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June 4, 2007
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| | Selling of the Candidates
House parties. Debates. Diner drop-ins. A retirement center. Handshakes all around. Joel Achenbach explores retail politics on the presidential campaign trail as the candidates reach down to the grass roots across the nation, trying to sell themselves to voters. In what is likely to be the most expensive race ever, he asks, do the little people still matter? | | [____________________________________________________________________
| | Gouging the Government
When “reinventing government” was the rage in the 1990s, changes in government purchasing rules brought about unintended results. Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Scott Higham reveal how a top technology contractor was overcharging taxpayers, according to a General Services Administration audit. In another case, they report how the GSA allowed the Navy to skirt procurement rules to award a contract that produced little. | | [____________________________________________________________________
| | A Mass Exodus From Somalia to Yemen
As many as 100 people a day are arriving in Yemen across the Gulf of Aden in an enormous and mostly unnoticed exodus from Africa to the Middle East. Tens of thousands have fled war and misery in the failed state of Somalia; since last year, more than 1,000 have died in the attempt. Anthony Shadid traces the route of these desperate people, who brave brutality at sea for a slim chance at hope. | | [____________________________________________________________________
| | China's Nuclear Future
China’s insatiable thirst for energy to fuel its rapidly expanding economy has led to plans for a nuclear-plant construction binge that could dwarf a similar expansion in the United States during the 1960s. Governments around the world are greeting the plans with both optimism and concern, Ariana Eunjung Cha writes. On the one hand, nuclear power doesn’t add to greenhouse gas emissions. On the other hand, mistakes can be disastrous. | | [____________________________________________________________________
| | Inefficient Immigration
A year ago, U.S. immigration officials were presented with a plan that would have reduced inefficiency and saved money—about $350 million. Their response? No, thanks. Spencer S. Hsu reports that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rejected reforms because ending huge immigration backloads would rob the agency of applicant and renewal fees, a key part of the agency’s budget. | |
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