Word: progressives
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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When you were first named Prime Minister, you announced one of your primary goals was to fight corruption. What progress has there been and what can you do to continue the fight...
...State Department has removed Vietnam from its list of countries that it says are violating religious freedom. Do you think Vietnam can make similar progress on other human rights issues...
Harvard has made progress in strengthening the arts despite a year-long vacancy in the associate provost position, as University President Drew G. Faust created a University-wide arts task force last fall and secured a $30 million gift dedicated to the arts this spring...
...favorite theme of Einhorn's. "The authorities are good at cleaning up fraud after the money's gone," he writes in his new book, Fooling Some of the People All of the Time. But they "really don't know what to do about fraud when they discover it in progress." Einhorn's Greenlight Capital manages $6 billion, most of it invested in stocks that Einhorn actually likes. But Greenlight also makes money short-selling the stocks he doesn't like. Six years ago, Einhorn stood up at a charity event and recommended shorting Allied Capital, a finance company that...
...Gates has been cagey about his future. He told CNN he would "never say never," but said staying on in the job was "inconceivable." However, with two wars in progress and the difficulty in getting new Cabinet (and staff) members confirmed quickly, there is a strong desire in the military community for continuity in the civilian leadership of the Pentagon. Associates say Gates might stay if he believed the security of the troops was at stake. The political rationale for a "team of rivals" government is compelling for Obama - it would be the freshest way to turn the page after...