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...ease tensions, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, met with the leading candidates in Kabul on Aug. 21, the day after the election, urging against hasty claims that might spell trouble later. Both men offered assurances, and so far, both men have directed their grievances to the complaint commission, whose fraud investigations seem to have temporarily appeased the rival camps...
...means; good governance and modern institutions are essential to prevent the resurgence of extremism and to allow American and NATO troops to someday head home. "Democracy and development have to be part of any exit strategy," says the Rand Corp.'s James Dobbins, who was President Bush's first envoy to Kabul. (Read "Afghanistan Exit Strategy: Buying Off the Taliban...
...testimony last week before the United States Senate, the U.S. Special Envoy for Darfur, General Scott Gration, said he no longer believes genocide is taking place in Darfur. Do you feel vindicated...
Until now, no specific action has been required of us in order to have these punishments removed. We were asked to sign a peace agreement to have the punishments removed. We signed, and they have not been removed. We think that the most recent special envoy's efforts, General Gration, and the new direction the American administration is taking to change the policies of the previous administration, and not to fall [to the] same mistakes -we have great hope that these efforts. And with the complete cooperation between us and the American special envoy, we will normalize relations with...
...comfortable task," he said. "It is tiring, exhausting and with great responsibilities. I used to tell some Presidents whose periods had ended that the best thing is to be a 'former President' - someone who is respected, appreciated and without any responsibilities." Andrew Natsios, who was a special envoy to Sudan during the last two years of George W. Bush's presidency, says al-Bashir's power inside Sudan's ruling political faction has ebbed over the past couple of years. There are things he doesn't control. "It is not possible for a President in a country like Sudan...