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...hard not to be chastened by the fitful hubris of President Bush’s administration and its transgressions: spurning international cooperation and counsel in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, framing intricate international affairs in the unhelpful language of a moral binary—with “freedom” as its watchword—and sanctioning torture on the sly while resisting all criticism. The ongoing effort in Iraq might be a comedy of errors, were it not for its tragic consequences in death tolls and the destabilizing reverberations throughout the region...
...overstretched—rightfully resisted the urge to evangelize with troop deployments, sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to assist with talks. As Kenya begins to heal after a power-sharing agreement that showed the continued utility of multilateral effort, the United States should continue to offer aid and counsel, nothing more...
...departure of five of McCain's advisers, including former Representative Tom Loeffler, the campaign's national finance co-chairman, and holds the prospect that others will follow them out the door. Behind the scenes, the campaign seems to be searching for stability. In mid-May, McCain sought the counsel of former adviser Mike Murphy, who suggested, among other things, that McCain and his surrogates soften the tone of their attacks on Obama. To reassure fund raisers, the campaign also held a conference call making clear that everything was under control, despite Loeffler's departure...
...good as you do well. That's the message of this wise book by the former general counsel of GE. Heineman's goal is to keep CEOs out of the Hall of Shame--no one wants to be the next Jeff Skilling. "The generals will be held to even higher standards than the troops," Heineman warns. But even if chieftains follow his comprehensive blueprint for integrity, Heineman believes that perfection, alas, is unattainable: "We don't need, and won't get, saints in our corner offices." But CEOs, he argues, must learn to walk the walk, as well as talk...
Arrested for sharing a marijuana cigarette at the annual Boston Freedom Rally in September, Cusick and Stroup turned to Harvard Law School professor Charles R. Nesson ’60 for legal counsel. Nesson and his clients acknowledged that they had used the illegal drug, and decided upon an unusual defense: they argued that the statute outlawing marijuana in Massachusetts has no “rational basis,” and that the jury has the power of jury nullification, or ruling a defendant innocent while recognizing that he or she had violated...