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...believe they will be ready and the U.S. can stand down when the Iraqis have their own air power. No modern ground force can succeed without air reconnaissance, weapons deployment or the rapid recovery of the injured. The U.S. would never send our troops on any mission without air support. But it seems the U.S. has no plans to allow the Iraqis a fully equipped air force. Paul Schrader, SANDWICH, MASS...
...Davies quotes Chekhov - "The golden moments pass, and leave no trace" - but the director's entire, exemplary career has been a mission to ensure that old moments, golden or grim, will have a prominent place in the museum of our collective memory...
Palfrey, who was appointed the director of the Law School Library earlier this month, added that the mission of the research center had always been interdisciplinary in nature and that the transition to a University-wide initiative is only natural...
...sending interns to the disaster scene. International health officials warn that as many people could perish in the aftermath of the storm as from the cyclone itself. "I've had long experience of emergencies and I've never seen anything like this," says Julio Sosa Calo, head of mission in Laputta for the German relief group Malteser International. "What we're doing now is too little compared to the need." To make matters worse, an International Red Cross ship laden with aid, the first to be allowed into Burma, sank when it hit a submerged tree in the Irrawaddy delta...
...dealing with them until they recognize Israel, renounce terrorism and abide by previous agreements." To reinforce this message, Obama dropped Robert Malley of the International Crisis Group (ICG) from his list of advisers. Malley's offense had been to meet with Hamas leaders. Given the ICG's mission - the peaceful, negotiated resolution of conflicts - Malley would not have been doing his job if he hadn't met with Hamas. And given Obama's oft-stated position that we should be talking to all parties in the region, the Illinois Senator's position on Hamas can only be considered...