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...United States, 41 nations have contributed ... around 30,000 troops." At the same time, he "would very much like to see further contributions from the European side" - perhaps, he says, in the shape of military and police trainers. "We, the Europeans, should look closer into how we view the right balance within the alliance." Echoing the message from the Obama Administration, he says that winning the war rests on providing "Afghans [with] better life opportunities" and strengthening the country's security forces. "My criterion of success will be to gradually hand over responsibility for security to the Afghans themselves...
...China's leaders, the Dalai Lama is Public Enemy No. 1 for, they claim, fomenting Tibetan separatism. Until very recently, the Beijing view of Taiwan was just as jaundiced and one-dimensional: a renegade province led and populated by disloyal subjects bent on denying China's Party-given right to rule them. Put the two together and you have the mainland's worst "splittist" nightmare. As the Dalai Lama sat down with all the island's then top political figures, Beijing practically tossed every invective across the narrow Strait of Taiwan short of declaring war. (Read "Why Taiwan's President...
...longtime family dairy farmer, I'm angered by TIME's biased attack on agriculture [Aug. 31]. There's no question that farming, like every industry, has changed--but the change is driven by a passion for our profession. My father, brothers and I are committed to doing what's right for our community, animals and natural resources while producing products that are safe, affordable and healthy. Modern technology enhances individual animal care; for example, I can access a whole health history for each cow from my cell phone. Modern free-stall housing keeps our animals comfortable and healthy--protecting them...
...trillion and taken in $2.1 trillion. Even by the more forgiving yardstick of percentage of gross domestic product, the shortfall is, at 11.2%, the biggest since World War II. It will be smaller next year but still huge by historical standards. At some point this starts to matter, right...
...accountability movement's emphasis on standardized testing. "My biggest problem with Duncan and Obama on education is that they are giving Bush a third term in education." Duncan counters that he is merely breaking down walls--borrowing a little bit from the left, a little bit from the right. "I just want to do what works," says Duncan, who is planning a multicity listening tour with Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton. "There are great ideas everywhere along the political spectrum, and there are terrible ideas. But that's never how I've viewed the world. I view it in terms...