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A fellowship program that sends U.S. government officials to work in Japanese government offices is as determined as ever. We get details from the Mansfield Fellowship program's Paige Cottingham-Streater.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , Paige Cottingham-Streater , Mansfield Fellowship , internship

Tuesday - 03/29/2011, 10:31am EDT

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Developments likely confirm partial meltdown in Japan

David Biello, associate editor of energy & environment for Scientific American

Tags: David Biello , Scientific American , radiation , nuclear meltdown , Fukushima Dai-ichi

Monday - 03/28/2011, 05:54pm EDT

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Stock market faring better than mood suggests

Mark Hulbert, senior columnist for MarketWatch.com and editor of the Hulbert Financial Digest

Tags: Mark Hulbert , MarketWatch.com , Hulbert Financial Digest , stock market , Dow Jones

Tuesday - 03/22/2011, 05:10pm EDT

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Petition aims to speed up delays in Japan donations

Cell phones have made it easy to donate to relief efforts in countries like Haiti and now Japan. But the reality is your donation may takes months to help anyone.

Tags: American Red Cross , Masaya Uchino , cell phone , aid , Andrew Mollenbeck , Gary Emerling

Tuesday - 03/22/2011, 12:36pm EDT

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Language Survival Kits get disaster testing in Japan

Language, protocol and cultural barriers can still get in the way of disaster relief even if the countries are allies. Col. Dino Pick, Commandant for the Defense Language Institute, tells us about his unit's efforts to overcome that.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Defense , DLA , Dino Pick , Suzanne Kubota , disaster relief

Tuesday - 03/22/2011, 10:40am EDT

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