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...days, Afghan President Hamid Karzai would appear in his swooshing green cape for a weekly videoconference with George W. Bush. But with his flailing presidency seen as a big reason the Taliban and al-Qaeda are regaining ground in Afghanistan, the Obama Administration cut Karzai's White House access earlier this year...
...Moment," regarding Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to investigate the possibility that torture methods were used during the George W. Bush Administration, TIME asks, "Did harsh methods like waterboarding lead to actionable intelligence?" [Sept. 7]. It doesn't matter! Torture is morally repugnant, regardless of outcome. Those committing torture lose their humanity. When a country condones it, it likewise loses its soul and becomes defeated from within. I applaud Holder. For the U.S. to be a moral beacon, we must look at ourselves with the same eyes with which we look at other countries. Tom Schrack, FAIRFAX...
...couple sold their business to General Mills for $6 million. Nancy stayed on as vice president, and her taste for bright colors and classic clothing continued to inform a brand that has become a billion-dollar empire, with devotees including First Ladies Barbara Bush and Michelle Obama...
...said, we need our export sector to recover - late last year I had more unemployed workers in one province (Guangdong) than you have in your entire country - so forget about pressuring us to revalue the renminbi. We allowed it to increase in value against the dollar during the Bush years, but until there's evidence of a global economic recovery, we're not budging on currency. So continued silence on that front is golden...
Which is why the concert's supporters, including many in the Miami exile community, say it's time for the Obama Administration to revive the U.S.-Cuba cultural exchanges that began in the 1990s but were nixed under former President George W. Bush. "I took part in the Bay of Pigs, and I've been fighting the Castros for 50 years," says Francisco (Pepe) Hernandez, 73, president of the Cuban-American National Foundation in Miami, which backed Juanes' efforts despite protests by more hard-line exiles that included smashing the singer's CDs in Little Havana. "But it was tremendous...