Mr. Ross has assembled a team that is pursuing programs like a social network for young people in Pakistan and a service that lets people in Mexico file electronic reports on drug-related activity.
In a clear reference to North Korea and Iran, two other countries that are suspected of pursuing programs to develop unconventional weapons, Mr. Bush added that "I hope other leaders will find an example" in Libya's action.
Columbia University, for example, has about 500 graduate and undergraduate students pursuing programs in Arabic languages and Islamic cultures this year, said George Saliba, the director of graduate studies in the department of Middle East and Asian languages and cultures.
As The Washington Independent's Annie Lowrey documented on Thursday, policymakers are only now pursuing programs that address mortgage default and foreclosure and unemployment as two sides of the same coin.
The government has actively pursued programs to encourage employing and promoting Qatari nationals in the workforce.
Far from shying away from the questions swirling around Mr. Jackson's past, networks have pursued programming related to him, desiring the ratings bonanzas that have usually resulted.
He said that as long as the Maoists used violence, it would be difficult to pursue programs to combat endemic poverty.
"I would love to see a few more girls pursue programming," said Hope Chafiian, director of technology and curriculum at Spence.
Doctoral fellowships should be financed for those college seniors from anywhere in the United States who pursue programs in engineering and science at New Jersey research universities.
He also pursued programs aimed at selling abandoned buildings to tenants and supervised the management of thousands of buildings abandoned by their landlords for the benefit of the remaining tenants.
