Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert, one of two foreign doctors working at Gaza's biggest hospital, al-Shifa, said operating rooms were full and people were dying because of a lack of supplies.

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Experts differ on whether the election will be a landslide or photo finish, but most agree Karzai has the advantage over Abdullah, a 48-year-old doctor who served as Karzai's foreign minister until 2006.

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Unless Congress reforms our immigration laws to allow the entry of more foreign-born physicians it will become more difficult to visit the doctor of your choice.

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Here a dentist, doctor or small-business owner signs an employment contract with a foreign (usually Irish) employee-leasing company, which then leases his services to a U.S. leasing company, which in turn leases his services back to his business or practice.

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All three are competing with foreign outfits that have either younger workers or make less-expansive promises to cover the doctor and drug bills of retirees.

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Mr. Kerschberg has a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs and German, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Virginia and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, where he was as a Coker Fellow.

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