Word: legalistic
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...first step in demonstrating America’s commitment to the world. It would show an America seeking a more well-reasoned approach to foreign policy: a president who took the fascist connotations of “Homeland Security” seriously would not stand for the legalist parsing prevalent in the so-called “torture memos.” Renaming one government department will hardly be the toughest decision faced by our next president. Rather, that individual’s most crucial task will be to stake out a position for America in the 21st century world...