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...thousands of Tibetans, mostly youngsters, who disagree with the Dalai Lama's moderation but have been conditioned to defer to their spiritual leader. While China's restrictions on the media make it extremely difficult to know what exactly sparked the uprising within Tibet, many young Tibetans outside their homeland feel it is time to stop being pushed around by Beijing. "His Holiness is a monk, he advises patience," says Nwawang, a 33-year-old chef who fled Tibet for India over 10 years ago. "But we can't leave things the way they are. We must act now before Tibet...
...Young Tibetans, many of them born outside their homeland, have become increasingly critical of the moderation of the Dalai Lama and other exiled leaders. Although they remain loyal to the Dalai Lama, they believe that demonstrations or even confrontation might be more effective means of securing their rights. "There are two schools of thought," says Lobsang Sangay, a Senior Fellow at the East Asian Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School. "One says you can never trust the Chinese government because they will never negotiate peacefully, and so confrontation is the best approach. The one led by the Dalai Lama...
...also a major contributor to Republican candidates and causes, and spends millions of dollars each year lobbying for government contracts. (Puryear enjoys a friendship with Cheney's son-in-law, Philip Perry, who lobbied for CCA in Washington before serving as general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, which has millions of dollars in contracts with CCA, from 2005 to 2007.) The company has likewise given financial support to tax-exempt policy groups that support tough sentencing laws that help put more people behind bars. Like other prison companies, CCA has faced numerous lawsuits that stem from allegedly inadequate...
...Admiral Fallon brought to the issues he was involved in will be sorely missed," said Senator Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat and member of the Foreign Relations Committee. "A military axiom is the need to speak truth to power," added Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee's intelligence panel. "And it still seems that smart people who do, end their careers...
...derived from a similar tactic used by protesters last May in support of raising wages for security guards. Word of the protest was spread through campus e-mail lists, with a farcical flyer that asserted, “This war is needed to stimulate our economy and protect our homeland!” “This is about supporting good patriotic values and our God-given right to protect the land where our oil is residing,” said protester and HAWC member Matthew A. Opitz ’10. “I think it?...