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...only do China and South Korea oppose any steps that will threaten the stability of the regime for fear of the chaos that its collapse could bring, they also know that the sanctions adopted by the Security Council are unlikely to alter the behavior of the regime in Pyongyang. Instead, they fear that Pyongyang may up the ante with further provocations. China's goal, to be pursued both through sanctions and negotiations, is to secure the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula - and to do that, they believe it is necessary to integrate North Korea in exchange for modifying its behavior...
...Given Ohio's crucial role in presidential politics, a Democratic sweep here could also alter the calculation for 2008. That's one reason that outside groups are carpet-bombing the airwaves, and candidates like Pryce and Kilroy are getting plenty of help from the biggest names in both of their parties. John McCain is currently starring in an ad for Pryce; Barack Obama came to Columbus to campaign for Kilroy last week - the latest in a line of potential 2008 hopefuls that has also included John Kerry and John Edwards, the 2004 nominee and his running mate, as well...
...program that was in effect before Congress began legislating on interrogation policy, first last December and again in anew bill that President Bush is expected to sign soon. But with their actionable intelligence value largely exhausted in recent months - and the White House under political and legal pressure to alter the CIA's once-secret detention and interrogation system - all the captives have been shipped to Guantanamo or to third countries...
Casey’s controversial stance supporting anti-abortion laws does not alter the Dems’ support of him, according to the group’s president, Eric P. Lesser...
...North Korea's test will alter the tenses and grammar of the international community's demands, from insisting that North Korea refrain from developing and testing nuclear weapons to insisting that it reverse course and agree to denuclearize under international supervision. Those demands will likely now be backed by tougher sanctions, although the extent of likely sanctions is uncertain because the factors restraining neighbors from choking North Korea's food and energy lifeblood remain in place. And North Korea clearly sees its nuclear test not as ending the discussion, but rather as a way of strengthening its negotiating position...