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...will sit down with them and assure them that it is in all of our interests to move forward. I am young at heart and I think we can convince them to come on board. Liberia is deeply divided after 14 years of civil war. Who will you appoint to your government to heal the wounds? We will look at every political party, ethnic group, religion and find people that meet our requirements of competence and honesty. What has been your toughest moment? I was in prison after an attempted coup in 1985 with about 12 other so-called rebels...
...doing enough to investigate the crimes and has ordered the Saddam defense team to cut off contact with the court until the killers of the lawyers are found, a decision that could further delay the tribunal when it reconvenes on Nov. 28. Procedures would require the court to appoint new counsel, causing another 40-day stay for the difficult discovery process (see following story...
...public might have forgiven her. But, Pinsonat says, "you've got to convince them you're in control." Instead, Blanco waited seven weeks to appoint a recovery commission. She was slow to call the legislature back into session to deal with a nearly $1 billion decline in tax revenue. Her suggested cuts--to education and health care--came under fire last week as unrealistic. In 21 years in state politics, Blanco, a Democrat, was always cautious and deliberative. But those qualities have turned into liabilities...
...treatment by Arkansas state regulators, including one, Beverly Basset Schaffer, who was appointed by Clinton. That line of pursuit could also produce questions for Hillary, who as an attorney represented Madison in its bid to launch an adventurous stock scheme at a time when Clinton was Governor. More trouble may come from Capitol Hill. For months Representative Henry Gonzalez, the Texas Democrat who is chairman of the House Banking Committee, has been resisting calls to step up a laggard investigation of Madison by his committee. But last week's disclosures provide ammunition for Jim Leach of Iowa, the committee...
...going to have a conservative on the court-that's a given-so between those three choices I would much prefer having someone who is intelligent, open-minded and doesn't approach things knowing the result they want to come away with." Concludes Stein: "If the President has to appoint a conservative to the Supreme Court, which is his right, I would want it to be someone like [Alito...