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...documentary about his presidential campaign.) The apparent anointment of Pelosi, a dynamic fund raiser who would be the first female party leader in Congress, cheered Republican strategists, who expect her to try to revive the party by picking fights with the White House. Pelosi says she's ready for combat: "We cannot allow Republicans to pretend they share our values and then legislate against those values without consequence...
...Horn of Africa--charged with hunting terrorists in the region. The armed version of the Predator had proved itself in the war in Afghanistan last year, but the attack in Yemen marked the first known use of the drone to kill a terrorist leader outside an acknowledged field of combat--a tactic human-rights advocates liken to assassination. The strike owed its success to a tip from Yemeni authorities on the whereabouts of al-Harethi, and U.S. officials say Yemen gave its permission for the strike. But the action infuriated opponents of the government, who called it a violation...
...from field hospitals to tankers - where nations should beef up their arsenals. While most goals were achieved, "they picked the low-hanging fruit," admits a NATO official. The crucial big-ticket items remain: protection against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; better equipment for command, control, communication and intelligence; better combat support; and the hardware to deploy European soldiers quickly and effectively. It's no coincidence that these are exactly the things the Europeans need for their own E.U. Rapid Reaction Force: 60,000 men, deployable within 60 days and sustainable for a year, to take on general peacekeeping and humanitarian...
Paulin should have come here to speak. We disagree strongly with his views, yet the best way to combat them is through constructive and mature debate. Alas, as the Staff opinion shows, the current climate on campus does not lend itself to the measured and thoughtful discussion which Paulin and his poetry both deserve and require...
...controversial issues. Pelosi was a leader in the fight against the resolution pressed by President Bush to allow the United States to “go after” Saddam Hussein. She supports legalizing gay marriage. She is a proponent of offering needle exchanges as a way to combat the spread of AIDS. As the main spokesperson for the minority party, Pelosi will leave no doubt in the minds of the American public that there are clear differences between the agenda of the current administration and the Democrats...