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Registered Rep. December 11, 2002 Will Leitch	Bush Appoints DLJ Founder To Run SEC A month since embattled former chairman Harvey Pitt resigned, President Bush announced plans to nominate William Donaldson, founder of investment bank Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette to head the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ifeminists December 10, 2002 Wendy McElroy	Affirmative Action Insults Immigrant Contributions The crossfire of commentary about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review affirmative action makes one thing clear: The Left thinks it owns the concepts of "justice," "equality" and "freedom."
Salon.com December 9, 2002 Arianna Huffington	The righteous wrath of John McCain Betrayed by the White House on campaign reform -- "They flat out broke their word," he says -- the straight-talking GOP maverick is fighting back.
Information Today December 9, 2002 Miriam A. Drake	Government Printing Tug of War Continues The Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum on May 3, 2002 that directed executive agencies to contract directly with private firms for printing their documents. Things have gotten even more complicated since then in a bitter spate of infighting.
Salon.com December 6, 2002 Bill Clinton	Clinton: Democrats "were missing in action" In a major political address this week, former President Bill Clinton bluntly dissected the Democrats' recent electoral losses. Moving to the left, he said, is not a solution -- but fighting back is.
Salon.com December 5, 2002 Jennifer Foote Sweeney	No children allowed President Bush wants welfare recipients to marry -- but not have kids.
Salon.com December 5, 2002 Arianna Huffington	Washington's hottest whodunit Who turned the Homeland Security bill into the Eli Lilly Protection Act?
Inc. December 1, 2002 John Case	An Economist Fights Terrorism Bill Clinton's favorite economist believes that growth companies are the answer to terrorism.
Knowledge@Wharton	Major Health Care Reform Under President Bush Remains Elusive Three of the chief health-care challenges facing the United States are: finding a way to provide coverage for the millions of uninsured, reforming Medicare, and setting up a prescription-drug plan for the elderly. The White House is likely to make headway on only the third of these in the next two years.
Salon.com December 3, 2002 Arianna Huffington	Profits before patriotism How the Homeland Security bill rewarded corporate tax dodgers.
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