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Donald says the loss of several former junior scholars, including Alan Brinkley, Drew R. McCoy and Catherine Clinton can be attributed to an "absence of firm leadership on the part of the administration that allowed the History Department to make very serious mistakes...
...indignation is not only targeted at Iraq, but at the cowardly, self-serving sharks whose failure to condemn Iraq's invasion of Kuwait patently underscores the failure of the Pan-Arab dream. Sure, I heard King Hussein say on "This Week with David Brinkley" that he had condemned the Iraqi invasion "zillions" of times...
...dutifully reported both optimistic and pessimistic assessments over the months but have shown a readier appetite for in-your-face remarks than cautions. That was certainly the experience of retired Admiral William Crowe, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Appearing on ABC's This Week with David Brinkley last August, Crowe predicted, "In a major clash, we'll clean their clocks. If not today, later." He added that both sides would pay a terrible price. His words were quoted (sometimes misquoted) around the world, often with the warning omitted...
...lessening of Iraq's ability to fight; Saddam's dictatorship can and will squeeze the civilian economy as hard as may be necessary to maintain supplies to the armed forces. Case in point: U.S. Secretary of State James Baker said on ABC-TV's This Week with David Brinkley that "tires are in short supply," but nongovernment sources in Washington say only civilians are affected. The Iraqi military has stockpiled all the tires it needs...
Long had a similar effect on policy during the New Deal. According to scholars such as Alan Brinkley, Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Second New Deal" in 1935 was partly the result of growing pressure from the left, including the growing popularity of Huey Long. Described as a "turn to the left," this series of legislative actions included such landmark bills as the "Soak the Rich" tax bill and the Social Security...