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IRAQ UPDATES

Bush is squeezing in his last minutes of airtime before his second term runs out. Last Tuesday he gave us another version of his "victory" speech where he announced the withdrawal of about 8,000 troops from Iraq to be redeployed to Afghanistan. What Bush neglected to mention, as The Washington Post points out, is that he will be leaving office with more troops in Iraq than there were before the surge strategy was introduced in 2007.... Read More

CLIMATE CHANGE UPDATES

Last week, oily Department of Interior officials were caught with their pants down, their nostrils flaring, and their blood alcohol content inflated with industry-provided cocktails while dealing with Big Oil representatives--Chevron and Shell to name a few. That image essentially describes the state of American energy policy these days: politicians chant 'Drill, baby, drill' and a country star sings a song called "Drill Here, Drill Now," proving the success of the conservative energy smear machine.... Read More

COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY UPDATES

As the dust settles from the student loan scandals that New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo helped bring to light, unethical student loan industry activity jumped back into the news this month. This time around, Cuomo is investigating misleading marketing practices being used by lenders that directly target students. So far, seven student loan companies have settled with Cuomo for a total of $1.4 million, and eight have signed a code of conduct. Some of the worst practices Cuomo unearthed include sending mail to students that looks like it's from the federal government, offering borrower benefits that do not follow the loan after it is sold to another financial institution, and misleading students to believe that their private loans have better rates and terms than federal loans. ... Read More

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION UPDATES

This month, Ward Connerly's anti-equal-opportunity initiative was not certified for the Arizona ballot, as it failed to reach the number of signatures required by the state. Connerly, asserting he did acquire the number of necessary signatures, filed and later withdrew a lawsuit, effectively ending any chance of the proposal making it onto the ballot. That leaves only Colorado and Nebraska voting on affirmative action bans this Election Day... Read More

STUDENT PROFILE

Jeff Gustafson
Environmental Studies and Political Science, The George Washington University

D.C. Student Organizes Youth Environmental Alliance to serve as a lobby corps.

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