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...forced it to grapple with Mass. law, which both requires anti-discriminatory policy in adoption and, more recently, permits same-sex marriage. According to Boston Archbishop Sean O’Malley, in the choice between its faith and state law, the Church feels obligated to “withdraw from the work of adoptions, in order to exercise the religious freedom that was the prompting for having begun adoptions many years ago.” While the Church’s consideration of its dogma is understandable, we fear the interests of the orphaned children are being sacrificed...
...first question from the audience is about Iraq: What would Carney do now? "I'd withdraw one American battalion for every Iraqi battalion ready to fight. President Bush says there are 50 Iraqi battalions ready." Of course, there really aren't 50 Iraqi battalions ready to operate independently; in fact, according to the U.S. military, there isn't even one. "Right, but the President claims there are 50," Carney said later. "We're not going to have an honest conversation about the war until the President is held accountable for the things he says...
...Since last week, Jalal Talabani - both the president of Iraq and a key Kurdish nationalist leader - has been maneuvering to force the Shi'ite bloc that won the most seats in December's parliamentary election to withdraw its nomination of incumbent Ibrahim al-Jaafari as prime minister. The main Kurdish grievance with Jaafari appears to be his resistance to their attempts to incorporate the northern oil city of Kirkuk into their de facto autonomous mini-state; the last straw was a recent visit by Jaafari to Ankara to discuss Iraqi affairs with Turkey, which has made clear that it regards...
...General Lim, however, was detained by the army early on Friday morning, and the plan appears to have been aborted for the moment. (Several papers reported on Saturday that Lim had contacted armed-forces Chief of Staff General Generoso Senga on Thursday night to ask that he withdraw support from Arroyo. Senga refused, and took Lim into custody.) Cojuangco spoke to TIME on Saturday and characterized the meeting at his home as a "briefing on the current crisis," rather than an active plot against the government. As of Sunday morning, none of those present at the meeting had been detained...
...first five-year reunion approaches, I have certainly considered withholding support on account of these unfortunate events, yet I would urge fellow alumni equally angered by this turn of events not to withdraw support from Harvard. Supporting Harvard serves to ensure that Summers’ lower-income recruitment initiative and other visions can continue. Turning our backs on Harvard will only harm Harvard’s most essential asset—its student body...