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...last week that it will appeal the decision.) Meanwhile, the Clinton Administration's policy toward megamergers remains uncertain. James Quello, the Bush-appointed acting chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, greeted the proposed consolidation as ''the most momentous deal of the decade.'' Quello is scheduled to be replaced by Reed Hundt, a Washington lawyer and childhood friend of Al Gore's. And the Vice President, a proselytizer for the information-highway idea, gave the merger a tepid endorsement last week. For now, the long-term success of the deal -- and its influence on the electronic superhighway -- rests largely with Malone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WIRED! | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama started his second day in Afghanistan in a thoroughly American manner: a breakfast of bacon and eggs. He dined with American troops on a military base in the capital, Kabul, with his congressional traveling companions, Senators Chuck Hagel and Jack Reed. As they ate they were joined by soldiers from their respective states - Illinois, Nebraska and Rhode Island - for convivial conversations about what was going on in Afghanistan, life back at home, and the presidential campaign. "The food was good, but the companionship and friendship was even better," says Lt. Col. David Johnson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Sees 'Precarious' Afghanistan | 7/20/2008 | See Source »

...Obama aides also say there is good chemistry in this group. Hagel and Obama serve together on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have worked in tandem on nonproliferation issues and once even came across each other by happenstance traveling on congressional business in Russia. Reed and Obama have not only consulted on Iraq, but collaborated on legislation involving West Africa - a significant number of Reed's Rhode Island constituents have roots in Liberia - and enhancing middle school education in this country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's War Zone Guides | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...this, Reed has promised, will not be the typical, carefully stage-managed view that visiting dignitaries usually get in Iraq and Afghanistan; nor will it merely echo the kind of briefings that lawmakers can get back in Washington from top Pentagon officials and commanders. The goal, he told MSNBC, is "to get down to the brigade combat teams. It's to get out and talk to troops. It's to get out and talk to the advisers, the embedded special forces and SEALs. That's what's critical, I think, and it's what we hope to accomplish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's War Zone Guides | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...surprisingly, Obama's choice of traveling companions has fueled speculation that Reed might also be in the running to become Obama's vice presidential pick. The Rhode Island Senator has said he is not interested in being considered. Then again, if things go well, he might be persuaded to change his mind. After all, there's no better bonding experience than a road trip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's War Zone Guides | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

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