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...last breath the decision to target Saddam, weapons or no, but he now talks like a convert about the need for intelligence reform. "Look, I asked a lot of questions beforehand," he says of the prewar intelligence. "Anytime you put a large group of people into a combat zone, you ask a lot of questions." Having said that, he admits he is now asking even more. "We've just got to make sure that everybody's voices are heard as the dots are connected...
...close--and how unpredictable--is the 2004 presidential contest? Just a month ago, in the wake of the four-day salute to John Kerry's Vietnam combat record that doubled as the Democratic Convention, political analysts were declaring that given the way undecided voters were leaning, the race was Kerry's to lose. Now he appears to be losing it--or at least that slight edge he had gained. First came the Senator's latest clear-as-mud explanation of his position on the Iraq war; then, more harmfully, came the sabotage by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Just...
...political outmaneuvering of a P.M. with 30 Canberra years on the clock. Think M.P.s' superannuation entitlements and the amendments forced on Howard over the Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. These episodes - and several others - reveal that Latham has terrific instincts for the nitty-gritty of daily political combat. But the truly amazing feature of the rise of Latham during an election year has been that the one-time policy wonk has opted for slogans rather than details, symbols instead of costed measures. We've heard about Latham's "ladder of opportunity," but what kind of tax reform will secure...
...armored vehicle known as the Stryker. The Pentagon persuaded Congress to spend $8.7 billion on 2,096 Strykers because of their ability to be loaded into the ubiquitous C-130 cargo planes, flown to war zones, then immediately rolled down the planes' back ramp and into combat. To convince doubters, the Army even staged a demonstration at Andrews Air Force Base, in which a Stryker and its 11-troop crew emerged from the belly of a C-130 like toothpaste coming out of a tube...
...steel cage is only a temporary fix. But the final solution--form-fitting armor that will be ready next year--weighs even more, 4.5 tons, and takes 10 hours to bolt on. That's a long delay for a vehicle designed for rapid entry into combat. The Pentagon, while not disputing the GAO report, points out that the Stryker could be transported by ship and rail if necessary...