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October 15, 2012 | | CAMPAIGN 2012 So you think Romney grew jobs with the Bain drain? Think again. David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's budget director, takes a scalpel to the claims in this week's Newsweek. MALALA Teenager Malala Yousafzai was airlifted to Britain on Monday to receive prolonged treatment one week after being shot in the head by the Taliban. Pakistani doctors decided to send Yousafzai abroad for care because of the extent of her injuries and the length of time her recovery may take. She was transported out of the country aboard a special air ambulance that arrived in Pakistan from the United Arab Emirates. Doctors said they decided to transport her Monday during this time window whilst her condition was optimal and before any unforeseen complication had set in. LEGACY Politics doesn't always have to be a dirty word. How the 16th president traded favors, twisted arms, and bullied friends—all for the sake of the highest ideals. By Sidney Blumenthal. REPORTER AT LARGE Todd Akin was left for dead. The Republican nominee for Senate in Missouri drew howls of protest from women's groups and much of the GOP establishment with his infamous comments about "legitimate" rape; Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan both called for him to exit the race. But since then, Akin has quietly clawed his way back into contention. He could win—and, in the process, help validate the power of the insurgent wing of his party. Peter J. Boyer reports. EXTREMISM Maajid Nawaz once believed in the creation of a nuclear-armed global Islamist order. He spent years in a notorious Egyptian prison. Today, he is a poster boy in the fight against extremism—and he's warning the U.S. that al Qaeda is on the rise again, "exploiting the security vacuum left over from the Arab uprisings," he tells Newsweek. What's especially troubling is that the extremist group and its affiliates now “have control of physical territory they never had before," he says. Read Paris bureau chief Christopher Dickey's exclusive interview. | | 
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