| What if the 'Surge' Works?
There's no ready-made constituency eager to cheer a pol who says that. Bucking your party to actively fight against the war when it would have made a difference--that would have been courageous.** Hagel hasn't done either of those things. Instead, he let loose at the precise moment when letting loose was least brave and least timely. Lest the MSM miss the point, his eruption took the form, not of arguing that his Republican colleagues were wrong, but of denouncing them for, in effect, being cowards, unlike you-know-who: If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. ... Don't hide anymore; none of us. Never mind that the anti-surge resolution Hagel has cosponsored is all about hiding. It has no binding effect. But it does provide Senators who supported the war a convenient bit of late-inning skepticism they can point to when trying to save their skins.
No. 1 Men's Soccer Earns BIG EAST Regular Season Championship With 1-0 ...
With the win, the Huskies (15-2-1, 8-2-1) earn the BIG EAST Blue Division title and the top seed heading into next week's conference tournament. The Pirates fell to 7-11-0 overall and 3-8-0 in the conference. Mike Pezza (Jackson, N.J.) assisted on the tally, extending his NCAA-leading total to 14. The Husky backfield, anchored by Hermann Trophy candidate Julius James (Maloney Gardens, Trinidad) and Kwame Watson-Siriboe (Chino Hills, Calif.) in the middle, helped keeper Josh Ford (Liverpool, N.Y.) earn the team's 10th shutout of the year. Ford was stunning between the pipes, tallying four saves, including one late in the second half off a free kick, and making several strong defensive plays. Both teams created several close opportunities in the opening period with the Huskies producing a flurries of activity halfway through and again late in the half.
What’s $34 Billion on Wall Street?
UNDER the stewardship of Dow Kim and Thomas G. Maheras, Merrill Lynch and Citigroup built positions in subprime-related securities that led to $34 billion in write-downs last year. The debacle cost chief executives their jobs and brought two of the world's premier financial institutions to their knees. .
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