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...situation on the ground in Iraq that determines the future of the U.S. military mission there. For one thing, the fragile calm in Iraq coincides with an increasingly perilous Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, raising pressure on the U.S. to divert more combat resources from its over-stretched military into that theater - an expanded military commitment favored by both John McCain and Barack Obama. Sending more troops to Afghanistan will require drawing down in Iraq...
...best way to build cash is by cutting spending. You might also temporarily divert any monthly investment contributions or pare any assets where you may be overconcentrated. But restart your monthly contributions promptly - and avoid selling stocks simply because they have fallen. As a broad asset class, stocks will recover, though not all individual shares (like those of some beleaguered financial companies) will rebound...
...ensuing Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, the Golan Heights once again became the site of tumultuous border clashes. Syria took advantage of the area's mountainous terrain and high vantage points to shell the Israeli border below while Israel attempted to occupy and control the demilitarized areas and divert the Golan Heights' freshwater supply from the Jordan River for its own uses...
...favored a bill that would have warned kindergartners about sexual predators and improper touching.) The accusation that Obama was referring to Sarah Palin when he said McCain's effort to remarket his economic policies was putting "lipstick on a pig" was another clearly misleading attack - an obnoxious attempt to divert attention from Palin's lack of fitness for the job and the recklessness with which McCain chose her. McCain's assault on the "élite media" for spreading rumors about Palin's personal life - actually, the culprits were a few bloggers and the tabloid press - was more of the same...
...above that of disaster relief. Monetary backing for FEMA’s national response teams, which constitute its primary line of offense in the event of emergency, has all but evaporated. What’s more, the department has excised the preparedness component of FEMA in order to divert the majority of its funds to counter-terrorism measures. Without the ability to plan effectively, FEMA’s response to natural disasters can be nothing but truncated and uncoordinated. The de-prioritization of FEMA’s mission has severely weakened the organization’s morale, and top disaster...