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...elegant scholar with a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago, he helped found the umbrella opposition I.N.C. in 1992, and his political savvy earned him pre-eminence in anti-Saddam exile circles. To his passionate supporters, who include Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, he's a selfless democrat steeped in Western ways who could guide Iraq out of decades of repression...
That was a happy moment at the White House, where months of global arm wrestling and weeks of second-guessing were finally shelved. Vice President Dick Cheney said, "The conclusion of the war will mark one of the most extraordinary military campaigns ever conducted." Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the events "breathtaking," even as he was careful not to declare victory while soldiers were still fighting and civilians were still dying and prisoners of war were still missing. "Let there be no doubt," he said. "This is not over, despite all the celebrations on the street...
...security forces. U.S. intelligence believes Syria allowed men and materiel--including night-vision goggles--to cross its border and join Saddam's forces during the war. When asked last week what he would do if Saddam's weapons of mass destruction were spirited to Syria, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld replied in his vulpine way that the question would be addressed "if and when the point arrives." British sources seem convinced that some of Saddam's weapons scientists have fled to Syria, which is one reason why the British--who are careful not to say anything bad about Iran--are quite...
Diplomacy may not have averted war with Iraq, but it brought a truce in a nasty food fight last week in Washington. The skirmishing began last month, when Congressman Jack Kingston, a Georgia Republican, gathered signatures from 59 of his fellow lawmakers for a letter asking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to cancel the $881 million contract of a company called Sodexho to cater 55 Marine mess halls. Reason: Sodexho is the U.S. subsidiary of a French company. "I think you will agree that it is inconsistent for us to continue to pour billions of dollars into the French economy...
...that Weis has taken over the CEO role. "I'm on the board of directors," Brilliant says. "They can't get rid of me." After all, there's still one more mountain to climb. --With reporting by Leslie Berestein/Los Angeles, Joshua Macht/New York, Laura A. Locke/San Francisco and Donald Macintyre/Seoul