Tag Archives: Rahm Emanuel

R&D: Cuba’s Economy, Social Security as a Third Rail Issue, and the Question of Emanuel’s Residency

Here is your R&D for October 5th: Cuba’s Pre-Existing Condition from Foreign Policy (Online) In this piece, Foreign Policy argues that the Castro brothers cannot effectively reform the Cuban economy and that those who believe that Cuba is moving to … Continue reading

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R&D: The European Parliament Tells France to Stop Roma Expulsions, Amnesty International Condemns U.S. on Cuban Sanctions, and Serbia Backs Compromise UN Resolution on Kosovo

Here is your R&D for September 10th: Roma expulsions must stop now, MEPs tell France from the UK Telegraph The European Parliament has requested that France stop its forced deportations of Roma back to their home nations.  Although parliament can’t … Continue reading

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R&D: Rahm Emanuel Trying to Steer the President in a Different Direction, Greek Corruption is on the Rise, and Jerry Brown Enters the California

Here is your R&D top five for March 2nd: The Rahm bomb from the Guardian Greek Corruption Booming, Says Transparency International from Der Spiegel Brown in the race to get state “working again” from the San Francisco Chronicle The Threat from … Continue reading

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Extemp Questions for the Week of November 11th-November 17th, 2008

1. Was the selection of Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff a good decision by Obama? 2. Should the government rescue GM? 3. Why did McCain lose? 4. Is the EU’s policy toward Russia too weak? 5. Should … Continue reading

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