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More Police for Los Angeles New Republican Mayor Richard Riordan of Los Angeles announced plans last week to hire nearly 2,500 officers over the next five years and increase the number of officers on street beats...
...unlike Clinton's program, Cooper's would not compel employers to provide coverage, only encourage them to do so with tax incentives. Cooper's proposal differs from Clinton's in another important way: it has significant bipartisan support. It is sponsored by 50 members of the House, including 22 Republicans; in the Senate eight moderate Republicans and Democrats are writing an almost identical version. So far, only a single Republican in either chamber, Senator James Jeffords of Vermont, has endorsed the Clinton model, while more than 200 Congressmen and Senators have already chosen to support alternative bills. The longer legislators...
...national-security concern.'' That could encourage local military commanders, who have discretion over what personnel can be assigned to any given operation, to be more forthcoming when assistance is requested by DEA or the Coast Guard. In addition, some observers suspected that Bush, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, had more personal motives in publicizing the directive. ''If you said that politics played an important role in this announcement,'' said a military official, ''you wouldn't find a lot of people objecting at the Pentagon...
...short term, the recent shifts to a debate over withdrawal can be seen as a win for Obama, who is most identified with the strategy. But the Republican playbook is also strong, and the blurring of positions on Iraq could ultimately help McCain. Once both candidates begin to discuss leaving, the debate shifts away from who is for or against continuing the unpopular war to who is best suited to lead the nation's military in such a challenging retrenchment...
...White House, which has been in talks with the Iraqi government over the long-term Status of Forces Agreement, and Republican candidate John McCain have long stressed their opposition to a specific timetable, arguing that it gives insurgent groups an advantage. In recent days, though, as Maliki has become more candid about his desire for a withdrawal, both the Bush Administration and McCain have signaled an (albeit reluctant) acceptance that the U.S. departure will come years sooner rather than decades later. Many Iraqis, however, think they should stick with their original positions: "It's too early to withdraw because security...