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...cajole her not to have an abortion. While many CPCs are sincere, what I call "counterfeit pregnancy centers" also exist. The abortion issue is already contentious enough. Deceit and misinformation only serve to inflame both sides and emotionally damage pregnant women exploring their options. I have introduced legislation to crack down on false advertising related to abortion services, and I hope it is something that can be supported by everyone, regardless of people's positions on abortion...
...Gaffes to the Rescue" [Feb. 19]: I wonder whether Michael Kinsley's imagined description of ABC executives' using "a crack of the whip" on the gaffe-prone African-American actor Isaiah Washington was simply an unfortunate use of a cliché or evidence that even those who take it upon themselves to analyze gaffes are still subject to perpetrating them. I agree with Kinsley that we should all be able to shrug off the stupid things people say (or write), but I found his use of a potent image of slavery in this context to be ironic, to say the least...
...military base in Afghanistan on Feb. 27 killed about two dozen people--and underscored the mission of Dick Cheney, who had arrived less than 24 hours earlier to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The Vice President had just come from Pakistan, where he urged President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on the activities of the Taliban--which claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was timed to Cheney's visit--and al-Qaeda...
...Islamabad denies that the Taliban is using Pakistan as a sanctuary, and Musharraf vowed last fall to strengthen the border and to crack down on training camps. While Pakistan has closed down some camps, many observers in both Pakistan and Afghanistan say he is not doing enough to stop Taliban and al-Qaeda activity in the region, a sentiment that seems to be shared by the Bush Administration, judging by the recent stream of official visitors to the Pakistani capital...
...Cheney's visit is the latest sign of the Administration's growing impatience with Pakistan's inability - or reluctance - to crack down on Islamic militants. Cheney's talk with Musharraf, while not characterized by the White House as a "tough message," follows a similar visit last month by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Since then murmurs in the U.S. intelligence community reveal mounting concerns that al-Qaeda is reestablishing itself in Waziristan. Stephen Kappes, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, accompanied Cheney on this particular leg of his tour, which may indicate that much of the private conversation...