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...plainly stated: "We're certain, for example, that the economy will be in shambles throughout 2009 - and, for that matter, probably well beyond - but that conclusion does not tell us whether the stock market will rise or fall." He also believes that the government's intervention in the financial system, while necessary, will eventually cause a dangerous inflation. (See pictures from the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders' Meeting...
...They’re run and gun,” Delaney-Smith said. “Their system is simple. They just drive...
...President Obama has stated that in place of “military commissions”—controversial bodies that have flouted habeas corpus and other legal principles—he would prefer prosecutions for detainees in U.S. federal courts or in the regular military justice system. But this preference is not a substitute for firm policy: The use of military commissions should be explicitly and permanently forbidden, and, at some point, someone must be held accountable for the unconstitutional use of such kangaroo courts by the Bush administration...
...administrative skills and bipartisan maneuvering, she is also a Washington newcomer who must navigate a sprawling 65,000-employee bureaucracy facing budget woes and reeling from recent food safety scandals. Sebelius would become one of Obama's point people on the effort to reshape the U.S. health-care system, but she may first be forced to weather a confirmation fight over her support for abortion rights...
...raffle for free tickets,” she said. Merritt said she would have attended the event even if the raffle did not exist. The UC also passed legislation at yesterday’s meeting allocating $500 toward the purchase of speakers. The speakers will replace an older system that is no longer functional. The speakers will be rented out to student groups. At the meeting the Council allocated more than $23,000 to 48 projects from the grants fund. More than $6,000 was allocated to five projects through the Student Life Fund...