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Sherpa to Climb Mount Everest for 20th Time
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 3) -- Scaling the world's tallest mountain 19 times is an almost unthinkable feat, but for one Nepalese Sherpa, it has been the means for a bigger goal: getting his children an education in the United States. Apa Sherpa, who holds the record for the number of successful climbs to the summit of Mount Everest, has often said that he makes the death-defying ascent so that his children won't ever have to. Now, as he prepares to attempt to reach Everest's peak for the 20th time, the 49-year-old is grateful for the opportunities that climbing has given him. Courtesy of Jerry Mika Apa ...
China and Elsewhere, Obama Finds a Receptive Audience in Youth
By Aaron Steiner - Politics DailyBack in June, when President Obama visited Egypt, the event with the biggest buzz was his speech to Muslim youth in a Cairo University auditorium. On Monday, visiting China, he met with some 400 students in Shanghai, albeit for a less-hyped town hall style-event, but nonetheless, one with a significant political punch. Reaching out to the world's young people has become a cornerstone of the Obama administration's efforts abroad. Not that his predecessors haven't also courted youth. Both presidents Bush and Clinton made it a point to speak with students while abroad. But Obama has made his ...
Obama Ships a 2012 Presidential Challenger to China
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyPresident Obama has figured out a pretty surefire tactic when it comes to dispensing of potential 2012 rivals.It's a cross between a promotion and a deportation.Take Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fell just a few British nobility votes short of knocking off Obama in the Democratic party primary a year ago. With rumors buzzing that she would run again in 2012 on a PUMA theme, Obama tapped her as his Secretary of State. Now she has more to do with Lebanese elections than American ones, and Obama will undoubtedly cruise to re-nomination in three years.This strategy worked so well that Obama has come ...
Jon Huntsman for President?
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyIf you haven't noticed, the internets are already buzzing with speculation on the 2012 race for the GOP presidential primaries. Who will emerge from the fray? Will it be Sarah Palin? Is the second time a charm for Mitt Romney? What about a wild-card run by newly anointed conservative hero Judd Gregg? ... The possibilities are almost endless, but there are a few interesting names emerging from the debate - and one who seems to be getting a lot of unexpected chatter is Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. He's popular, fresh, Western, loves progressive rock music, and he has great hair. His name was ...
Republican Governor: Congressional GOP Leaders 'Inconsequential'
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyGranted, it is the Governor of Utah, Jon Huntsman, but alongside Ahnuld's challenge to his fellow GOP'ers to give him the stimulus cash that they're spurning in favor of political points, this is a nice punctuation mark. Here's the video: ...
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