during the Ike recovery, his face on television side by side with a phalanx of local and state officials, both Republican and Democrat, addressing the crisis...