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Miscellany
Morning Must Reads: Kinetic
A rebel sits in the back of a pick up truck outside Ajdabiya, March 22, 2011. (Patrick Baz / AFP / Getty Images)
–In this week’s TIME: Fareed Zakaria in the cover story on Libya hitting newsstands tomorrow: “You know your strategy is flawed if your problems mount when it succeeds.” Bobby Ghosh and Abigail Hauslohner profile the …
Morning Must Reads: Struggle
President Obama talks with British Prime Minister Cameron about Libya on an Air Force One flight from Santiago, Chile to San Salvador, El Salvador on March 22. (White House/Pete Souza)
–Even with Western support, Libyan rebels struggle. Secretary Clinton says Gaddafi, or some in his regime, may be looking at diplomatic …
Morning Must Reads: Nuanced
(Christopher Morris—VII for TIME)
–Rebels on Libya’s front line:
“I am here to defend Benghazi,” says Muatasim Billah Mohamed, waiting with a crowd of young men on the roadside some 5 km from where the shells are falling. He has gone all the way from Tobruk and has a flag tied around his head like a bandanna, but carries no
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Morning Must Reads: Doctrine
(Goran Tomasevic / Reuters)
–There seems to be a growing consensus in American analysis of the Libya venture that while the targets are well-defined, ultimate goals or any clear endgame remain disturbingly opaque. Tony Karon writes the conflict could drag out. Speaker Boehner calls for clarity on the mission. Dick Lugar urges …
Morning Must Reads: Brink
Protesters are seen through a Kingdom of Libya flag during celebrations after a U.N. resolution authorising a “no-fly” zone and military attacks on Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, in Tobruk, east of Tripoli, March 18. (REUTERS/Suhaib Salem)
–Britain and France say they are on the brink of military action against Libya. The Libyan …
Morning Must Reads: Cover
President Obama talks on the phone with Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan at the White House on Wednesday night, March 16. (White House/Pete Souza)
–From the newsstand edition of TIME: Why it’s cost not safety that’s holding back nuclear power in the U.S., how Japan can recover, and why the Mideast’s revolution has just begun. …
Morning Must Reads: Freed
(White House/Pete Souza)
–CIA contractor Raymond Davis has reportedly been freed by Pakistani authorities after families of his victims accepted compensation.
The widespread feeling of dread surrounding the nuclear crisis intensified further Wednesday when, for the second consecutive day, a fire broke
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Morning Must Reads: Loss
Japanese fire-department personnel rescue a woman from the devastated city of Natori on March 13, 2011. (EPA)
–The scale of tragedy and human loss in Japan is absolutely staggering.
–The unfolding nuclear crisis may throw a wrench into U.S. nuclear energy policy. The last time a nuclear power plant was approved for …
Morning Must Reads: Tsunami
Houses swept out to sea burn following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City in northeastern Japan on March 11. (Reuters/Yomiuri)
–One of the largest earthquakes on record has struck Japan, killing at least 90 people and spawning 23-foot waves. President Obama: “The United States stands ready to help the Japanese people in this …
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From the White House.
Morning Must Reads: Stage
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz speaks to protesters at the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin on March 9. (REUTERS/Darren Hauck)
–With Wisconsin Democrats still at large, state senate Republicans passed legislation stripping many collective bargaining rights from public workers last night. Passage of the bill was always …
Morning Must Reads: Bargain
(White House/Pete Souza)
–Majority Leader Harry Reid has put entitlements on the table, the first open step on the part of Democratic leadership toward the possibility of a grand budget bargain. Speaker Boehner and company still want to do short-term non-defense discretionary spending first.
–Whatever cuts are made, it’s a …