Word: supporting
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...amazing job; he gathered friends and family from America and Burundi to rally for a public health effort that is by no means complete. They saw 28,000 different patients in their first year of operations, most of whom they treated for free. It has enormous support from the people in the area, has cleaned up water supplies, and tries to work on all the biggest health problems there. Now, it’s really turned its attention to women’s health, which along with clean water is probably the most important thing in developing countries...
...substantially more than the number who typically attend the club’s meetings, according to Garland, who termed the turnout “unprecedented.” Currently, Garland said, the group—which changed its name last semester from the Biseuxal, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance—has “anywhere between nine and 700 members,” depending who is counted: board members or people on the e-mail list. Attendees proposed different ways to involve more of Harvard’s queer community in the organization. While Garland and Chan also...
Leon Panetta knew it was going to be a hard sale, and so the CIA director dished out some serious hard sell as he tried to drum up support for the agency from Arab Americans in the most Arab city in the country. On Wednesday, the CIA invited 150 community leaders in Dearborn, Mich., to a lavish iftar, the traditional evening feast at the end of each day's fasting during the month of Ramadan. The CIA and the FBI have made strenuous efforts to sign up Arab Americans in recent years, but the suspicions and recriminations since 9/11 have...
...changing the bill, at least in the formal markup expected in committee next week. It's unlikely that any amendments that change the basic framework will be accepted, Baucus told reporters before unveiling his bill. The Montana Democrat has not even given up on the hope of some Republican support. But despite his apparent confidence, Baucus may still need to work to win over enough wavering Democrats to get the bill through the Finance Committee. Here are their five biggest issues with the legislation and what Baucus can - or in some cases cannot - do to assuage these fears...
...alternative into the bill, though there was no word if Baucus would accept such an amendment. "The proposed co-op model is untested and unsubstantiated and should not be considered as a national model for health insurance," Rockefeller said. If Dems choose to go it alone without any Republican support, it's possible they could include such a plan in the final version of the bill. But many moderate Democrats, such as Landrieu and Nebraska's Ben Nelson, have said they will not vote for a public plan, complicating the prospect of getting the 60 votes they would need...