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When Henry Kissinger accepted President Bush's appointment last month as head of an independent commission to investigate Sept. 11, the legendary diplomat declared that he would not bow to political pressure. And when it came to his lucrative consulting business, Kissinger refused Democratic demands that he publicly disclose the extensive list of clients that employ Kissinger Associates Inc. But last week the Senate Ethics Committee informed him that under congressional financial-disclosure laws, he was required to reveal his international company's clients. Though the White House backed his attempts to keep the list secret, Kissinger resigned his post...
...track if the Americans hadn't leaned so hard before Copenhagen? "The security and strategic future of the U.S. is closely linked to that of Europe, so it's not fair to say that America is intervening in an issue in which it is not involved," said a British diplomat. "They are making certain suggestions based on their strategic vision, which is one they share with Europe." Turkey's entry may not come for another decade; but if and when it does, the E.U. will have a direct stake in the Middle East and a broader strategic interest that...
JORDAN Case Solved Jordanian officials said that they had obtained confessions from two men, a Libyan national and a Jordanian, who assassinated U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley in October. Both men are members of al-Qaeda, and authorities link them to a top al-Qaeda operative said to be involved in a series of global attacks...
Critics jumped on the appointment, citing the Nixon-era diplomat's penchant for secrecy. Kissinger quickly went to work to counter that impression. He had dinner with the panel's vice chairman, former Democratic Senator George Mitchell; met with 9/11 victims' families that were at his West Wing announcement; and, sources tell TIME, plans to appoint a liaison to keep in daily contact with families during the probe. Others are worried that Kissinger will be swayed by his many business interests. The international consultant is said to be outraged by the insinuation, but he will not disclose his thick client...
...rocketed onto Internet bookseller Amazon.de's Top 10. What exactly is the book's appeal? For those who lived through the aerial attacks, it's the authentic description of life under the bomb. "It's almost unbearable to read", says Elisabeth Schumacher, a 79-year-old former diplomat from Bonn who spent many hours in air-raid shelters. "It conjures up the indescribable noise, heat and stench of cold sweat in the cellars." And younger readers, says Friedrich, are fascinated by the picture of a ruined Germany they never imagined looked "just like Sarajevo." It's also undeniable that Germany...