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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 2006
Page
13
An editorial summary notes a qualitative shift in the Japan U S security alliance with a road map to realign U S forces in Japan by 2014. Japan will implement the plan and gain prefectural cooperation to bolster defense against new threats while deepening peacetime U S Japan cooperation.
The piece notes Angelina Jolie and other stars mobilizing public attention on Darfur, citing media outreach, a Washington rally with George Clooney and Joey Cheek, and the Save Darfur Coalition's postcard drive. It highlights UNICEF estimates of 1 million refugee children and calls for global political and humanitarian action.
The piece criticizes the House ethics bill as weak and hypocritical. it argues Republicans resist real change, aided by media fear and political bravado. Notable figures cited include Nancy Johnson and Chellie Pingree, voicing disdain for the reform effort.
The Iowa delegation divided along party lines on a lobby reform bill with Republicans Jim Nussle Tom Latham and Democrat Leonard Boswell voting for it while Republicans Jim Leach and Steve King opposed. Leach harshly criticized ethics in Congress, calling for reform to curb influence from oil and insurance interests.
A critical column argues tuition soared 40 percent since 2000 while gas prices blamed on forces beyond control. It contrasts subsidies, CEO pay, and professor salaries, naming Ward Churchill and Lee Raymond as examples, and calls for congressional hearings on tuition costs.
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