Word: concerned
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...Besides the presence of 700 Western observers and opposition from Russia, NATO's prime concern may be to avoid taking sides in a war where they support neither combatant. "NATO doesn't want to be the air force of the KLA rebels," says Dowell. "But the Serbs have thrown down the gauntlet, and failing to respond would make NATO look impotent...
...baggage when the U.N. left Iraq last December (officials wanted to make sure the Iraqis would never find them). They will probably never go back. Clinton Administration officials are convinced that senior members of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's staff, if not Annan himself, leaked statements of his "concern" about U.S. intelligence assistance in order to smear Butler and put an end to UNSCOM as it is constituted at present...
...chosen not to make necessary air strikes against Iraq because he feared that an assault at the time of the scheduled impeachment debate would be seen as a wag-the-dog action? In that case there really would have been grounds for impeachment. Clinton would have been putting concern for his personal and political future above the good of the nation. I commend the President for having the courage to act as he did. JANE ENGLISH Mount Shasta, Calif...
...Tuesday, Clinton hopes to shift attention to his accomplishments and his plans. His State of the Union address will focus on saving Social Security and on improving education. Spin subtext: Congress may be consumed by an unpopular impeachment trial, but President Clinton is thinking about the issues that concern Americans...
Some are worried that the economy will falter if Clinton is removed, but that is giving the president too much credit for the decisions of Alan Greenspan. Finally, the most justified concern: some are afraid that the president's conviction would strengthen the hold of conservative Republicans over Congress. But the Democrats would be in a stronger position to keep the right wing in check if we had an honest leader in the Oval Office...