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...decades, President Raúl Castro dismissed several top officials with ties to his ailing brother. The move, which some say indicates Castro is placing his imprimatur on the Cuban government, comes after his first year in office. Among those affected were Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque and Vice President Carlos Lage, both of whom had been considered potential presidential candidates. Fidel Castro backed the moves, blasting some of his former cohort for being corrupted by 'the honey of power...
Instead, the task force talked to Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell ($175,000), Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter ($167,000) and United Steelworkers of America president Leo Gerard (who reportedly earns over $170,000). "[The Vice President] is doing the right thing," says Karen Nussbaum, executive director of Working America, "but hearing directly from working people who are struggling and finding their way is an essential part of this...
Last Friday, Vice President Joe Biden and seven White House Cabinet members traveled to Philadelphia to kick off the inaugural gathering of President Barack Obama's Middle Class Task Force. The task force will convene monthly in cities across the country to confront the problems faced by average Americans. It's an admirable goal - in light of rising costs, stagnant wages and job cuts, a Pew Research study found that 78% of self-described middle-class Americans have trouble maintaining their current standard of living...
Joseph Pickerill, the vice consul who will present policy issues for the students to analyze, said that the Consulate’s primary reason for establishing the collaboration with the Kennedy School the unique wealth of intellectual capital it offered...
...Students on the committee included two recent members of the UC: former UC Vice-President Randall S. Sarafa ’09 and Prithvi R. Shankar ’09, and three with no UC experience: Gee Hyun “Sussan” Lee ’09, Heidi E. Kim ’09, and Jamison A. Hill ’10, who is also The Crimson’s magazine chair...