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...Governor William F. Weld '66 to radio talk show host Don Imus on the likelihood of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's misplacing Rose law firm billing records which are now held as evidence in the Whitewater investigation...
...weeks 20,000 U.S. troops will be in Bosnia. The most dangerous risk of their mission is that the Bosnian Serbs will consider them an enemy and then act accordingly. There is one specific element of the U.S. policy that gravely exacerbates this danger--the likelihood that the U.S. will provide arms and training to the Bosnian Muslims. In his speech on Bosnia last Monday, Clinton said that "the U.S. and others [will make] sure the Bosnian federation has the means to defend itself" once peacekeeping troops are withdrawn. The statement reflected the U.S. belief that a military balance...
...drawn up plans for committing some 60,000 of its ground troops as Bosnian peacekeepers. The force's mission will be to supervise the provisions of the ceasefire and ensure that the combatants withdraw to established lines. Without an international presence on the ground, mutual distrust would in all likelihood lead to a breakdown in the fragile accord. The NATO force guarantees each side that the peace will be upheld and has the strength to enforce it should opposition emerge...
Harrington cited a failure by Ackerly "to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits [of their case]." Chances for success in a pending suit are the primary consideration for judges issuing injunctions...
...want that role, and if it does not, what are the consequences? A test case of supreme significance is at hand. If domestic opposition somehow prevents Clinton from sending the troops to Bosnia that he has promised, U.S. leadership in Europe will collapse, along with NATO itself, in all likelihood. That would gut an alliance that has lasted sturdily for almost half a century. Ideally, the U.S. would exert a stable, reliable force throughout the world that is something like gravity. If NATO breaks up over Bosnia, and the U.S. keeps retreating from leadership, international relations could be a little...