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...mentor for Sotomayor, said the majority "failed to grapple with the questions of exceptional importance raised in this appeal." The three-judge panel's "perfunctory disposition," he wrote, contained "no reference whatsoever to the constitutional claims at the core of this case" - unusually blunt language for a court known for its collegiality in public...
...weeks ago, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates trooped up to Capitol Hill to answer questions about the new Pentagon budget. This is an unseemly spectacle under the best of circumstances. Even reasonable members of Congress have been known to empretzel themselves shamelessly, attempting to defend weapons the Pentagon doesn't want or need, but which provide jobs for their constituents. Usually, they win, too. It is just too difficult for a Secretary of Defense to argue against shiny new weapons systems with subcontractors in 46 states, even if they are fantastically over budget and designed to counter a missile threat...
...that kinetic contraption, it was a "five-year development program, in its 14th year, not a single flight test, little work on the third stage or the kill vehicle, etc., etc., no known launch platform...
...prestigious ellerslie international Flower Show, held in March in Christchurch, New Zealand, locally born Crusaders and All Blacks scrum-half Andy Ellis did something that rugby players aren't generally known for: he picked up a gardening award. He had help from landscape-architect mate Danny Kamo, and the theme of his silver-winning entry - cricket, beer and outdoor pursuits - was all macho...
...father, would routinely play the Soviet Union and China off each other. In 2002, Kim Jong Il made a well-publicized trip to China, and in Shanghai - the country's showcase of development - the Dear Leader famously said it was clear that Chinese economic reform had "worked." Less well known is that on the same trip, Kim said that North Korea's unique characteristics were such that economic reform would not work there. And, indeed, it's never really been tried, despite China's prodding its neighbor to move down that road. (See pictures of Kim Jong...