Word: deployment
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...policy toward Moscow that will help ensure that a future, more sober Kremlin leadership recognizes that a Russia linked more closely to the U.S. and the E.U. will be more prosperous, more democratic and territorially more secure. The U.S. should avoid careless irritants, like its clumsily surfaced initiative to deploy its missile defenses next door to Russia. And it should not dismiss out of hand Moscow's views on, for example, negotiations with Iran, lest Russia see its interests better served by a U.S.-Iran...
Critics say the rush to deploy a system before it's ready and in the face of the opposition of nominal allies is unnecessary, expensive and damaging. They say unilateral agreements between the U.S. on the one hand and Poland and Czech Republic on the other cause friction with other European countries and undermine support for missile defense. And they argue that Bush's insistence on pursuing deployment agreements now shows that the current push is less about the imminent threat than it is about his legacy. "Bush wants to make an irreversible move forward before he leaves office," says...
...willingness to go along with the U.S. in the face of public resistance. Czech President Vaclav Klaus today said he supported Bush's program, despite 60% disapproval among Czechs. All of which means that even threats to target European countries are unlikely to shake the U.S.'s will to deploy, setting the two countries on an increasingly tense course for the final 18 months of Bush's Presidency...
...army is softening up the camp with artillery fire before sending in commando units for street-to-street fighting. When I arrived today, there was a long column armored personnel carries and armored fighting vehicles. They were manned by special forces and looked like they were waiting to deploy inside the camp once the artillery shelling lifts...
...interest and individual interests overlap.“It’s important to make clear to all the schools at Harvard the central role of the library,” Darnton said in an interview this week.As information technology becomes more important for libraries, Darnton will have to deploy tech savvy in addition to his erudition. And in order to enact meaningful change as HUL director, he will need to display deft diplomatic skills as well. The challenge of uniting the Harvard libraries he faces is an administrative as much as a bibliographic one.—Laurence...