Word: crisises
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Yet when Bush found himself in his first foreign policy crisis, the threat had nothing to do with the Soviet Union or its minions. The Monroe Doctrine, which proclaims the U.S.'s determination to keep the real imperialists from Europe out of the Western hemisphere, is irrelevant. Noriega is Uncle...
Cavazos adamantly defends himself against charges that his brief tenure has been short on results and vows to quiet skeptics with an upcoming series of hard-hitting speeches. "I'm more concerned with solutions than criticism," he says. "Has ((Treasury Secretary Nicholas)) Brady solved the budget crisis yet? Has the...
"I am an environmentalist," proclaimed President Bush during his campaign for the White House. Citing his love of the great outdoors and the pleasure he takes in hunting and fishing, the candidate made it clear that protecting the environment and wildlife from the ravages of pollution would be one of...
The OMB's action raised concern that the White House is not serious about dealing with the greenhouse threat. And the pressure on Bush increased when Britain called for rapid drafting of an international treaty to address global warming. Finally on Thursday, even as the President was busy reacting to...
In his inaugural address, Caperton stunned the legislature by calling it into emergency session, declaring West Virginia to be "in crisis." During his first three months he has managed to reduce the number of state offices and commissions from 150 to seven. Confronted by a $230 million deficit and a...