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...used to it; with European leaders under electoral pressure to show green hearts, global warming will feature at summits for years to come. And so, for all the grips and grins in Ljubljana, will missile defense. Bush has asked Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to work with their Russian counterparts on a "new security framework." Those talks won't be easy; Washington may have changed the dismissive, almost contemptuous tone in which it discussed Moscow earlier in the year, but Putin has deeply held positions on missile defense and NATO enlargement--and powerful constituencies...
...found in this collection. An account of a mean prank worthy of Flannery O'Connor at her darkest, "Heavy" is one of Southern's most pointed comments about human nature, and a perfect example of his crisp, succinct approach to writing (one can think of several crime novelists - e.g.think Donald Westlake - who would have spun "Heavy" into a full-length "scam" novel...
...remained deliberately vague on the issue of mandatory U.S. emission reductions, a key European demand. And to smooth ruffled South Korean feathers, the Administration last week announced it would offer to resume talks with the North on missile testing and development. Even the hard-nosed Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, who had previously argued for withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Balkans, conspicuously celebrated the righteousness of their mission on a visit there last week...
...years, Richard Perle, then an Assistant Secretary, was beloved by the right for his antipathy toward arms-control pacts and peaceniks in general. Now, just when conservatives are starting to grumble that Bush is going soft on defense, Perle is returning to the battlefield. Pentagon insiders say Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will soon promote Perle, previously an unpaid member of the 18-person Defense Policy Board, to board chairman. That will give him a Pentagon office in the gilt-edged E-ring, one floor away from Rumsfeld and better able to catch his ear should Perle find the Pentagon underfunded...
...This Donald rumsfeld guy: I'm worried that he's going a bit soft. The U.S. Secretary of Defense, who, if you believe half the stories about him, eats iron filings for breakfast, flew to Europe last week to brief NATO ministers on the Bush Administration's plans. In advance of the trip, it had been widely leaked that the Pentagon's systematic review of defense policy would mark a shift in America's priorities from Europe to Asia. On the flight over, Rumsfeld told journalists this had all been overplayed; Europe was still important, America had vital national interests...