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There was, however, some consensus at yesterday’s Faculty meeting. The Faculty was unanimous in its vote to make Ethnic Studies a standing committee...
Even in the U.S., there is a growing consensus that greenhouse-gas reductions are inevitable. In January, Senators John McCain of Arizona and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut introduced legislation that would cap emissions and allow rights trading. Thirteen U.S. companies, including American Electrical Power, Dupont and Ford, have joined the new Chicago Climate Exchange. Members volunteer to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in a system that lets them practice trading greenhouse-gas credits while trying to deflect regulation and public criticism...
...revelations come at a particularly bad time for Washington, which is locked in a battle to gain U.N. approval for an attack on Iraq and to build consensus among its allies for a multilateral approach to the crisis in North Korea. Critics of the Administration say Bush's hard public line against the so-called "Axis of Evil," combined with the threatened war with Iraq, have acted as a spur to both Iran and North Korea to accelerate their nuclear programs. "If those countries didn't have much incentive or motivation before, they certainly did after the Axis of Evil...
...More important was the president's silence on UN Resolution 242. Long a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy, that resolution calls for Israeli withdrawal from territories seized in 1967 in exchange for recognition, peace and security. It remains the basis of an international consensus on resolving the conflict, and has been the starting point for negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders throughout the peace process. The president emphasized 242 in his Mideast policy speech last summer. But the Bush administration is spit on whether to continue to support it. Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld, a number...
...Still, some observers say Wen's low-key consensus-building approach may ultimately be the best way to finish what his boss started. "Whether he comes off as charismatic really doesn't matter," says a Western businessman. China has accomplished much of the necessary broad-brush reforms and now needs to do the detail work?a task for which Wen is well suited...