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...most overlooked and possibly critical issue pertains to what was actually voted on during the 2001 Assembly. NACAC’s prior policies on early admission plans that are detailed in the Definitions of Admission Decision Options, have been in existence since 1991. The Assembly of 2001 examined the document, which at that time was named the “Guidelines for Admissions Decision Options,” for the purpose of clarifying and strengthening the policies contained in the document as well as renaming...
There were several amendments agreed to by the Assembly before the new document was passed unanimously during the second session. As someone who was part of the entire process, I can say without hesitation that the approach taken by NACAC was both responsible and in the best interest of our membership...
...document Bush elucidates his unapologetic preference for preemptive action against countries like Iraq, who he says pose a direct threat to the United States. The document also presents the president’s willingness to attack without any international support. But without U.N. consent, a unilateral preemptive invasion of Iraq would shatter the cherished post-war-era value of states’ territorial sovereignty. And other countries, too, would be able to exploit the doctrine of preemptive invasion without consulting anyone. Russia is already exploiting the war on terrorism to bomb Georgian territory in the Caucuses...
Bush’s new doctrine does little to coax America’s allies to join us. While some parts of the document are encouraging, especially sections proposing to boost foreign aid and promote democracy, it will certainly fan fears of unilateral American intervention abroad. Instead of issuing provocative reports, the president’s top priority should be to garner the world’s support, not to strengthen Bush’s cowboy, go-it-alone image...
...investigators learned is that the success of the G.I.A. in exporting to France its jihad against the Algerian regime made the organization a logical partner for Osama bin Laden. Since 1995 al-Qaeda cells seem to have imitated the G.I.A.'s tactics: using car theft, credit-card fraud and document forgery to fund terror plots; recruiting and indoctrinating alienated youths and petty crooks from Arab communities, then using their larceny to fund jihad. Police arresting cell members for crimes like these often never make the link between the offense and the cause it serves. In the Paris...