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...aftermath of last year’s terror attacks, it is now more important than ever for responsible people to enter public service, former secretary of defense William S. Cohen told students at the Kennedy School of Government’s ARCO Forum yesterday...
...aftermath of last Sept. 11, such questions are particularly acute. In our age, the quality of our times is not always commented upon. Yet we can all accept that these are, indeed, dangerous times. For many, especially in the United States, they are sad times, but they are also sad for the families grieving for the innocent collateral damage in the war against the Taliban, in Afghanistan. These times are also angry times—for those subject to terrorist attack, whether in New York, Jerusalem or Jenin. Angry times, too, for the Arab street. They are worrying times...
...Thus Bush's speechwriters, before his U.N. appearance, were considering a heavy internationalist tone. ("He'll be Mr. Multilateral," says an aide.) The President is expected to remind the assembled leaders of their solemn duty to see that Iraq is forced to comply with U.N. resolutions passed in the aftermath of the Gulf War in 1991; Iraq, say the British, is presently in breach of 23 out of 27 obligations. But there will be a subtext. Bush's bottom line, says a senior Administration official, will be "if [the U.N] doesn't do something, we will." Diplomacy, where what...
More than 50 years ago, in the aftermath of World War II, the Harvard Faculty produced a masterpiece: General Education in a Free Society, the “Red Book” for short. The basic premise was that civilization had almost been extinguished, and it was a responsibility of American higher education to ensure that the students it was educating would not let the same thing happen again. The phrase “a free society” is brilliantly complex. It plainly refers to America, and the ideals of human freedom that are among America?...
...intelligence and security agencies to better prevent future tragedy. At the same time, it is crucial that we do not misdirect our anger at racial or ethnic groups. A year ago, President Bush and others rightly and immediately emphasized that Arab-Americans must not be targeted in the aftermath of the attacks. Yet there were still isolated incidents of violence—and more pervasive but less visible, a widespread sense of distrust of anyone who looked like the stereotypical “terrorist,” as meaningless as that concept is. America must rebuild, as a nation that...