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West notes that the Treasury Department, which is the Administration's command center for dealing with the financial crisis, has made significant progress in recent weeks in putting candidates into the pipeline for confirmation. (A list provided by Treasury to TIME shows that people have been nominated or confirmed for all but four of the top 18 political posts.) But West says only one-third of the political appointees to top jobs are at their posts in the Commerce and Health and Human Services departments. And staffing is going slowly at the Pentagon, the Environmental Protection Agency and Homeland Security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Congress Being Too Tough on Nominees' Taxes? | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

...Still, Netanyahu is experienced enough to know that his success as a leader of Israel will depend substantially on his ability to manage the peace process - and to at least appear to be making progress. And that may make him more open to pursuing the Syria option...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Netanyahu Could Make Peace with Syria | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

...with so little time "to change the world" - Merkel's stated ambition for the G-20 meeting - what concrete proposals are likely to be agreed? Officials confidently predict that there will be progress in reforming resources for financial institutions. In particular, they expect more than $100 billion in support for trade finance to be agreed, along with a doubling of resources for the IMF. Japan and the EU have already promised additional funds and more countries are expected to pledge additional money during the afternoon. The details on financial regulation are still being discussed but a 7-page addendum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just A Few Hours to Save the World at the G-20 | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...delivery," declared the summit host, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Speaking of the agreements reached on tighter regulation of financial markets and institutions, French President Nicolas Sarkozy bigged up his own role in agitating for the measures: "That our Anglo-Saxon friends accepted all of this represents immense progress," he said, adding that "while there were moments of tension, we never thought we'd obtain such a big deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the G-20 Succeeded — And Why It Matters | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...also two detailed annexes on how a tighter regulatory regime would work. But the key to success, Merkel added at her closing press conference, would be how those measures are implemented. "That's why I'm glad we've agreed to another G-20 meeting, to check our progress," she said. A date and venue for the next meeting have not yet been set. (See pictures behind the scenes with the Obamas in England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the G-20 Succeeded — And Why It Matters | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

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