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Markey is the longest serving congressman from Massachusetts and one of the most senior Democrats in the House. Markey said that his seniority in the House would make him more useful there as an advocate for Massachusetts than he could be as a freshman senator...
Prior to permanently assuming the deanship in April 2006, Light had been a member of the school’s leadership team for 23 years, serving as a senior associate dean and chair of the school’s finance unit...
Dartmouth took the No. 3, 6, and 7 spots defeating freshman Zeke Scherl, Cohen, and senior Alex Lavoie. Scherl and Cohen lost their matches 3-1 while Lavoie lost...
...education eight years ago. There would be not only fewer complaints about Afghan capacity, but also fewer problems with corruption, which flourishes when people lack education about their rights and venues of redress. "I'm sorry, Obama Administration, but your troop surge isn't going to work," says a senior U.N. official. "Unless you face up to the mistakes made in the early days, it's like polishing an apple that's rotten at the core...
...Washington decides to expand its covert air strikes on Pakistani soil. In recent years, Pakistani officials have publicly protested but privately acquiesced when CIA-operated drone strikes have targeted al-Qaeda and Taliban militants in the mountainous tribal areas - a program that has eliminated more than a dozen senior al-Qaeda operatives and even Baitullah Mehsud, the founding leader of the Pakistani Taliban. But the perceived violation of sovereignty has also enraged the Pakistani public. If the U.S. decides to expand the target range of such strikes beyond the tribal areas to go after the Afghan Taliban leadership in Quetta...