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...this has a touch of Italian hyperbole, but the point is a serious one as Marchionne, 57, tackles his next big challenge: Chrysler. For at Chrysler, he's moving, just as he did at Fiat, to restructure the organization, overhaul production, revamp the lineup, motivate a beaten-down workforce and deal with prickly shareholders - this time including the U.S. Government...
...take a passive role as other legislative items trump their concerns. "In the first several months of the Administration, there has been a belief that we are not really in the mix," says Steven Elmendorf, a gay Democratic lobbyist. "Obama himself needs to sort of lay out at some point, 'Yes, I want to do these things ... I am going to use some political capital...
...feeling dizzy, that's the point. Republicans have been unified in their opposition to Obama's stimulus and his budget, but they know they risk being permanently dubbed the Party of No. Nor can they take the tack Democrats have taken in the Social Security debate: health care isn't working just fine as it is. But their solution - to simply overwhelm Washington with different ideas they know will never pass - has its downsides...
...Iranian nation needs nuclear energy for life, not weapons." - Insisting that Iran's commitment to uranium enrichment was born out of a desire to harness nuclear technology for peaceful purposes; he has repeatedly stressed this point, noting that the use of nuclear weapons would violate Islamic law (CNN, March...
...willing to publicly vent their anger because of alienation from politics or fear of repression. Now they're taking to the streets in defiance of Khamenei and his paramilitary forces, setting up a potentially dangerous collision course. Firing on crowds could stretch the regime's legitimacy to the breaking point, creating a "crisis of confidence which I don't know how they'd resolve," says Geoffrey Kemp, a National Security Council adviser on Iran to Ronald Reagan...