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...Obama's trip to Iraq and Afghanistan was official government business, as part of a congressional delegation; from here on out, it is being orchestrated by his campaign. As such, it raises some delicate issues as he seeks to extract maximum electoral advantage - putting Obama in settings that aim to present Americans with the image of someone ready and capable to become the Commander in Chief of a superpower - without seeming presumptuous. It will be a week in which Obama tries to strike a delicate balance between statesmanship and politics...
Three weeks ago the Communist regime of East Germany began to insist that foreign diplomats show their passports when they crossed between East and West Berlin. Once more, the government's aim was to win recognition of East Berlin as its capital and force Western countries to treat the Berlin Wall as an international border rather than a demarcation line in a city divided by a postwar agreement. The new rule created a diplomatic furor and led to strong protests from the U.S., Britain and France, which still have authority as the occupying powers in the Western part...
...create a nuclear shield enhance stability or undermine it? In attempting to rid the planet of doomsday weapons, might SDI merely increase the risk of their use? At the TIME conference on SDI, it was apparent that there was a deep division within the Administration over the real aim of SDI. While he applauded Reagan's ''vision,'' Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle bluntly stated that a leakproof Astrodome against missiles ''is not a short- term proposition, and it may not even be possible in the long term.'' Gerold Yonas, the chief scientist for SDI, was equally emphatic. ''The idea...
...member union has declared June 21 Save American Industry and Jobs Day, and it hopes to turn out tens of thousands for major demonstrations. Rallies are scheduled in 100 cities, half of which will be linked by television satellite to the main conclave in Washington. The aim of all the excitement, says Steelworkers Vice President George Becker, is to protest the ''tide of imported goods that has threatened numerous American industries.'' Meanwhile, in Pittsburgh last week, steelworkers' representatives sat down for contract talks at U.S. Steel, the country's largest producer. The labor contract for 25,000 U.S. Steel employees...
...country's south, "I never dreamed of such a big journey." From her small wage as a hospital lab technician, she supports both her parents and three younger siblings. But friends who went to the last World Youth Day, in Cologne, Germany in 2005, inspired her to aim for Sydney. She sees the pilgrimage partly as a thank-you to the missionaries who put her through school and college. "I put something aside each month for two years" to save the fare, Nyalusi says. She has no regrets. "Australia is very beautiful." More important, "I have learned how young people...