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...Last Wednesday Paulson pulled what some have called the TARP-and-switch. The Treasury Secretary said he was backing away from using a large portion of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program fund to buy up troubled mortgage bonds. Instead, Paulson said he was more interested in helping the currently stalled market for financing among other things credit card and auto loans...
While politicians worldwide were congratulating President-elect Barack Obama on his win last week, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev demonstrated that his country intends to be just as aggressive with the new administration as it was with the last. In his state-of-the-nation address last Wednesday, only 12 hours after Obama’s election, Medvedev criticized United States foreign policy and announced Russian plans to place missiles in the Baltic region. We urge Obama to break from the Bush administration’s legacy by withdrawing the proposed American missile shield in Eastern Europe, while maintaining the commitment...
...three seniors have not gotten off to the best of starts this year, as they have all picked up knocks in training. Housman hurt his ankle recently, while Harris has inflammation in his knee. But they all expect to be ready for the start of the season next Wednesday at New Hampshire...
...accident that, in the wake of the Connecticut state supreme court’s decision this Wednesday to permit same-sex marriage, the conversation assumed this same character, highlighting the essential importance of equality in American government and the courts’ responsibility to protect...
...Russians, however, now think they may be able to back Obama away from the Bush Administration's commitment to deploy the missile-defense systems to Poland and the Czech Republic. On Wednesday, the three main Russian news agencies quoted an unnamed Kremlin source as rejecting the latest efforts by the Bush Administration to assuage Moscow's fears and suspending talks with Washington on the issue. "We will not give our agreement to these proposals," the source is quoted as saying, "and we will speak to the new Administration...