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Check out the article about AYA in the Legal Intelligencer YL and our mention in the Philadelphia Bar Association's YLD blog.
Also, see our Letters to the Editor in the 12/11/06 Shreveport Times, and the Nov. 7, 2006 and Dec. 9, 2005 editions of the Christian Science Monitor!
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The Latest
8-25-08: Pakistan Coalition Gov't Breaks
Following the resignation of President Musharrah last week, come reports today that the breakup of the coalition government. "The breakdown of the fragile 5-month-old civilian government clears the way for the party of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to tighten its hold on the government; the West hopes it will make good on pledges to combat terrorism. Nawaz Sharif, another former premier, announced Monday that he was pulling out of the coalition because it failed to restore judges fired by Musharraf or agree to a neutral replacement for the ousted president," reports Yahoo News. This latest development comes amid continued internal violence. Learn more in the Yahoo article above and on the BBC. Share your questions and concerns in the Association of Young Americans Open Forum.
8-20-08: Court Rejects EPA Regs
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit this week ruled recently enacted administrative rules regarding monitoring pollution were unconstitutional. "A federal appeals court yesterday struck down a Bush administration rule that prevented states and local governments from imposing stricter monitoring of pollution generated by power plants, factories and oil refineries than required by the federal government," reports the Washington Post. As always, please share your thoughts in the Association of Young Americans Forums.
8-13-08: I.O.U.S.A opens next Friday!
Next friday, with some early showings a week from tonight, a feature documentary "I.O.U.S.A." will open in 10 cities around the country. The film is fact-based, nonpartisan and nonideological, and it features a number of candid appearances, including by Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Paul Volcker, Pete Peterson, Sens. Kent Conrad and Judd Gregg, former Treasury Secretaries Paul O'Neill and Robert Rubin, former CBO chief Alice Rivlin, Rep. Ron Paul, Bob Bixby, and David Walker. You can learn more at the film's website - www.IOUSAtheMovie.com.
Learn more about our nation's budget in AYA's Deficits and Debt Issue Paper and at the Peterson Foundation. Share your thoughts, questions and concerns in our Deficits and Debt Forum.
8-11-08: Fighting continues as EU tries to broker Ceasefire
Russia and Georgia continue fighting, while a delegation of European Union officials have been attempting to negotiate a cease-fire. The BBC reports that "Georgia said dozens of Russian bombers attacked targets inside its territory, including around Tbilisi and Gori. Russia said Georgian attacks on the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali killed three of its troops. Georgia's president backed a draft EU ceasefire proposal for a ceasefire, but Moscow reportedly rejected the plan." Russian Prime Minister (and former President) Putin criticized "the United States for airlifting Georgian troops from Iraq. Putin said Monday that the U.S. move will hamper efforts to solve Russia's conflict with Georgia over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. The U.S. military has begun flying 2,000 Georgian troops home from Iraq after Georgia recalled them," reported Yahoo News.
What do you think of the situation between Russia and Georgia? Do you think the US was right to return the Georgian troops who had been recalled from Iraq? Share your views in the Open Forum.
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