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...functionaries, to have stability, work 35 hours a week, and not have much pressure. I think that is finished. It's dépassé. It is time to move on. Thibaud Boutin 26, graduate student in evolutionary biology, University of Paris South In France we need reform, especially on the bureaucratic level. There's a general sclerosis in the public sector, and it's no different in big companies. But this law isn't the answer. It was forced down our throats, it creates job insecurity and it's discriminatory. In countries like the U.S., England or Switzerland, where...
...Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called it a "shocking revelation," and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry said the White House should "stop hiding behind legalese." Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman of California, who would likely chair the House Government Reform Committee if Democrats win control of the House, sent a letter to the White House asking for "a full accounting" of "the President and Vice President's actions in authorizing leaks of classified intelligence about Iraq." Democratic Rep. John M. Dingell of Michigan, who, as a 50-year member, is dean of the House, said the "protection of those who risk their...
Talk about cold feet. Less than 24 hours after the leaders of the Senate?s Democratic and Republican families had announced a marriage of convenience on immigration reform, Minority Leader Harry Reid ditched his Republican counterpart Bill Frist at the altar Friday, blocking the bi-partisan bill he had backed the day before. Stunned Senators headed to their home states for a two-week Easter recess, furious over the break-up. ?It's a war,? said Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter. Even members of Reid's own party, most notably Senator Ted Kennedy, who had worked for five years...
...plethora of reform, development and exchange programs conducted by contractors and nonprofit organizations, many funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), fall in between. USAID’s West Bank/Gaza budget of $225 million, which includes providing equipment for Palestinian schools, micro-finance loans for entrepreneurs, and rule-of-law forums for Palestinian judges, is being reassessed by the Bush administration with the intent of cutting off any aid that could benefit the Palestinian government...
America’s fundamental credibility on democracy is at stake in our response to Hamas. Respecting unwelcome yet democratic outcomes is part and parcel of supporting democracy. If reform, development and exchange programs are curtailed or cut off because of Hamas’s victory, it will not only weaken Palestinian moderates relative to Hamas—it will further endanger America’s credibility as a supporter of democracy in the Middle East and around the world...