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...with the military already scrambling to send reinforcements to Baghdad, it's unlikely that the U.S. will ever have the forces it needs to fully pacify places like Diyala. Even if U.S. troops manage to re-establish a measure of normality in the city, simply pushing out the insurgents won't solve the deep-seated disputes that have sent the province, like so much of Iraq, hurtling into civil war. A functioning local government for the valley must re-emerge, with support from Baghdad, if the area hopes to break free of the militants who hold sway in its absence...
...aims for the trip, the second in as many months, are modest: "Right now," Rice said, "my primary goal is to establish a mechanism, a common approach, that I can use with them in parallel so that we are addressing the same issues. That's really the key right now." That is Rice's diplo-speak for her hopes of guiding Israeli and Palestinian leaders along parallel tracks to see a common "political horizon," to use one of her favorite phrases. The problem is that direct talks cannot happen so long as Israel refuses to deal with the Hamas faction...
While donors have traditionally given money to establish professorships and fellowships, there have been few instances where major donations have been made for the construction of new facilities, Clark said. The last time it happened was in 1995, when Gustave M. and Rita E. Hauser donated $13 million for the creation of Hauser Hall—a classroom and faculty building...
...will increase the board’s visibility on campus. “We’re doing this to show people...that we are making things fun,” Drake said. One of the CEB’s main goals, McCallie added, is “to establish a real presence on campus, so they’re really going to advertise these [Stein Clubs] heavily.” But the task, Drake said, isn’t a simple one. “This is no small feat to do 12 events in three weeks, so people...
...free us from this disaster. We are at your service, and we support you." That the tribesmen would turn to one of Musharraf's rivals for help against the Taliban is a telling indictment of his leadership. And if Musharraf doesn't find a way to re-establish control over Talibanistan, he may find his backers in Washington giving...