Word: shopped
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CPAC has always been wonderful in its jumble of competing issue groups all jostling for attention. And it certainly has seen similar tensions in years past: this is the second year that the Poker Alliance has set up shop at CPAC. But it was striking to see in speech after speech many of the wedge issues that so preoccupied the most recent GOP majority - Terry Schiavo, abortion, stem cells, gays, family values, religion in government - sublimated to the GOP's laser-like focus on the economy and to see the CPAC's attempts, as with GOProud, to widen their tent...
...blocks away, former Republican Senate leader Trent Lott has set up a lobbying shop with former Senator John Breaux, a Louisiana Democrat. Florida Democrat Bob Graham left Congress in 2005 and joined with retired Republican Senator Jim Talent of Missouri to work on a national commission on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. On Thursday, Feb. 18, President Obama announced that former Republican Senator Alan Simpson would join with former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, a Democrat, to lead a commission on tackling the deficit...
...capabilities in land and naval systems as well as its emergence as an attractive destination for investment in the defense sector." His junior minister, M.M. Pallam Raju, was a little more blunt. He called the event, which attracted more than 600 companies from 35 countries, a "one-stop shop." India is emerging as one of the most important defense markets in the world, with billions of dollars to spend, and the global defense industry is only too happy to help...
...want to open a conversation about how these identities affect people’s lives and how they have political implications, whether through legislation or how people treat you when you walk into a coffee shop,” says QSA Co-Chair Christian L. Garland...
...year 2009 was a cruel one for Indian art. Inflated prices came crashing down and veteran galleries shut up shop as the recession finally bit. In Mumbai, however, two new galleries have responded by emphasizing informality and accessibility - qualities calibrated to the current climate and a refreshing change in the sometimes stuffy Indian art scene...