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"There's every reason to celebrate the success of women. And one has to be concerned about what's happening with men," said Russ Whitehurst, director of the Institute of Education Sciences, a research arm of the Education Department.

"Women have been making educational progress, and the men are stuck," he said. "They haven't just fallen behind women. They have fallen behind changes in the job market."

Women taking on greater role on world stage

By David R. Sands

Washington Times

May13, 2006

Power these days comes in both pink and blue.

Last week's well-reviewed U.S. tour by German Chancellor Angela Merkel was yet another reminder that political barriers to real power are falling for female leaders -- and in some unexpected places.

Mrs. Merkel, elected last fall, is one of a dozen female presidents, prime ministers and chief executives around the world. Britain's Margaret Beckett made history last week when Prime Minister Tony Blair tapped her as the country's first female foreign secretary.

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie not only hold key ministerial portfolios, but are both seen as serious candidates for higher office in the near future. Some U.S. political forecasters project an all-distaff 2008 presidential race between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.