Hard choices for U.S. on Taiwan arms sales
President Ma Ying-jeou urged Washington for 66 F-16 C/D fighters in a videoconference, as the Obama administration weighs supporting Taiwan's defense against provoking Beijing. U.S. indecision preserves ties with China but risks weakening Taiwan deterrence amid Beijing's growing military edge and stalled approvals.
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Taipei
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China
Ma Ying-jeou
Washington
Beijing
Asia
America
Rupert Hammond-Chambers
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National Security Agency
Oil market gamble blamed as gas prices sway
Editorial argues Wall Street speculation dominates oil pricing, not supply and demand. Cites Cantwell and Collins urging CFTC action to curb excess betting by banks like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, with Rex Tillerson framing the issue. Says reducing speculation could lower pump prices and stabilize markets.
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U.S
Maria Cantwell
D-Wash
Susan Collins
Maine
Commodities Futures Trade Commission
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Trade Commission
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Morgan Stanley
Exxon
Rex Tillerson
University of Maryland
Michael Greenberger
CFTC
Debt and spending clash over US debt ceiling
The piece argues the debt ceiling crisis shows government extorts taxpayers via debt. It criticizes Geithner’s delaying retirement fund payments and calls for cutting federal spending, citing a Washington Post exposé on HUD waste with nearly 700 stalled projects and $400 million awarded but unspent.
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America
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington Post
Doonesbury Dear Dr Gott Awareness Day Request
A reader asks the comic strip Doonesbury to mention April 8 as Cushing's Awareness Day to raise public knowledge of Cushing's disease. She describes a decade of health struggles including brain surgeries Graves' disease radiation treatments and lifelong thyroid management.
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Cushing
Understanding Cushing's syndrome and its causes
The column explains Cushing's syndrome as an endocrine disorder from excess cortisol. It outlines causes including prolonged steroid use and pituitary adenomas, ectopic ACTH, adrenal tumors, or inheritance. Symptoms listed include buffalo hump, obesity, thin skin, high blood pressure, mood changes, and growth effects in children. Treatment depends on the underlying cause.
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25 Years Ago Huong Tran Wins NM Nurses Scholarship
Huong Tran received the 1986 New Mexico Nurses Association District 5 Nursing scholarship. She plans to graduate from ENMUR with an associate of science in nursing and will take the New Mexico Registered Nurse licensure boards in July. John Leslie Wolfe of Roswell stars as Tommy in Brigadoon at Lincoln Center in New York City Opera. Wolfe is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B E Wolfe and a 1966 Roswell High School graduate.
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New Mexico Nurses’ Association
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Roswell
Tommy
New York City
Lincoln Center
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Roswell High School
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