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Williams says the project has achieved its stated goals on a much slimmer budget and still has sufficient funds to sustain the campaign through March 2009, its original end date. Of the initial $60 million pledge, he adds, "That was always an 'up to' aspirational goal." The Broad Foundation did...
McCain's mishandling of the situation in Washington has only exacerbated his woes. Watching the polls start to slip away from him, last week he abruptly announced he was suspending his campaign in order to return to Washington to deal with the crisis - even briefly threatening to skip the first...
True to her campaign pledge, Palin had her gas team draft a pipeline plan that set tough conditions on whoever would build the line. One of the "must-haves," as they were called, required the builder to allow other producers to use the pipe, even if that meant expanding it...
To many observers, like Dick Armey, the current situation recalls an effort by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 to hammer out with congressional leaders another unpopular bill, this one to raise taxes to cope with budget shortfalls brought on by the recession. Bush, you may remember, was never forgiven...
In a change to the published conference schedule, Cameron appeared on stage the next morning to pledge to work with his Labour opponents to expedite legislation enabling the Bank of England to rescue failing banks. He also promised further protections for bank customers and a concerted attempt to break the...