Word: iraq
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...ability to compartmentalize been on more prominent display. Barely two hours after vowing to stay in office in a remorseful-but-resolute appearance outside the White House, he went on television again, this time inside the building, in his role as commander in chief. The 70-hour attack on Iraq is over, the President said, and now the rest is up to Saddam Hussein...
BAGHDAD: The Islamic holy month of Ramadan began at dawn Saturday in Iraq, but that doesn't make a bit of difference to the Pentagon. "Bill Cohen's word all along has been that the U.S. wouldn't 'initiate' an attack during Ramadan," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "But they won't stop now before they're finished." That meant a fourth round of air strikes in Baghdad Saturday...
...attack of Iraq only reminds us that the impeachment debate has wrongfully diverted the attention of lawmakers and citizens alike from matters of real partisan crusade to oust the President has divided and preoccupied the nation, warped our sense of proportion and left us vulnerable to foreign threats. It is now clearer than ever that Republican leaders, perhaps by following the plan for a joint censure resolution proposed by Bob Dole in Tuesday's New York Times, must commit to clearing the Lewinsky matter off the decks by the start of the new year...
...argued here one month ago, it is high time that Saddam Hussein be forced out as leader of Iraq. Hussein has been a menace to his own people and to peace-loving people across the globe long enough; sooner rather than later he must be deposed in favor of a government committed to peace and stability in the Middle East. In this light, the most troubling question we have is whether Operation Desert Fox, planned to last just four days, will have a great enough impact on Iraq's capacity for harm. We hope President Clinton has a strategy...
...absolutely no sense of real worry or panic when word started circulating in the markets yesterday," said one floor trader. "People on the trading floor were taking bets on what time the first air strike would occur." In fact, the markets were almost relieved by the bombing of Iraq, since it delayed an impeachment vote and has cast President Clinton in a strong leadership stance. Oil stocks that spiked sharply at first soon settled back toward normal levels: After all, world markets are overflowing with oil. "I don't even expect much more movement in the stocks you historically...