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...also has implications for America's other war, in Afghanistan. Obama wants to send tens of thousands of U.S. and NATO troops there, expand the Afghan army and dispatch boatloads of Western civilians to help build a governmental infrastructure that actually works. He also wants a high-octane diplomatic push across the border into Pakistan, which al-Qaeda and the Taliban have made their home base...
...limit of two per household, and they expire 90 days after they're issued.) The situation is bad enough that it has actually become a presidential transition issue: on Jan. 8, John Podesta, Obama's transition-team co-chair, sent a letter to Congress asking it to push back the date. So far, the Bush Administration hasn't budged...
...Medical School, students rallied in October to codify disclosure policies in the classroom and push for more comprehensive conflict of interest policies across the school and its affiliated hospitals. The teaching hospitals are independent and operate under their own charters, and each has its own conflict of interest policies...
...More than that, Masdar City and the WFES as a whole show the triumph of a kind of techno-environmentalism that would be all but unrecognizable to the crunchy nature lovers who once dominated the green movement. A walk through the summit's cavernous exhibition area, where models push mini-wind turbines, reveals booths dedicated to thin-film solar arrays, geothermal pumps and carbon-trading consultancies. There's little about trees or wildlife, nothing about environmental sacrifice - this is about the business of getting the carbon out of our energy supply as quickly as possible. And even in the middle...
...what happened the last time a Democratic President took over. Back in 1993, Bill Clinton - who had said he ended up "loathing the military" while successfully avoiding the draft during the Vietnam War - generated substantial ire among the ranks. Smoldering resentments exploded into anger with his quick unilateral push to let gays serve in uniform. The scars persisted throughout his eight years in office. While Obama has pledged to do the same, he's benefiting from a shift in the national mood on the topic and from his gentle approach, pledging to seek advice from the military before seeking change...