Word: progressives
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When the sun rose the next day, word came down that the climbers had made surprisingly good progress during the night. While some had turned back early, at least 20 were pressing on toward the summit. Breashears grabbed a telescope from his equipment tent, trained it on the peak and saw that the report was true. In his eyepiece was a flyspeck line of climbers inching up the last 1,000 ft. of Everest's five-mile rock pile...
...Since coming to Washington, Obama has actively worked to embrace the proposals of the Iraq Study Group and has proposed a comprehensive plan, which sets benchmarks for Iraq’s progress, encourages outreach to Iraq’s neighbors for help, and establishes oversight to correct the mistake of giving the President a blank check for an unplanned...
...least three years behind schedule. It is now supposed to be finished by September 2008, but even that date will likely be pushed back. "This is a beautiful disaster," says Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schulz , a Florida Democrat and the chair of an ongoing House hearing on the center's progress. Quips Rep. Jack Kingston, a Georgia Republican who also chaired the hearings until 2004, "We will have Iraq figured out before the center is finished...
...delays and budget increases were still continuing by 2003 when first the House, then the Senate, began holding hearings on the center's progress. They were unsuccessful at speeding up construction or reining in costs. By January 2007, when the Democrats took over Congress, the CVC's budget had reached $592 million and its completion date had been set back to June 2008. The House began hearings again, this time under Wasserman Schultz. At April's hearing she was told the budget would likely surpass $600 million and the final date would be September 2008. To say that Wasserman Schultz...
...surge has always been about buying time--time for the warring factions in Iraq to work out their differences and time for the American public to see progress in Iraq before it decides whether the war is unwinnable. That time is already running out. In Washington, Bush Administration officials are preparing for a two-track strategy later this summer, quietly laying the groundwork for extending the surge--and crafting a new plan in case an extension cannot be sustained politically...