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When what is now the Harvard Kennedy School was founded seven decades ago, its chief donor sought a school to educate future leaders in government.To this day, the School’s mission statement charges it “to train enlightened public leaders and to generate the ideas that provide the answers to our most challenging public problems.”But as increasing numbers of graduates enter the private sector—because of debt concerns or pressure from corporate recruiting—some students have concluded the School has fallen short of its lofty aim.In...
...opening statements, federal prosecutor Brian Skaret emphasized the barbarity of the slaughter, focusing almost exclusively on the events of March 12, and Green's alleged role in it. In the opposing opening statement, however, defense lawyer Patrick Bouldin called attention to what he called "the context of the tragedy." Although Green is pleading not guilty to all charges, Bouldin did not explicitly affirm his client's innocence during his remarks, emphasizing instead to the jury that the events of March 12 cannot be fully understood without appreciating the horrific conditions that Green's platoon labored under, the breakdown in leadership...
...calling on the Obama Administration to shut down the southern border. "This latest in a series of health threats emanating from Mexico speaks loudly for border security, and the government's failure to respond accordingly should be a wake-up call for all Americans," Gheen said in a statement posted on the group's website. (See pictures of the Great Wall of America...
...less conservative candidate to challenge Toomey in the primary. Speculation has centered on two powerful figures - former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan, who has been running for governor, and Representative Jim Gerlach, who has signaled he might be interested in leaving the House for statewide office. Meehan issued a statement on Tuesday saying he was "disappointed" in Specter's decision to leave. "I see opportunity and hope in Pennsylvania's future and want to fight within the party to bring discipline to government spending and restraint to taxation," he wrote. Gerlach's staff said it was too early to expect...
...true that only a handful of relatively low-profile state Democrats had formally filed their candidacies, including state representative Bill Kortz and Joe Torsella, the former director of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, who issued a statement on Tuesday insisting that he intends to stay in the race. (See Mark Halperin's report card on the Obama Administration...