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...matters of pressing concern in Burma and China! Those are, after all, the issues which our council members were elected to address; and Capitol Hill surely awaits their pronouncement with bated breath. While neither of us is quite sure where we stand on these issues, we can't wait to see what the council decides for us on our behalf. And we're certain that action by our commanding Undergraduate Council will be not only prudent but also effective. Chinese President Jiang Zemin must be quaking in his boots. DAVID J. MILLER '01 KAJ VAZALES '01 March...
...matters of pressing concern in Burma and China! Those are, after all, the issues which our council members were elected to address; and Capitol Hill surely awaits their pronouncement with bated breath. While neither of us is quite sure where we stand on these issues, we can't wait to see what the council decides for us on our behalf. And we're certain that action by our commanding Undergraduate Council will be not only prudent but also effective. Chinese President Jiang Zemin must be quaking in his boots...
...President was "kind of creepy." Over at CBS, Mark McEwen said the author was being called a "backstabber" and an "ingrate." On CNN former Clinton adviser Mandy Grunwald noted that if the President hadn't given George the "opportunity of a lifetime," George might still be a Capitol Hill aide, not a "multimillion-dollar book writer and commentator" (inside the White House make that "commentraitor"). And James Carville says Washington has become The Truman Show, broadcasting Clinton's private life in something approaching real time...
...ambush on Capitol Hill may be of the administration's own making. "The testimony of the military commanders on Thursday highlighted just how little long-term thinking has gone into this," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "They made clear that American lives would be put on the line in an operation that has no endgame -- what happens if air strikes can't bring Milosevic to the table?" Whether by design or because of confusion in NATO, Milosevic will be given a grace period to reconsider. But far from showing signs of buckling before the threat of air strikes...
...Capitol Hill lawmakers are stepping in to resolve a clash between military recruiters and the nation's law schools. They propose to repeal a law that cut federal financial aid to schools that banned military recruiters from their campuses...