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Protect Student Loan Borrowers, Not Just Lenders

by: Danny K. Davis and Yvette D. Clarke, t r u t h o u t | Perspective

The Thinker.
(Artwork: Matson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

    As members of Congress who are active in education policy, we write to strongly urge the Treasury and Federal Reserve to include consumer protections in their plan to use taxpayer dollars to buy student loan securities. We strongly support ensuring that students have the money they need to attend institutions of higher education. However, we must make certain that any such plan aids students and doesn't simply line the pockets of for-profit lenders.     Most students and families use federal loans to pay for college. »

Treasury employee at work.

Government Unions Criticize Order Denying Collective Bargaining Rights

by: Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post

    Government unions yesterday criticized a White House executive order that bars certain workers at five federal departments from joining a union because they are engaged in intelligence gathering, investigations and other national security work.

    Offices covered by the order employ about 8,600 people within the Energy, Homeland Security, Justice, Transportation and Treasury departments. »

Mumbai residents shout anti-Pakistan slogans.

Indian Opposition Demand Action Against Pakistan

by: Agence France-Presse

    New Delhi - The leader of India's main opposition party urged the government to "avenge the repeated terror attacks" and hit back at arch-rival Pakistan, the Press Trust of India said on Thursday.

    Speaking a week after coordinated [attacks by] Islamic militants in Mumbai -- which India has blamed on a Pakistan-based group -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh said patience had run out.

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