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"As we express our gratitude we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
— John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th president of the United States
fact of the day
Veteran's Day began when President Woodrow Wilson declared a national holiday on the one-year anniversary of the end of World War I. It was originally called "Armistice Day."
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How's my weave look?
Alison Richardson/KANSAN Fraude Jendryn, Trier, Germany, exchange student, cuts into a woven piece of wood on Sunday evening at the Art and Design Building. Jendryn was working on a basket for his "introduction" to textiles and Fiber" class. Wood weaving can be very time consuming because of the process of soaking the wood in water before using it.
POLITICS
Obama builds diverse Cabinet, nixes Bush policies
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WASHINGTON - President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate effect when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas.
John Podesta, Obama's transition chief, said Sunday Obama is reviewing President Bush's executive orders on those issues and others as he works to undo policies enacted during eight years of Republican rule. He said the president could use such orders to move quickly on his own.
“There’s a lot that the president can do using his executive authority without waiting for congressional action, and I think we'll see the president do that,” Podesta said. “I think that he feels like he has a real mandate for change. We need to get off the course that the Bush administration has set.”
Podesta also said Obama was working to build a diverse Cabinet. That includes reaching out to Republicans and independents — part of the broad coalition that supported Obama during the race against Republican John McCain. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been mentioned as a possible holdover.
"He's not even a Republican." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said. "Why wouldn't we want to keep him? He's never been a registered Republic."
Obama was elected on a promise of change, but the nature of the job makes it difficult for presidents to do much that has an immediate impact on the lives of average people. Congress plans to take up a second economic aid plan before year's end — an effort Obama supports. But it could be months or longer before taxpayers see the effect.
Obama could use his executive powers to at least signal that Washington is changing.
"Obama's advantage of course is
he'll have the House and the Senate working with him, and that makes it easier," said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond. "But even then, having an immediate impact is very difficult to do because the machinery of government doesn't move that quickly."
Presidents long have used executive orders to impose policy and set priorities. One of Bush's first acts was to reinstate full abortion restrictions on U.S. overseas aid. The restrictions were first ordered by President Reagan and the first President Bush followed suit. President Clinton lifted them soon after he occupied the Oval Office.
n the record
On Nov.9, the Lawrence Police Department reported that:
— On Nov. 5, one student reported an automotive theft and the burglary of $800 in items from the vehicle, and another student reported an incident of stalking.
- On Nov. 6, a student reported the theft of $100 in Colorado Mint coins, $400 worth of Chinese jade, and $450 in other items.
— On Nov. 7, one student reported the theft of a $3,000 Suzuki Bandit motorcycle, and another student reported an automotive burglary and the theft of an iPod valued at $300. The suspect incurred $200 in damage when the driver's window was smashed.
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STATE Claim of 'bluer' Kansas is ended by election results
TOPEKA, Kan. — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and fellow Democrats have been fond in recent years of arguing that if Kansas hasn't turned from Republican red to Democratic blue in its politics, it's at least becoming purple.
But election results this year undercut that claim.
Come January, Democrats will return to holding only one of the state's four seats in the U.S. House, and Republicans will remain as much in control of the Legislature as before. A spirited Democratic challenge to Republican Sen. Pat Roberts ended as so many such races have in the past, with a big GOP victory.
The main evidence of a shift toward purple always has been Sebelius' victories in the 2002 and 2006 governor's races.
But last week's election results suggest that Sebelius' strong political skills — and her ability to raise boodles of campaign funds — are the main reason Kansas politics seemed to shift away from its traditional crimson hue. That's a sobering thought for the Kansas Democratic Party as it faces a near-term future in which she doesn't hold elective office.
"I think this Kansas-going-purple thing has been a little overblow, and obviously the results demonstrate that," said Sen. Chris Steineger, a Kansas City Democrat.
Associated Press