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...deployments in dangerous areas refer to as "burden sharing." Those tensions remain, but a commitment by France to send up to 1,000 troops to eastern Afghanistan, made before this summit and confirmed on Thursday, has alleviated immediate concerns over a fracture in the Alliance. Canada has threatened to withdraw its forces from the dangerous zone around Kandahar; the French move should allow the U.S. to redeploy more troops from the east to Kandahar and other hot spots. For Air Chief Marshall Jock Stirrup, the head of Britain's armed forces, this "sends a very important signal...
...escalating as Patraeus, the architect of the nine-month military "surge" involving some 30,000 extra troops in Iraq, prepares for a scheduled Apr. 8 and 9 report to congress on his progress in Iraq. They also come as he and Defense Secretary Robert Gates waffle over whether to withdraw five combat brigades by July, reducing troop levels down from about 158,000 to 140,000 - the pre-surge peak. If the fighting spreads to other southern cities and attacks by Shi'ite militias increase, intra-Shiite violence may be the wrench that jams the whole works of a meaningful...
...perfect world, the lines of communication between students and professors would always be open; feedback on coursework and lectures could flow both ways without interference. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Students often become negligent or withdraw outright from difficult courses, and professors frequently become blind and deaf with regard to student feedback. At Harvard, where courses can have enrollments of hundreds of students, this breakdown in communication can often lead to widespread frustration on the part of students, and even genuinely well-intentioned faculty members can seem unreachable. While Harvard has a functioning and fairly well-regarded system...
Those who have already died have made the greatest and most tragic sacrifice. Yet, they are only the first of our generation to pay the horrible price of this war. Even if the next American president were to withdraw troops by the end of 2009, the conflict will be far from over. Our nation will have staggered several trillion dollars more into debt. Hundreds of thousands of veterans will grapple for the rest of their lives with critical mental health issues brought on by sustained exposure to violence. Millions of Iraqi lives will have been ripped apart, socially and financially...
...Even if police in Portugal eventually withdraw the McCanns' suspect status and leave the case open but unsolved, the taint of suspicion could remain clinging to the couple. So forcing their main tormentors in the media to publicly say in court that the McCanns are "completely innocent of any involvement in their daughter's disappearance" may be their best chance at gaining an official exoneration. It's scant comfort for their loss, surely, but vital for their reputations...