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...During the election run-up, Yudhoyono said most of the right things, promising to create jobs, raise growth, build much-needed infrastructure, woo foreign investors and support key sectors like the oil and gas industry. Although the incoming administration has yet to reveal a detailed economic-reform strategy, Sofyan Djalil, a member of Yudhoyono's economic team during the campaign, says corruption is the economy's biggest obstacle?and Yudhoyono plans to follow through on his promise to lead the fight against it personally. Sofyan says the new administration in its first 100 days may file charges against big-name...
...Yudhoyono to deliver economic reform, though, he must overcome resistance from a legislature dominated by his adversaries: members of Megawati's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, who have formed an opposition alliance with members of Suharto's former party, Golongan Karya (known as Golkar). However ineffectual Megawati's administration was perceived to be, it was far from idle on the economy?her team is praised for slashing the national debt, stabilizing the currency, lowering interest rates and selling off state-controlled assets. But the toughest reforms?those that might threaten the interests of powerful bureaucrats and business leaders?have been...
...issues the Administration would have been forced to address if it hadn't been for the Iraq war? By whipping voters into a prolonged state of fear and anxiety, the President has been able to so effectively mask his abysmal performance on big problems like the economy and health reform that apparently even such savvy political essayists as Krauthammer have forgotten that they exist. Anisha Mason San Francisco What about the administration's distortions on Iraq's involvement in 9/11 and its supposed weapons of mass destruction? More than a thousand American troops and many thousands of Iraqis have paid...
...things he's saying, we're in worse shape than we know. For President Bush to seriously maintain that he has set Iraq on a steady course towards freedom and tranquil prosperity - or made it, to quote the talking points provided by his reelection web site "an example of reform to the region" -he'd have to be ignoring his government's own National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq. If Senator Kerry expects Americans do believe his promise that he'd remedy the malaise with an infusion of troops sent by suddenly-willing foreign governments, he's showing what could only...
...last week, he crowed, "I'm back." UPHELD. The conviction of ANWAR IBRAHIM, 57, ex-Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia; on charges of corruption; in Putrajaya. He was freed from prison three weeks ago after a reversal of his sodomy conviction, and has since vowed to push for democratic reform. But his failure to overturn the corruption conviction means he is barred from political office until 2008. ARRESTED. MACAULAY CULKIN, 24, actor and former child star famed for his role in Home Alone; for possession of marijuana and unauthorized prescription drugs; in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was freed after posting...