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...other side of the Atlantic, European Union governments have spurned entreaties to let funds flow into their staggering economies. "Europe has done what it needed to do," says Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who is also chairman of the 16-member euro zone, adding that the U.S.'s appeals "were not to our liking...
...This is relevant background for digesting the news that Barack Obama's honeymoon in the corridors of power has come to an abrupt end - even as opinion polls show that the public remains by his side. To most grownups, seven weeks is an eyeblink (in baseball it's called spring training), but along the Acela line it is much ... too ... long to wait for Obama to fix the economy. And so the doomsday chorus began: He's trying to do too much. He's doing too little. His bank bailout is too complicated. His health-care plan is hollow...
...Baucus announced last week a schedule to have his side of the bill marked up by the end of June. Starting in late April, the Finance Committee will hold a series of public roundtables followed by closed-door, member-to-member sessions on the delivery system - public or private, or some combination of the two - in which individual members can weigh in with their own plans and ideas. Other issues of coverage, including cost containment, prevention and wellness, will see similar treatment, aides say. The HELP Committee will have its own schedule on the prevention and wellness provisions as well...
...Committee. Senators are intrigued by Obama's proposed 10-year, $634 billion "down payment" on health-care reform, but Orszag pointedly avoided going into detail. "You will not be receiving definitive answers from me on exactly what the Administration does or does not favor on the benefits-and-coverage side of health reform," he told the panel. This may be a good way to get a bill through Congress; whether it is a good way to instill broader confidence in the President's priorities is another question...
...despite the soothing words of the two top diplomats, it's a safe bet that more such incidents can be expected in the future. The Pentagon was quick to note that the mariners aboard the U.S.N.S. Impeccable were civilians working for the Military Sealift Command, while the Chinese side stressed that the confrontation involved local fishing boats. The reality is that the incident occurred because both sides are preparing for war - "shaping the battlefield," in military jargon - for a conflict that both hope will never happen...