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...resolution is purposefully vague on the issue of disarming Somalis, yet this is already proving vexatious. Both Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have offered no specific guidelines on how far the troops ought to go in seizing weapons from the local populace, leaving commanders on the ground to figure out the details. Both have stressed, however, that troops will take whatever action they deem necessary when threatened. Pressed on more general plans for disarmament, Oakley said, "We plan to negotiate with the Somalis and have them...
...Harvard entered the academic year ranked first according to U.S. News and World Report. Stanford entered the year ranked first according to Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, Collegiate Sports Magazine, Women's Basketball News Service and Dick Vitale. (Harvard, of course, was ranked according to academics. Stanford according to women's basketball.) The Crimson will likely play either Utah or Florida in the consolation round tomorrow...
...famine again after the U.S.-U.N. troops leave? The hope is that the combat troops can pacify the country enough for a smaller, "regular" U.N. peacekeeping force to take over. Though the U.S. would like to begin pulling out by Bill Clinton's Inauguration Jan. 20, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney said it "would not be bound by an artificial deadline," and Powell thought the job would require "two to three months, at my best guess." Perhaps, but it could also prove much easier to get into Somalia than to get out again. (See related cover stories beginning on page...
David Aikman, Jonathan Beaty, Sandra Burton, Barry Hillenbrand, J. Madeleine Nash, Bruce van Voorst Washington: Stanley W. Cloud, Margaret Carlson, Ann Blackman, Michael Duffy, Dan Goodgame, Ted Gup, S.C. Gwynne, Julie Johnson, J.F.O. McAllister, Jay Peterzell, Elaine Shannon, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver Boston: Sam Allis Chicago: Jon D. Hull, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: William McWhirter Atlanta: Michael Riley Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Cathy Booth Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, James Willwerth, Sally B. Donnelly San Francisco: David S. Jackson...
...Political Correspondent: Michael Kramer Washington Contributing Editor: Hugh Sidey Senior Correspondents: David Aikman, Jonathan Beaty, Sandra Burton, Barry Hillenbrand, J. Madeleine Nash, Bruce van Voorst Washington: Stanley W. Cloud, Margaret Carlson, Ann Blackman, Michael Duffy, Dan Goodgame, Ted Gup, S.C. Gwynne, Julie Johnson, J.F.O. McAllister, Jay Peterzell, Elaine Shannon, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver Boston: Sam Allis Chicago: Jon D. Hull, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: William McWhirter Atlanta: Michael Riley Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Cathy Booth Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, James Willwerth, Sally B. Donnelly San Francisco: David S. Jackson...