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...each season, and because Hatch is returning to Harvard without trying to transfer any credits from LSU, he will not be able to demonstrate the progress towards his degree that would normally be necessary for him to play. But he said he is petitioning the NCAA for a credit waiver that could put him back on the field. “I would like to continue with football,” said Hatch. “If the NCAA approves it that’s the next step.” Hatch said that he will find out whether...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hatch Has Returned to Harvard | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...provision originally included in the stimulus package would have eliminated the waiver requirement, allowing states to directly access Medicaid funds for family-planning services that do not involve abortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Family-Planning Flap | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...become eligible for Medicaid coverage until after they become pregnant or they have children who are enrolled in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). States that want to expand their Medicaid coverage to allow low-income women to access family-planning services must first obtain a federal waiver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Family-Planning Flap | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...surprisingly, Obama's good-government backers were less than pleased to see the President, only a few days after signing the blanket ban, issue a waiver permitting William Lynn to serve as Deputy Secretary of Defense. The lobbying loophole was allowed, Administration officials explain, because Lynn is "uniquely qualified" for the job. Realists at the Pentagon and elsewhere put it slightly differently, saying the President was simply acknowledging that people who know how to run the Pentagon generally have been involved in the process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Lobbyist Ban Meets a Loophole: William Lynn | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters on Jan. 22 that he pushed for Lynn's hiring and the waiver it required. "I asked that an exception be made because I felt that he could play the role of the deputy in a better manner than anybody else that I saw," Gates said. The next day, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Lynn would be getting one of a "very limited number of waivers" so he could assume the Pentagon post despite being a registered lobbyist for Raytheon from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Lobbyist Ban Meets a Loophole: William Lynn | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

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