Word: defenders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...extension of Lat's attack on "gay pride" which is the true affront to the celebrations of diversity which Philippine Forum, and I, defend...
...close of the debate, Rossi was given the chance to defend herself...
Clinton's bold response actually carried little risk, at least politically. By dispatching thousands of troops and hundreds of planes, the President made clear the U.S. intention to defend Kuwait's sovereignty by whatever means necessary. To charges that he overreacted, he had a sturdy alibi; the mixed messages sent by the Bush Administration in 1990 were widely blamed for encouraging Saddam to overrun Kuwait without fear of reprisal. For once Congress was united in support; Clinton phoned Bush on Monday and got his blessing as well. Even Saddam's onetime allies, like Jordan and the P.L.O., supported the President...
...path for Aristide's men to move in. By Wednesday, the octogenarian president had announced his resignation. That set the stage for removing the final obstacle to the exiled President's return: actually getting Cedras out of the country. After months of dramatic posturing about his obligation to defend his nation, the general spent his final hours mired in a real estate spat over how much the U.S. would compensate him for the property he was leaving behind...
Ever since George Bush stopped short of Baghdad and Saddam four years ago, he and his top advisers have been asked to defend their hesitation. Last week they were at it again. "We carried out our war and political aims," said former Secretary of State James Baker. "If we'd gone further, the coalition would have fragmented and we wouldn't have the sanctions today." Finding Saddam wouldn't have been easy, says Norman Schwarzkopf, recalling that Panama's Manuel Noriega defied a manhunt for quite some time. "If we'd gone to Baghdad," says former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney...