Volume 91, Issue 4 | February 16, 2011
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Obama Unveils $3.73 Trillion Budget for 2012
The other one-third of the –––––––––––––––––––––––––– savings would come from tax increases, including limiting tax deductions for high income taxPresident Barack Obama is payers, a proposal Obama put sending Congress a $3.73 tril- forward last year only to have it lion spending blueprint that rejected in Congress. pledges $1.1 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade through spending cuts and tax increases. Obama’s new budget projects that the deficit for the current year will surge to an all-time high of $1.65 trillion. That reflects a sizable tax-cut agreement reached with Republicans in December. For 2012, the administration sees the imbalance declining to $1.1 trillion, giving the country a record four straight years of $1 trillionThe Obama budget recomplus deficits. mendation, which is certain to Jacob Lew, Obama’s bud- be changed by Congress, would get director, said that the presi- spend $3.73 trillion in the 2012 dent’s spending proposal was a budget year, which begins Oct. balanced package of spending 1, a reduction of 2.4 percent cuts and “shared sacrifice” that from what Obama projects will would bring the deficits under be spent in the current budget control. Appearing on ABC’s year. “Good Morning America,” Lew The Obama plan would fall said that Obama’s budget would far short of the $4 trillion in defi“stand the test that we live with- cit cuts recommended in a Dein our means and we invest in cember report by his blue-ribbon the future.” deficit commission. That panel Senior administration offi- said that real progress on the cials, who spoke on condition deficit cannot be made without of anonymity in advance of the tackling the government’s big formal release of the budget, three entitlement programs — said that Obama would achieve Medicare, Medicaid and Social two-thirds of his projected $1.1 Security — and defense spendtrillion in deficit savings through ing. spending cuts including a fiveObama concentrated his cuts year freeze on many domestic in the one-tenth of the budget programs. that covers most domestic agenASSOCIATED PRESS
Chris Lee Resigns Over Craigslist Scandal
By LIZ DE LA TORRE STAFF WRITER
–––––––––––––––––––––––––– With the Grammys this past weekend, celebrations were widespread for winners. But the award for having the worst week goes to Republican representative Chris Lee, according to the
sent along a shirtless photo of himself. After some correspondence between the two, she discovered on his Facebook page that he was married. Additional online research about him led her to find out that he was involved in Congress and had fabricated details about his personal life. Callahan published their e-mail
cies, projecting $400 billion in savings from a five-year freeze in this area. Some programs would not just see spending frozen at 2010 spending levels but would be targeted for sizable cuts. Republicans, who took con-
Russia’s Conflict with the New Arms Control Treaty
By KAIT RICHMOND STAFF WRITER
–––––––––––––––––––––––––– Russia and the U.S. activated a new arms control treaty earlier this month, but Russia is already reconsidering its participation. After months of difficult negotiations both at home and abroad, President Obama’s “New Start” treaty began on Feb. 5 after being approved by the Senate just before Christmas.
According to Russian news agencies, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Feb. 7, “If the U.S. increases the qualitative and quantitative potential of its missile defense ... a question will arise whether Russia should further abide by the treaty or would have to take other measures to respond to the situation, including military-technical measures.” Within the next month or two, it is likely that the world will
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trol of the House in the November elections and picked up seats in the Senate in part because of voter anger over the soaring deficits, called Obama’s efforts too timid. They want spending frozen at 2008 levels before efforts to fight a deep recession boosted spending in the past two years. They are scheduled to begin debating on Tuesday a proposal that would trim spending by $61 billion for the seven months left in the current budget year, which ends Sept. 30. They also have vowed to push for tougher cuts in 2012 and future years. “Americans don’t want a spending freeze at unsustainable levels,” said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. “They want cuts, dramatic cuts.” See BUDGET page 4
The treaty stipulates that Russia and the U.S. cannot have more than 1,500 strategic warheads, down from 2,200. According to the New York Times, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the treaty was an example of “clear-eyed cooperation that is in everybody’s interests.” However, the Russian government is now worried about its country’s security because the treaty “does not prevent the U.S. from building news missile defense systems.” (AP)
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watch this conflict play out. The treaty says that within the next 45 days, the U.S. and Russia must share details on the number of nuclear weapons, as well as the weapons’ location and arsenal technicalities. If the U.S. does build up its missile defense systems, Russia could withdraw from the treaty, bringing problems to what the New York Times calls “the most tangible foreign policy achievement of Mr. Obama’s two years in office.”
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Retired MasterCard CMO Named Executive Dean of UNH’s New College of Business and Professional Studies By Daniel kalmanson unh today
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West Haven, Conn., January 20, 2011—Lawrence P. Flanagan has been appointed as the executive dean of the newly created College of Business and Professional Studies at the University of New Haven (UNH). A UNH alumnus and West Haven native, Flanagan is regarded as one of the most accomplished global marketing leaders in the country. He recently retired as the executive vice president and chief marketing officer for MasterCard Worldwide, where he was responsible for overseeing a $1 billion plus advertising and marketing budget, directing marketing strategies in more PHOTO CREDIT: GAWKER.COM than 50 countries, and launching Washington Post. With lies, sex exchanges and his pictures to the the hugely successful “Pricescandals, and humiliating resig- gossip site, Gawker.com but inless” advertising campaign. Flanations, the Chris Lee Craigslist sists she did “not do this for the nagan’s appointment is effective debacle is nothing out of the or- attention or, you know, notoriety June 1, 2011. dinary for the world of politics or money or whatever.” Before joining MasterCard as of late. in 1996, Flanagan served as an Responding to a Craigslist ad Initially, Lee denied the al- assistant vice president of marposted by a woman identified as legations, saying his e-mail acketing for L’Oreal U.S. and as Yesha Callahan, Lee described count had been hacked. Furthera marketing director for Procter himself as a “fun, classy” di- more, they claimed all he had & Gamble. During his profesvorced, blonde, and blue-eyed done online was sell furniture. sional career, he earned numerthirty-nine year-old lobbyist and See SCANDAL page 5 ous advertising honors includ-
ing a Gold Effie, an Addy and the prestigious Cresta Award. The Advertising Club of New York named him “Advertising Person of the Year” in 2008 and Sports Business International
named him one of the “25 Most Influential People in Sports” in 2004 in recognition of the extensive corporate sponsorships of major athletic events that he negotiated on behalf of Master-
Card. He recently served as the national co-chair of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Summit, which represents more than 12,000 global executives across 100 countries in multiple industries, and is a former member of the board of directors of The Ad Council. “Larry Flanagan will bring a wealth of real-world business knowledge, innovation and management expertise to the University of New Haven’s College of Business and Professional Studies,” said UNH President Steven Kaplan. “This appointment reflects a growing national trend of hiring highlevel corporate executives with extensive business experience and acumen to lead colleges of business.” “The next decade will not be business-as-usual for any industry,” noted Flanagan. “The shifting effects of the financial collapse, coupled with explosive See MASTERCARD page 5