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...continued to ply Pakistan with weapons and funds despite protests from India, which President Bush has hailed as a "strategic partner." Many Indian experts believe the CIA has known of the ISI's complicity all along and has decided to act now only because its own interests in Afghanistan are at stake. "So what's new?" asks G. Parthasarathy, a former diplomat and foreign-affairs analyst. "The Americans have all along known about the ISI's collaboration with the Taliban. They knew the political leadership of the Taliban, including Mullah Omar, were in Quetta; they knew when [Jalaluddin] Haqqani...
...McCain isn't shy about going negative, and he will try to define Obama as a phony who puts personal ambition ahead of the national interest...
Bill's piece looks at capitalism's ability to make self-interest serve the larger interest, and how companies, in conjunction with government and nongovernmental institutions, can make a profit, enhance their reputations and also improve the lives of those who have not traditionally benefited from modern market forces. Bill cites a variety of examples of how this is already taking place and how governments, foundations and regular folks can support this effort. He's the first to admit that this idea is still at a very early stage, but now that he has retired from...
...general reaction to Gates' proposals has been positive. Certainly no one can seriously object to his putting these issues on the table. His timing is excellent: there is growing interest, especially among young people, in helping the world's poorest. Even the most troglodytic corporation is feeling pressure to be green (and to pretend, at least, to be excited about it). The parade of corporate scandals continues, and capitalism's need for a bit of image repair continues alongside. It's a perfect moment for the biggest corporate titan of all time to turn his attention to problems that software...
...Conflict-of-interest note: I worked for Microsoft for seven years, and my wife Patty Stonesifer is a senior adviser to the Gates Foundation after 11 years...