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...hesitated in contributing substantial numbers of new forces to the 28-year-old United Nations peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL. France took the lead in co-sponsoring Resolution 1701, but then dispatched only 200 engineers, the first of which came ashore in southern Lebanon in dinghies. France has wanted clearer guidelines on when its troops can use force, lest they be left helpless if the conflict heats up again, though President Jacques Chirac agreed Thursday night to dispatch another 1,600 soldiers to the effort. Complicating matters, the Syrian government, perhaps exploiting Europe's dithering, is rejecting Resolution...
...might have less difficulty withholding the details of ongoing national-security programs if it were not distracted by the grandiose notion that it must "speak truth to power." A better objective would be to provide accurate and useful information. That may not sound as exciting, but it is a clearer conception of what the public needs. Clay Boswell New York City I trust the government more than I trust the media these days. What might keep journalists from getting too full of themselves? The sight of a few leakers, reporters and editors defending themselves against formal charges of treason might...
...might have less difficulty withholding the details of ongoing national-security programs if it were not distracted by the grandiose notion that it must "speak truth to power." A better objective would be to provide accurate and useful information. That may not sound as exciting, but it is a clearer conception of what the public needs...
...won’t proceed if we feel that there is any danger at all to our students,” Steinberg said. “We’re hoping and assuming that by the time we go we’ll have a much clearer picture of the situation...
Later, the soldiers saw lights winking ahead. They were happy. They thought it was the main convoy. They had caught up. They were safe. But the closer they got, the clearer it became that something was wrong...