Word: assertively
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...There is still a chance a deal could be worked out, though the efficacy of Egyptian mediation efforts are, at this point, questionable. Some reports assert that Shalit's captors have significantly scaled back earlier demands for the release of more than 1,000 prisoners. And Shalit's father, Noam, has publicly called for the Israeli government to release prisoners, as it has done in the past, in order to bring his son home...
...success of the Taliban's intimidation blitz has added to Western concern about President Hamid Karzai's government, which remains unable to assert its authority much beyond the capital city, Kabul. "In many respects, I think that this insurgency is less about insurgent strength than government weakness," says Ronald Neumann, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared in Kabul last week in a show of support for Karzai, while 10,000 coalition troops launched a fresh offensive against Taliban insurgents in the south. But few Afghans believe the threat posed by the resurgent Taliban is close...
...know if they are right. What I do know is that Presidents in wartime assert that their constitutional responsibility for national security trumps any issue of civil liberties. Often that has meant trampling on them. From John Adams' Sedition Act to Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus to Woodrow Wilson's draconian Espionage Act to F.D.R.'s internment of American citizens of Japanese descent, Presidents have constitutionally overreached. Last week's Supreme Court decision in the Hamdan case suggested that Bush had too--although his actions hardly compare with the examples above...
...Church vs. State Re "Battle of the Bishops" [may 15], on China's unauthorized ordination of two Roman Catholic bishops: It is more than ironic that while China pretends to burnish its international prestige through improved diplomatic relations, it is prepared to flout ancient church law to assert its authority over all areas of life of its population. The decision by Beijing to appoint two bishops of its own appears to be a cynical attempt to increase the schism between the 4 million Chinese Catholics who worship through the state-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and the 8 million Chinese...
...China's New Bishops Re "Battle of the bishops" [May 15], on China's unauthorized ordination of two Roman Catholic bishops: It is more than ironic that while China pretends to burnish its international prestige through improved diplomatic relations, it is prepared to flout ancient church law to assert its authority over all areas of the religious as well as the political life of its population. The decision by Beijing to appoint two bishops of its own while being fully aware of the Vatican's ultimate authority to do so appears to be a cynical attempt to increase the schism...