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On the ropes Howard, meanwhile, was losing his punch. In October, he abruptly announced that he would hold a referendum on amending the Constitution to recognize Aboriginal people. It was his "generation" that had prevented his seeing the need for this sooner, he said. He talked more about climate change...
As Dodd said, when the President takes the oath of office, he (or she) promises two things: to protect the Constitution and to protect the nation against enemies, foreign and domestic. If the Democrats can't find the proper balance between those two, they simply will not win the presidency...
Musharraf may have a hard time finding any believers. Since he invoked emergency rule two weeks ago, he has suspended the constitution, jailed opposition leaders, muzzled the media and replaced the independent judiciary with a Supreme Court bench of his own choosing. Even Negroponte, who has previously called Musharraf "indispensable...
Chaudhry was not able to personally accept the HLS Medal of Freedom: He has been under house arrest since Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency and suspended the country’s constitution earlier this month. Lawyers and opposition leaders have rallied in the streets.
Musharraf has said that his emergency policies—suspending the Pakistani constitution, censoring independent media outlets, and ruling through the force of the military—are intended to combat terrorism and help the country survive. Musharraf has likened himself to Abraham Lincoln and said that Chaudhry has been...