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This history is pretty clear, but what happens next, less so. The North complied with its obligations to freeze its nuclear program but later began to cheat by secretly receiving components for a gas-centrifuge uranium-enrichment facility from Pakistan. The Clinton Administration planned to take up the matter with the North, but time...
...innate in me to be a Democrat--a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore. I'm not saying I'm right or wrong. That's just the way I feel. The issues that matter to me are the social safety nets for people, health care, middle-class concerns. We need to take care of the middle class and the poor in our country. The chasm is getting larger between haves and have-nots, and that's something we need to close down a little...
...university in the 21st century should ignore the importance of basic religious literacy. No educated person in law, business, or public life can afford to acquiesce in old-fashioned or monolithic understandings of Islam—or Christianity, for that matter...
...closely on aspects of the past that seem relevant to contemporary conflicts; it is strongly hinted that this is an example of the shortcomings of a report that “seems written too much in the shadow of 9/11.” What a blow! As a matter of fact, I have taught a version of this course since 1981; the focus and content have been revised over the years, as new materials and perspectives were incorporated. Narrow it is not: It deals with northeastern Europe as much as with the Near East, as anyone acquainted with the history...
...orders. But top generals are also supposed to guide their political masters so the orders make sense - and in the end, to object if they don't. So, in the face of mounting casualties and political chaos in Iraq and no clear strategy for victory, it was only a matter of time before military commanders on the ground would start publicly voicing their contrary opinions...