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...Tuesday's off-year election broke D.C.'s political trance like a brick through plate glass. Republicans triumphed in two major gubernatorial races, thanks largely to independents fleeing Democrats over economic worries. Suddenly every politician in town cares about the economy more than anything else. (See TIME's special "Out of Work in America...
Announcing on Oct. 30 that the U.S. government would reverse a "decision rooted in fear rather than fact," President Barack Obama ended a travel and immigration ban on HIV-positive noncitizens trying to enter the U.S. without a special waiver. The reversal was first signed into law by George W. Bush in 2008, but the White House was unable to finalize the change before his term ended...
...spend the most of our waking hours. These are granite countertops with matching cherry wood cabinetry. I personally love the skylights because they allow a warm soft light to fill this space,” explains Mankiw.What’s in the fridge? “Nothing special, standard junk. We love Whole Foods, so most of our food is from there. Here we have some yogurt, some chicken breast...a lot of stuff is organic,” Mankiw says. “We even have a butler pantry over here although we don’t have...
...cliché to say that by naming Clinton, Obama brought his most popular potential opponent into the tent. The conventional wisdom, too cynical by half, is that he thereby succeeded in neutering her, a theory bolstered by Clinton's reticence during her first nine months on the job, with special envoys like Mitchell and Richard Holbrooke doing the heavy lifting of diplomacy. But by naming Clinton, Obama also gave her great power, which cuts both ways: if she becomes dissatisfied with her role or the Administration's policies, she can become a torpedo aimed at the Oval Office. Colin Powell...
...last week of October, Secretary Clinton moved squarely to the center of the world stage, attempting, at the behest of her special envoys, to improve the rocky alliance with Pakistan and nudge the Middle East pugilists into talks. In the course of the trip, there were the first stray wisps of a hint that Clinton wanted to begin asserting her independence, as the Administration, facing roadblocks across the world, struggled for a firmer foreign policy tone after an opening nine months that might be called the Rodney King - "Can't we all just get along?" - phase...