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News of the discussions between Light and Citigroup, which were confirmed by an official at the Business School, were first reported in The New York Times on Wednesday. Both parties have declined requests for comment, and because nothing has yet been finalized, officials who have spoken to the media have requested anonymity...
University President Drew G. Faust adopted a task force's recommendations for addressing climate change on Wednesday, committing Harvard to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent below 2006 levels...
...Tehran's response has been predictable enough: After Iran tested nine medium-range missiles on Wednesday, the country's state news agency quoted a representative of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying that if the U.S. or Israel attacked Iran, "Tel Aviv and the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf would be the first targets to burst into flames receiving Iran's crushing response." Tehran's message was clear: If Bush wants to play Crazy Cowboy, we're happy to play Mad Mullahs right back...
...what does it matter that Iran test-fired nine missiles Wednesday? "It's mostly relevant because of how it plays out in the campaign," says Suzanne Maloney, an Iran expert at the Brookings Institution. After a week of bad news, campaign restructuring and silly television spots, the missile tests are a boon for John McCain. Wednesday his campaign made hay with them, saying they showed Barack Obama's inexperience and the danger of his willingness to negotiate with Tehran. For his part, Obama tried to spin the tests to his advantage, saying they showed the Administration's policies were failing...
...Away from the din of campaign sound bites, there is not much difference on the Iran issue between McCain and Obama. McCain's camp tried to argue on Wednesday that Obama is soft on missile defense, but, in fact, he supports it. Obama wants voters to believe McCain is as much of a cowboy diplomat as Bush has been, but McCain's advisers include people like Richard Armitage, erstwhile deputy Secretary of State to Colin Powell, who has advocated for negotiations with Iran in the past...