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...underdog in the Democratic race, he swore allegiance to public matching funds--the system in which presidential candidates who agree to spending limits during the primaries receive federal dollars for a portion of the money they have raised. "We've always been committed to this," Dean declared. "Campaign-finance reform is just something I believe...
Though some rival campaigns accuse Dean of betraying the cause of campaign reform, they privately envy his fund-raising success. "It's not an option for us," rues a senior aide in one campaign. "We can't survive without the matching funds." Others, like John Kerry, are quietly watching to see what Dean decides. If Dean declines matching funds, sources close to the Kerry campaign say, the Massachusetts Senator may follow suit...
MORE TROOPS OR MORE REFORM...
...case, the Army believes, as it almost always does, that no drastic reform is needed. To prove that it has the postwar period mapped out, it has released a plan identifying the specific units that are to move in and out of Iraq into 2004. But to fill the slots, the Army is doing two things it has rarely done since the grim days of the Vietnam War. It has begun rotating officers and senior NCOs out of Iraq, which means replacing seasoned commanders with freshly arrived officers who don't know the country or the troops they are leading...
...western city of Dortmund because there is a job there for him. "I will go but I'll have to leave my family and friends behind," Mantik says. If he doesn't go, he'll lose all his jobless benefits. Most of Schröder's proposed reforms still haven't been submitted to parliament and passage is expected later this year. Some proposals, such as one to cut employers' contributions for health insurance, have already been approved by the opposition Christian Democrats, while others, such as the tax cut, face an uphill struggle to win passage. Schr...