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...facilities. We are getting robust inspections. But this is a work in progress. We are not finished. And yet your report notes a pattern of concealment dating back 18 years. Their program was developed under international sanctions. Many of their activities have to be understood in that context. U.S. Under Secretary of State John Bolton called your report's finding of no evidence of a weapons program "impossible to believe." We are not in the business of judging intentions. What we look for are facts and proof, and so far we have no proof of a nuclear-weapons program...
...imprinted clothing of late is not in and of itself unusual, but its continued presence two years after the singer’s untimely demise demands justification. The initial deluge of mourning should surely have passed by now, no matter how close a bond the two shared. The unflattering context of the recognition is also fairly confused; the image is used in a video whose chorus includes the lines “Pop that, pop that, jiggle that fat / Don’t stop, get it till ya clothes get wet.” Furthermore, if Elliott is indeed still...
Thus, while it is indeed important to be familiar with the values of Western society and encourage a deeper understanding of Western culture, it is crucial that this knowledge be put into context. Comparative value is priceless: by studying various cultural perspectives, one is able to question and challenge one’s own views, acknowledge and gain from new and diverse views and learn from the differences that make up our unique cultural heritages...
...diversity. Without diverse representation, Harvard runs the risk of letting its students come away with a false sense of the superiority of Western civilization. Indeed, that would be the real embarrassment: if in this increasingly global and pluralistic society, Harvard students were to graduate without an understanding of the context in which Western civilization exists...
...panel, composed of four reporters and political correspondents, a former superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a Kennedy School of Government (KSG) professor, told the audience that although embedded reporting was relatively successful within the context of the Iraq war, problems such as censorship and presenting a balanced account of events still need to be addressed...