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White House counsel Bob Bauer is drawing up a list of options for how to proceed on the trials. The battle will intensify as spending bills move through Congress next month and the Administration seeks funding to close Guantánamo...
...just asking a friend for help when overwhelmed. A 2008 survey of Harvard students revealed that 77 percent turn to other students when they are feeling troubled. Nearly 40 percent of Harvard students will have used services at University Mental Health Services or the Bureau of Study Counsel by the time they graduate. Having an accessible and trustworthy professional in one’s community is undeniably important. These components of a social network are crucial to well-being and sense of belonging...
...Congress. In fact, odds are you've never heard of Alan Frumin, the Senate parliamentarian. But when it comes to the complex budgetary procedure known as reconciliation, the filibuster-proof process which Democrats hope to use to make certain fixes to the Senate bill, Frumin is "the defense counsel, he's the prosecution, he's the judge, he's the jury and he's the hangman," says Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, the top Republican on the Budget Committee...
Professor Jody Freeman will return to the Law School faculty next month after having served as counsel to the Office of Energy and Climate Change (OECC) in the White House since January...
Lazarus added that he would not be surprised if Freeman was asked to serve in a higher role in the president’s administration—perhaps as Administrator of the EPA or as Chairmen of the Counsel on Environmental Policy if Obama serves a second term...