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When he talks about the war in iraq, Jim Webb-the Democrat running for the U.S. Senate from Virginia-likes to paraphrase Dwight Eisenhower on the war in Korea. "Anyone who tells you we can set a timetable for withdrawal doesn't understand war," he says. "And anyone who says that nothing can be done to speed a secure peace doesn't understand America." Yeah, but America is a less disciplined place than it was 50 years ago, and speeding a secure peace requires some focus from a country-and an Administration-that is largely awol on Iraq. Webb...
...difficult to imagine what it was like to be Jim Webb last week. It should have been the moment that his race against Republican Senator George Allen crystallized. Two debates were scheduled. They promised to be the sharpest discussion about Iraq in any Senate campaign this year. Allen's support for the war has been uninflected but not entirely uninformed. The Senator has visited Iraq several times and has a solid knowledge of the contending forces there...
...interest in diplomacy." Webb's argument is flawed, but what Iraq scenario isn't? It should be the centerpiece of a serious national debate. But we remain a nation befogged by affluence and voyeurism, where the story of George Allen's mother is far more compelling than that of Jim Webb...
Reporters are taught to keep themselves out of the story, but sometimes the story gives you no choice. Michael went to Baghdad in 2003 to work on our Person of the Year package about the American soldier, where he joined writer Romesh Ratnesar, correspondent Brian Bennett and photographer Jim Nachtwey. Jim Kelly, my predecessor as managing editor, had asked for volunteers for the job and was pleased and relieved that a pro like Michael had signed up for duty. When a grenade landed in the back of his humvee on a routine patrol in Baghdad and Michael grabbed...
...some youthful wide receivers. First Team All-Ivy junior Luke Siwula will lead the running game. The defensive line and the defensive backfield each return three talented starters, but the linebackers have no returners. The squad expects a lot from special teams, an area of emphasis for coach Jim Knowles...