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OLIVER THOMAS, New Orleans council president, on the decision of neighboring St. Bernard Parish to consider hiring the former chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a consultant...
...state dinner they had desired. "We haven't had many state dinners," a White House official says, "and we think everything we do is special." Still, in the careful dance of diplomacy, such signals matter. The U.S. has an "aspiration to improve relations," says Michael Green, former National Security Council director for Asia and now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. "[But] we also don't want to give China a free pass...
Iran, which said last week that it had mastered uranium enrichment, will also be on the table. China has hinted that it might use its Security Council veto to block possible economic sanctions against Tehran. Green expects "Hu will be under some pressure [from Bush] to signal that China's patience is wearing thin...
...nearly 13,000 students attending Harvard’s eleven graduate and professional schools of Harvard need to be fully represented in the coming presidential search. This is the unanimous declaration by the presidents of the eleven graduate and professional school student governments and the Harvard Graduate Council. Previous presidential searches at Harvard have been informed by consulting students in the graduate and professional schools. These efforts are commendable, and there is much to cheer about in looking forward to wide consultation of the student body by the coming presidential search committee, in addition to specific student involvement...
...editors: I wholeheartedly disagree with your castigation of the U.S. for its opposition to the newly-adopted UN Human Rights Council (“Reforming the UN,” editorial, Apr. 12). Opposing the Council is not a “show of disregard for multilateralism and compromise” but rather a vote for effective human rights protection. The new Council is not an improvement from its predecessor, the UN Human Rights Commission. Other than where a country is located, there is not a single criterion for membership, and countries must rotate off the Council after...