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...just gave the commencement speech at the University of Tennessee. What was that like? Well, I was scared to death. I've never done that before. I can get up and sing all day, and I can get up and be silly and foolish and playful, but when you've got that many kids waiting for you to say something meaningful ... I really put a lot of thought and effort into what I needed and wanted to say. But it was an experience, that's for sure. I got my doctorate there. I got to be Dr. Dolly. So that...
...Lockhart, for his part, agrees that a breakup may be the answer. But no matter what is done, Lockhart believes that fixing Fannie and Freddie is essential to fixing the real estate market. In his speech, Lockhart said, "It is crucial that we get the restructuring done right for all present and future homeowners and renters...
Panetta, C.I.A. Director Leon • Cheney's recent national security speech prompts observation by that "it's almost as if he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point...
...Committee, which is taking the lead role in writing health-care legislation, recently told the American Academy of Family Physicians that "meaningful, comprehensive reform must increase the value placed on primary care and redefine the role that primary care provides in our health system." And in a June 15 speech to the American Medical Association, President Obama said he supports government-funded financial incentives to encourage medical students to enter general practice. (See TIME's A-Z health guide...
...said, referring to the CIA's participation in the 1953 overthrow of the Mohammed Mossadegh government. "We have not frozen your assets. We don't have sanctions against you." (Of all the reformers, only Mousavi seemed to think that Obama's acknowledgment of the 1953 coup in his Cairo speech was a "positive step...