--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: February 15th, 2010 | Vol. 175, No. 6 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # February 15, 2010 | Vol. 175 No. 6February 15, 2010 | Vol. 175 No. 6  Issue name February 15th, 2010 | Vol. 175, No. 6 | U.S. Issue date February 15, 2010 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/2010-02-15/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [What Is Robert Gates Really Fighting For?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960261,00.html)[Douglas Elmendorf: The Numbers Man Whom D.C. Trusts — and Loathes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960274,00.html)[How to Tame the Budget Deficit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960315,00.html)[Republicans Must Embrace the Vital Center](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960311,00.html)[Obama Calls Out GOP, but Nobody's Home](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960266,00.html)[Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt and the Limits of Celebrity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960283,00.html)[Trying to Revitalize a Dying Small Town](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960314,00.html)[11 Olympians To Watch](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1958645%5F1958459,00.html)[Inbox](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960256,00.html)[Handicapping the Best Picture Oscar](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1959103%5F1959102,00.html)[Patti Smith and Mapplethorpe: Bohemian Rhapsody](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960262,00.html)[Serenity Now](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960282,00.html)[Taste of Spring](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960284,00.html)[J.D. Salinger Dies: Hermit Crab of American Letters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960265,00.html)[Short List](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1952673%5F1961997,00.html)[Facing Death and Divorce at the Same Time](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960271,00.html)[How to Build Your Own Bedbug Detector](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960276,00.html)[Gift Giving on Facebook Gets Real](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960260,00.html)[How ShelterBox Helps Haiti Earthquake Victims](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960259,00.html)[The Chill in Davos](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1955058%5F1955463%5F1959077,00.html)[Rouge in Reverse](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877020%5F1877030%5F1959078,00.html)[Prescription for a Turnaround](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960273,00.html)[10 Questions for Maxwell](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960264,00.html)[The Moment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960269,00.html)[The World](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960275,00.html)[Getting Your Way](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960268,00.html)[Verbatim](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960279,00.html)[Spotlight: Toyota's Recall](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960278,00.html)[Debunked](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960277,00.html)[Brief History of Gays in the Military](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960257,00.html)[The Skimmer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1960258,00.html) February 15th, 2010 | Vol. 175, No. 6 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"February 15th, 2010 | Vol. 175, No. 6 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3570997/february-15th-2010-vol-175-no-6-u-s/"}]}]} ```