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...waive implementation of aspects of the legislation, but it was President Clinton who actually signed Helms-Burton into law. That was in early 1996, shortly after Fidel Castro's air force shot down two unarmed civilian aircraft flown by Miami-based exiles that had been flying propaganda missions into Cuban airspace - and Mr. Clinton saw Florida as one of the critical battleground states in that year's reelection campaign. The legislation will make life difficult for President Bush, too, of course, because it transformed the Cuba embargo from a presidential decree into an act of Congress. And it'll force...
...interview, Dunphy said that federal law also stipulates that universities must offer the same recruiting opportunities to military recruiters as they would to civilian companies...
...students who wrote to Jones expressing their disappointment received an e-mail message saying she "does not have control over the policies set forth by the civilian leadership of the [Department of Defense...
These revelations raise two critical questions. First, is the Yemeni source reporting valid information, or is Yemen hyping the level of external involvement to deflect attention from its own civilian and government involvement? Subsequently, did the embassy and Central Intelligence Agency station recognize the danger and, if so, did they relay this information quickly to Washington and military planners? The embassy could ill afford to make inherently subjective security decisions on its own, without senior consultation; while providing a unique, direct perspective on Yemen-specific security issues, their closeness to the host country could actually inhibit objective analysis...
...Palestinian Reservations: The Palestinians are suspicious of any attempts to maintain an Israeli presence in territories occupied in 1967. The territory currently controlled by Yasser Arafat?s Palestinian Authority is dispersed and intersected by Israeli civilian and military installations, diminishing the viability of that administration?s control...