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...rush relief supplies to Georgia and warned the Russians that Washington expected them to retreat from Georgian territory, Gates was careful to make clear that the U.S. has no desire to get involved in the fight between the Russian bully and its Georgian victim. "I don't see any prospect for the use of military force by the United States in this situation," Gates told reporters Thursday. "Is that clear enough...
...pollers it wasn't the downballot measures that brought them polls. "It's a little too soon to tell," says Hubbard, but "I think right now the thing that's going to be driving voter turnout more than anything else is the presidential election." Even more so than the prospect of a sex strike...
Musharraf has said in the past that he would rather resign than face the prospect of impeachment. Resignation is an option the coalition would also prefer over an all-out confrontation. The impeachment timetable allows Musharraf space to quietly step aside Proceedings are unlikely to begin until late August, and even before then pressure will be applied. The legislatures of the four provinces will ask the president to seek a "vote of confidence," and given his supporters' dramatic defeat in February, Musharraf is unlikely to survive that event...
...facing a major problem, although its causes have not been much discussed by policy makers. The faltering economy is raising stress levels, and the desperation in many low-income communities is compounded by the return of thousands of often unskilled ex-convicts to neighborhoods in which they have little prospect for earning an honest living. The demolition of several high-rise public housing developments has also moved thousands of people into new neighborhoods, setting the stage for turf battles between rival gangs...
...deficit hawks and the populists. In the end, though, there was a general agreement on the need for more government activism. Obama isn't even pretending to balance the budget. His claim to pay for the things he proposes rests on loaves-and-fishes premises, especially the prospect of a Congress mesmerized into acquiescence on controversial issues like raising taxes to Clinton-era levels and closing corporate loopholes. But Obama's economic proposals - especially the $21 billion per year he wants to spend on alternative energy and infrastructure projects - represent an acknowledgment that the economic conversation has to change, that...