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...What turned the tide? In a word, nation building. Winning over the Afghans by piecing together their war-shattered country has done more to weaken the Taliban and al-Qaeda than any military operation, say Afghan and American officials. U.S. troops who arrived in Afghanistan expecting to battle Taliban in the ravines now find themselves instead in grim, barren places like Omar's village laying irrigation pipe. And once the villagers began trusting the Americans, say Afghan officials, they slowly abandoned support for the Taliban...
...both are beholden to special interests and that there is little to distinguish one from the other. That is, except for the perceived character of the candidates, which is the only way many voters these days judge who to vote for. The two-party system can only continue to weaken participation in the electoral process...
...discuss restarting the talks but never threatened to cut off aid. Its official returned without a deal and convinced that the North's resolve was unbreakable. "Even if China cuts aid," says a member of China's foreign policy establishment who was briefed on the meetings, "they will not weaken." Unless the U.S. and its allies get tough and together in a hurry, the world may soon find itself worried less about how fast Kim is building nuclear bombs than about how we're going to live with them. --Reported by Matt Forney/Beijing, Jim Frederick/Tokyo, Donald Macintyre/Seoul and Elaine Shannon/Washington
...Security benefits are available to anyone, but should the safety net protect those who don't need it? Means testing would limit benefits for the wealthy by eliminating them above a certain threshold or reducing them as income or assets rise. That would reduce the benefit burden but could weaken support for the program. A wealth threshold might tempt people to hide assets and create a disincentive to save...
...election, Kansas voters gave moderates an edge on the school board, which promptly dropped the effort to revise the curriculum. In the 2004 election, however, conservatives retook the board, and while a curriculum advisory committee kept the science standards intact, a group of conservative educators is again trying to weaken evolution's place in the classroom. When public hearings begin in February, this group hopes to push through a more critical view of Darwin's theory, highlighting evolution's perceived flaws...