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...While making sure that every single poster put up by every single campaign follows the letter of the law may seem like a daunting task for a seven-person commission, chairs say that the campaigns usually enforce the rules themselves by alerting the EC to their competitors’ violations...
...Perhaps the most compelling challenge facing the EC is the perpetually nebulous task of closing loopholes that campaigns discovered and exploited in previous years...
...Policing all these antics is a tall task, but some long-term benefit has apparently come out of it: according to Taylor, at least one former EC member has gone on to work for the Federal Election Commission...
...counter this perceived threat, in 2002 the U.S. opened a military base in Djibouti--the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa--and a Pentagon source says other moves are under discussion to enhance the U.S. support role across the continent. In 2003, Washington allocated $100 million to the East Africa Counter-Terrorism Initiative, an interagency task force focused on the continent. The U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet, based in Gaeta, Italy, now spends much of its time patrolling the coasts of Africa. This year, using another $100 million allocated to Africa under the Global Peace Operations Initiative, U.S. soldiers...
...receive recognition, advocates must provide persuasive evidence that "this is not just part of autism or ADHD, that it's a better definition of what these kids are experiencing," says Dr. Darrel Regier, director of research for the American Psychiatric Association and vice chair of the DSM V task force. What's needed, says Regier, is a body of peer-reviewed studies that defines "a core set of symptoms, a typical clinical course" and, if possible, good treatment data...