It may also be troubled by unsettling questions about its level of pre-earthquake preparedness.

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About half of the money would be spent in the troubled border regions with Afghanistan, he added, on improving governance, economic development and "when necessary" appropriate military pressure.

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The songwriter was in the subway a dozen years ago on his way to a meeting at Lincoln Center with the fragment of an idea for his next project: It would be a song cycle about a husband and a wife in a troubled marriage.

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"I am aware of the fact that many in our society are troubled by a deep sense of unease about where our country will be tomorrow, " he said.

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