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...began transforming the SDF into a proper military more than a decade ago. To get around legal constraints and a national queasiness about war, Japan's pro-military contingent learned the strength of the flanking maneuver: rather than take on a battle over a constitutional amendment, the government stealthily broadened the SDF's powers through incremental legislation, mostly since the 1991 Gulf War. During that conflict, Japan suffered international ridicule for not sending armed forces to the Middle East. Japan explained that its constitution forbade participation, but the rest of the world saw a nation of "economic animals" buying...
Rosenbloom, who beat out three other candidates for the office in Monday’s election, said he hopes to broaden the reach of Hillel beyond just the Jewish community...
...University is also creating new Harvard-affiliated programs; the first one will be in Chile this spring. In this way, Harvard should not hesitate to create its own curricula in countries where existing programs are lacking. The newly-created Office of International Programs should broaden the range of these Harvard-sponsored initiatives, but it must also formalize credit for existing programs overseas...
...issue of prescription drugs for the elderly, which are not covered by Medicare outside of hospital stays. But in 2002 the G.O.P. countered with ads touting its own prescription plan; the two plans were so elaborate and confusing that even politicians had a tough time telling them apart. Conclusion? Broaden the message. "Look at the Democratic gubernatorial candidates who won," says Rahm Emanuel, a former top Clinton adviser elected to the House seat once held by Dan Rostenkowski. "They were all forward-looking, competent, pro-growth candidates, but they ran on health care and made it the center...
...true that the IAEA did not [discover Iraq's weapons program] in 1990. [That] was due to the fact that they were limited ... to visiting declared installations. The IAEA tried ... to broaden its mandate, to go to places which were not declared. But there was no readiness among the governments at the time ... to give such prerogative to the IAEA. So, while I readily admit that the IAEA did not see it, it was the result of a system that was not sufficiently strong. Criticizing the IAEA over North Korea is totally misguided. It was the IAEA that triggered...