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...erode Washington's moral credibility, putting the U.S. in the position of starving a country into submission. Even if the White House figures a way out of the current standoff without resorting to sanctions or military force, the U.S. may at some point have to face the prospect of outright confrontation. Administration officials concede that the White House may wind up engaging in a direct dialogue with the North Koreans, while never calling it that. But the U.S. will demand assurances that North Korea keep its commitments this time. If it doesn't, the White House may yet decide that...
Then Washington turns into Gaffeland, and what happens next can be comic. Both kinds of gaffe--regular and supersize--set the stage for festivals of disingenuousness and outright dishonesty. In some ways, the most honest reaction to the brouhaha has been that of Lott himself. His position has been, "Oh, c'mon, I didn't mean it." And surely he didn't mean it, at least consciously. Even if he is a racist, he had no reason to want to say so. Lott must sincerely and understandably feel blindsided. Since when are the fawning remarks of some politician at another...
...current plan affects fewer schools than its predecessors, but it imposes more drastic measures—none of the previous plans had closed schools outright. And the opposition is as fierce as ever, especially from Fitzgerald and Harrington...
...against Iraq and may need the Saudis to boost oil production should a war rattle the global economy. The Saudis, who were slow to back the war in Afghanistan, have not yet signed on to this one--and the White House frets that they will refuse outright if criticism of their antiterrorism efforts heats...
After months of wrangling over proposals that would combine schools to save money and fill empty classroom seats, Superintendent of Schools Bobbie J. D’Alessandro for the first time proposed closing elementary schools outright, dismantling their administrations and discarding their educational programs...