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...assert its international authority, Holbrooke said, Congress must put aside partisan disputes and be willing to contribute more money to military expeditions and economic or humanitarian...
...growing older...is being able to tell people something they may not want to hear just because it's the truth." Statements like this are what makes Clinton Clinton. He's pragmatic enough to tell people exactly what they want to hear and yet he has the audacity to assert that he's not saying what he's saying because they want to hear it. Surprise of surprises, the conflicting desires of the electorate can all be reconciled...
...Asian sources. News of the visits prompted Republican demands that President Clinton explain just what Huang was doing there. "Has the White House ever been more blatantly used for political fund raising?" asked Republican National Chairman Haley Barbour at a news conference Thursday. The White House response was to assert that it had no indications that anything improper was going on during Huang's visits. Meanwhile, Attorney General Janet Reno announced the Justice Department began reviewing allegations of campaign finance violations. Huang organized a slew of hefty campaign contributions totaling $4 to $5 million, some of which have already turned...
...course the rankings are pretty subjective, as the critics claim. But U.S. News and World Report perennially ranks services and institutions from hospitals to mutual funds and they should continue to make up lists as they see fit. Opponents of the rankings also assert that they are "taken as dogma" by and exert undue influence over students, employers and the general public...
...forward, since the federal government is decentralizing its control over welfare, reducing overall spending and granting large blocks of money to states. These reforms will enable states to determine their own welfare policies, which should foster greater individual involvement and better reflect the needs of their constituents. Nevertheless, Libertarians assert that the average American will not experience any tax relief. The money saved by the Welfare Reform Bill will likely go toward another cause, rather than being refunded to the taxpayer...