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...emergence in 2001 of the truth about Enron and its scandalous business practices ruined that reputation?although Lay maintained his innocence to the end. Legal experts say his death vacates his conviction, since he cannot take part in any appeals. But his estate may still have to fight civil claims by former Enron employees as well as the U.S. government...
...Everybody has a civil war. We had ours. We got stronger. Maybe they need to have theirs and get it over with." JOSEPH HAMLIN, U.S. Marine lance corporal stationed in Ramadi, on Iraq's escalating Sunni-Shi'ite violence...
...Pandora's box with little-to-no plans to support their actions." At the same time, there is a danger that Bush's belated embrace of conventional diplomacy will turn out to be a cover for disengagement, at a time when U.S. leadership is still required to fend off civil war in Iraq and deter the ambitions of Iran and North Korea--to say nothing of al-Qaeda. We are witnessing an overhaul of the old Bush Doctrine, but the question is, Can the U.S. find a new one to take its place...
That reflects a broader dimming of the Administration's commitment to the ideals of its once proactive freedom agenda. Despite occasional jawboning, the U.S. has put only token pressure on Russia and China to improve their records on civil liberties and human rights, which have grown worse on Bush's watch. A senior Administration official tells TIME that the White House wants to set up new systems that will use efforts at democracy building as a condition for foreign aid and as a criterion for judging the work of U.S. ambassadors. But some officials inside the White House admit that...
...emergence in 2001 of the truth about Enron and its scandalous business practices ruined that reputation--although Lay maintained his innocence to the end. Legal experts say his death vacates his conviction, since he cannot take part in any appeals. But his estate may still have to fight civil claims by former Enron employees as well as the U.S. government...