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...determination to defend our values and our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people." TONY BLAIR, British Prime Minister, condemning last week's terrorist attack in London...
...Scotland, where he was chairing the annual meeting of the G-8 group of leading industrial nations. He quickly relayed the news to the other leaders, including President George W. Bush, and then returned to London. "It is important that those engaged in terrorism realize that our determination to defend our values and our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people," Blair said...
Told of the Taylor amendment, Immelt remarked, "I wasn't even aware that's the case ... We are who we are." GE would continue to defend its interests, he added. GE has reserved the cash for the Hudson cleanup, estimated to cost $500 million, and is cooperating with the EPA on a project design, he says. Nonetheless, the dredging operation, ordered in 2002 and scheduled to start in 2006, was recently delayed by a year. And GE may still legally challenge an EPA order to perform the cleanup or sue the agency to recoup costs...
...McCain. "Some of the committees will still hold hearings and such, but as far as national attention goes, this is going to be at the center for some time." With his approval ratings in a slump, Bush might welcome an extended fight that puts him in a position to defend his list of values. Democrats too might want the confrontation, if only to help define who they are as they head into an election year. And no matter where you come down on abortion or church-state relations, who can disagree that fundamental values are involved? Americans approach these periodic...
...solve all their problems. But it's also a reminder of how far Iraq has to go. In his speech last week, Bush said that "the best way to complete the mission is to help Iraqis build a free nation that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself." A year after the handover of sovereignty, none of those conditions are close to being met. The government has been promising an improved power supply but has failed to deliver. It fingers insurgents for blowing up water pipelines but seems unable to repair the damage. It claims success in operations against...