NATIONAL & WORLD DIGEST December 01, 2008

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Barack Obama's national security team includes two veteran cold warriors and a political rival whose records are all more hawkish than that of the new president.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/us/politics/01policy.html?hp

-Choice for U.N. Backs Strong Action Against Mass Killings
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/us/politics/01rice.html?hp

-The Horror in Mumbai
The new fear is that the terrorist attacks in Mumbai could unleash dangerous new furies between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/opinion/01mon1.html?ref=opinion

-Deficits and the Future
PAUL KRUGMAN
Economists worry that large budget deficits will burden future generations. But strong fiscal expansion would actually enhance the economy's long-run prospects.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/opinion/01krugman.html?ref=opinion

-A Cool Head on Immigration
Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona would be a solid choice for homeland security secretary. She has a strong understanding of immigration and its political traps.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/opinion/01mon2.html?ref=opinion

-Jihad's True Face
WILLIAM KRISTOL
If terror groups are to be defeated, in countries like India and the United States, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/opinion/01kristol.html?ref=opinion

-Going Off to College for Less (Passport Required)
More American students are heading overseas not just for a semester abroad, but for their full degree program.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/education/01scotland.html?hp

-Anguished Indian Public Presses Leaders for Answers
Two senior officials have resigned and another has offered to step down in the face of public anger over last week's terrorist attacks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/world/asia/02mumbai.html?hp

-Multiple Blasts in Iraq Kill at Least 32
The bloody attacks were a grim reminder of the dangers facing Iraqis as they try to take over their own security. The Iraqi parliament last week approved a security pact with the United States that would let the Americans stay in Iraq for three more years to help maintain stability.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-ML-Iraq.html?hp

-Turning Around the Idea of Student Loans
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/education/01microbank.html

-Bush Aides Rush to Enact a Rule Obama Opposes
The Labor Department is racing to complete a new rule, strenuously opposed by President-elect Barack Obama, that would make it much harder for the government to regulate toxic substances and hazardous chemicals to which workers are exposed on the job.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/washington/30labor.html


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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-Obama to Name Clinton, Gates
Selection of national security team is a gamble on an eclectic group to confront a turbulent world.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120100554.html?hpid=topnews

-The Next Attorney General
What has been repaired and what needs improvement at the Justice Department
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/30/AR2008113001751.html


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The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/
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-Egypt's Jew Haters Deserve Ostracism in the West
More proof the prejudice has nothing to do with Israel.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122809559103068085.html

-America's Other Auto Industry
There is such a thing as a profitable car maker in this country.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122809320261867867.html


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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-Consensus emerging on universal healthcare
The prospect of bold government action appears to be accepted among players across the ideological and political spectrum, including those who opposed the idea in the 1990s.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-na-healthcare1-2008dec01,0,6319201.story?track=rss

-Obama could make 'amazing' difference for poor: UN aid chief
US president-elect Barack Obama could make an "amazing" difference for the world's poor if he fulfils his campaign pledges, the head of the UN's Millennium Campaign said in an interview with AFP on Sunday.
http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=2513

-Activists expect Clinton to propel women's rights
President-elect Barack Obama's expected nomination today of Hillary Clinton as the next secretary of state has energized human rights and women's rights activists, who expect the former first lady to bring a dramatic new focus to the plight of women around the globe.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/12/01/activists_expect_clinton_to_propel_womens_rights/

-GOP senator voices support for Clinton
Richard G. Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations committee, said yesterday that he intended to vote in favor of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, but he said questions remain over how she and her husband will deal with potential conflicts of interest while she serves as the nation's top diplomat.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/12/01/gop_senator_voices_support_for_clinton/

-Foreseeing a Clinton State Department, Israelis and Arabs retool their expectations
Israel is applauding her all-but-certain nomination as a check on Obama, while the news has damped Arabs' hopes of a swing away from Bush policies.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-clinton1-2008dec01,0,6002968.story?track=rss


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