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Billy Tauzin is resigning as president of the drug industry trade group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America amid internal disputes over its pact with the White House to trade political support for favorable terms in health reform.

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Today, we are hearing more and more Americans in both parties and on all points of the political spectrum call for common ground solutions to this most divisive issue.

The best answer to Dr. Tiller's murder is to build a national conversation focused on progress, a national dialogue on common ground. We invite you to enter into this experimental discussion knowing that we'll make mistakes but, above all, that it is worth pursuing.

The White House's appointment of Luis de Baca to be the head of the Trafficking In Persons office suggests that it appreciates the importance of a harm reduction approach to the problem of trafficking.

President Obama will officially create a White House Council on Women and Girls tomorrow, Wednesday, March 11. But don't call it a symbolic gesture - this has the potential to be way more than that.