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...democratic opening in Cuba is, and should be, the foremost objective of our policy," Obama wrote in the Herald. But while making that standard declaration, he also argued that "Cuban-American connections to family in Cuba are not only a basic right in humanitarian terms, but also our best tool for helping to foster the beginnings of grassroots democracy on the island." As a result, he said, "I will grant Cuban-Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send remittances to the island...
...been fighting for years," said Papa, who himself was sentenced to 15 years to life after selling cocaine to undercover cops, but granted clemency by then-Gov. George Pataki in 1997. "People saw it was watered-down reform because it really destroyed the movement, because now legislators have a tool they can use to say 'We have a law now, lets move...
...that giving all veterans the same benefits could hurt National Guard retention as well as active-duty recruitment. Tom Bush, the Defense Department's principal director of manpower and personnel (and no relation to the President), says that for active-duty service members, tuition assistance is a powerful recruiting tool. In fact, according to a 2004 survey commissioned by the Army, education benefits were the most common incentive cited by young adults considering an enlistment...
...Street rather than Wall Street." The Senator also lambasted the SEC's inspector general for having made "no attempt to conduct a serious, credible investigation" of Aguirre's allegations. Rather than a critical mechanism for airing staff concerns, the report argues, the IG is regarded by some as "a tool of management, used for retaliatory investigations against disfavored staff...
...line there may be a dozen phones using different codes for each function. "We are in a constant state of catch-up - a company rolls out new models every three to six months," Mislan says. The Holy Grail for the cell phone code breakers is to develop a forensics tool - a "Swiss Army knife" as Harrington calls it -that can be used easily in the field...