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...take limited military action ... General Ralston is going to hold Turkey's hand," says Barkey, "not solve the problem." The p.k.k., meanwhile, claims not to be worried about the U.S.'s new interest in its affairs. p.k.k. political chief Aydar says that "if [Ralston's] approach is in favor of a military solution, we will oppose it ... But I doubt it will be." He argues: "The Kurds are an ally, a people on [the U.S.'s] side, why would they want to take them on?" The p.k.k.'s real enemy, says Aydar, is Turkey. And Turkey, he says, is spoiling...
...century, with members on average voting the party line 88% of the time in 2005, according to Congressional Quarterly. That cohesion enabled Democrats to hasten President Bush's slide in the polls when they blocked his plan to reform Social Security by allowing retirees to eschew guaranteed benefits in favor of private accounts. Bush's approval rating remains depressed--38% in a TIME poll last week--and the Democrats are in their best position to win the House since Republicans took control...
...sort of creepy to be talking to a woman interviewer about your sex life," admits Giordano, who is 58. Each interview was started by one of Giordano's staff, who after a few minutes would hand the interviewee a laptop computer preloaded with questions. "I was really not in favor of the laptop administration because I'm coming out of a tradition where you really want to look the person in the eye," Giordano says. But teenagers today are used to reading on a monitor and pouring their hearts out onto a keyboard. "Basically the kids really like it," says...
...divided among three: the European Command, Pacific Command and Central Command (Centcom); the last is responsible for Iraq and Afghanistan. An African Command would eliminate that cumbersome structure. But critics say it could compound an existing problem: "The size and number of headquarters already are skewed too far in favor of 'tail' at the expense of war-fighting 'teeth,'" says a retired military officer...
...former military officer who thinks highly of Ward nonetheless says creating an entirely new command compounds an existing problem. "The size and number of headquarters already is skewed too far in favor of 'tail' at the expense of warfighting 'teeth.' Want to increase 'boots on the ground?' Eliminate or downsize some of these staffs, don't create more," says this observer...