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...know, if you think through the campaign, you don't see Giuliani coming after me, and hitting me. I have watched him on television. People are putting the bait in front of him. He doesn't take it. Same thing with McCain. He is thrown the bait all the time. He rises above it. I just felt like the attacks we were getting, both by Club for Growth and by Romney, the mail pieces, and then the last straw for me was seeing the ads that he ran on McCain. I saw them [Friday]. And I just said, 'You know...
...wife's second administration. But he is also a controversial figure in Pakistan, and has spent a total of 11 years in prison on various charges including blackmail and corruption, for which he earned the nickname "Mr. 10%." Supporters dismiss these charges, most of which have been thrown out of Pakistani courts (a few are still pending), as politically related mischief. "He's a strong man," says PPP Senator Awan. "All of us are controversial. Wasn't Benazir Bhutto? Wasn't Zulfikar Ali Bhutto? All those who don't accept the military role in politics are controversial. The charges...
...girlfriends and sit on her on the couch - which probably would have been cute when he was five years old but he's 17 now," Reynolds says. "That can be hard because you can tell when someone feels awkward or scared or thrown...
...Immigration was thrown into the spotlight last year when President George W. Bush moved to create a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal aliens living in the U.S. while shoring up border security and overhauling the naturalization and visa processes. House Republicans, with Tancredo leading the charge, blocked the plan. They accused Bush of seeking to grant sweeping amnesty. McCain, with a handful of Senate Republicans, backed the President's plan...
...current system. Quotas were first introduced with the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), agreed in Brussels in 1983, and set up a system of quotas for each E.U. member state. But the system is poorly enforced, and cannot maintain sustainable stocks. Also, millions of tons of dead fish are thrown back in the sea because they cannot be landed due to the quota rules. Earlier this month, the E.U.'s Court of Auditors condemned the CFP for incomplete and unreliable catch data, ineffectual sanctions and inadequate inspection systems. But since the CFP is mainly implemented by national governments, there are fewer...