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...need to speak up for the military muscle that gives meaning to America's moral leadership," the President told the American Legion in Chicago last week. On this front, challenger Bill Clinton is in full agreement, promising to be "a resolute leader who will wield America's might and marshal our global alliances to defend our nation's interests...
...Idaho white separatist Randy Weaver seemed willing to die for his piece of land too, as he holed up in his cabin near the hamlet of Naples, surrounded by FBI agents, federal marshals and local police officers. Authorities put his mountaintop redoubt under surveillance after he failed to appear for a February 1991 trial on charges of selling two sawed-off shotguns to an undercover agent. Two weeks ago, Weaver's 13-year-old son Samuel and federal marshal William Degan were killed in a gun battle as lawmen approached the cabin. Prosecutors charged Weaver's comrade Kevin Harris...
...Ghali complained about the attention the Balkan war was receiving in contrast with the Somalian famine, calling it a "rich man's war." While Boutros-Ghali's rage at the lack of action on Somalia is understandable, his statement is reprehensible. As Secretary General, his job is tolead and marshal support for U.N. efforts, not to diminish one tragedy in the face of another. At a time when inspiring leadership is needed at the U.N., Boutros-Ghali has sunk to the level of ridiculous name-calling...
...initially very active in studentpolitics...," class marshal William S. Robertson'69 says. "He was very high profile and then hebacked away...
...breaking the military's grip on political life is not yet within reach. The leading candidate to succeed Suchinda as Prime Minister is Somboon Rahong, a member of parliament but also a former air force officer. Opposition politicians said he was simply fronting for the supreme commander, Air Chief Marshal Kaset Rojananil, and therefore was unacceptable. They warned that his appointment would set off more street demonstrations. Another potential flash point is the last-minute amnesty Suchinda handed himself and his military cronies, a step many Thais believe is illegal...