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What I am trying to do is make the whole world safe for Jews," Harry Truman wrote as he wrestled over the decision to recognize a Jewish state in Palestine. Deeply affected by the Holocaust, Truman sympathized with Jewish aspirations for a homeland. In November 1947 he lobbied for the U.N. resolution that divided Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. Britain announced it would hand authority over Palestine to the U.N. by May 14, 1948. Secretary of State George Marshall advised against recognition, warning Truman that Arab countries would cut off oil and unite to destroy the Jews...
...million provided to investigate the recent Columbia tragedy in which seven people died. "If we're looking at well over $11 million for that, we certainly should be looking for at least the same vicinity of money for how 3,000 people died and how to strengthen our homeland security," he said...
...working on issues with regard to homeland security,” he said, declining to offer further details except for that he focused on safety in public schools...
Since then, Sulak has been an outspoken social critic—and not just of his own homeland, though his voice becomes energetic and urgent as he talks about what he thinks must be changed about his native country...
...opinions were changing. When he returned to his homeland in 1995 to face trial for criticizing the government, he not only won the case but was praised by the judge as a “defender of the crown...