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...country’s sworn enemies—a member of the “axis of evil”—and he was allowed to do so because the U.S., unlike Iran, is a country whose commitment to political freedoms is strong enough to permit opposition to its government’s policies...
...private memo to Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Jan. 31, his staff laid out the danger in mounting too aggressive a criticism of the freshly disclosed National Security Agency's espionage program: "National security issues are the only issues propping up President Bush. Democrats in general cannot permit themselves to be characterized as being weak on terrorism. We must make it clear that Democrats believe the terrorist threat must be dealt with forcefully and effectively." With that in mind, Democrats were largely quiet about Bush's calls for legislation. Instead, they let Republican Senators argue about it among themselves...
...about the electorate than it does about her abilities and agenda. Sadly, Americans still prefer women with curves rather than nerves. We rush to mock (as your cover blatantly did) any woman with bold opinions and vision. But the joke is on us because we lose every time we permit ourselves to shrink the pool of qualified candidates, female or male, to a collection of shallow and weak-minded individuals who are more likely to muddle in mediocrity than dare to dream...
...major elements that had made Mississippi attractive for the entertainment and casino industry were still there," he says. But basing casinos on the water was looking like a bad bet, so the state moved quickly. In October, a special session of the Mississippi Legislature changed state laws to permit casinos to move 800 ft. inland, opening the way for gaming rooms to open inside casino hotels, most of which survived Katrina's tidal surge. "We knew the future of gaming in Mississippi, the future of our economic recovery, depended on the approval of land-based casinos," says...
...country where their forces are not so numerous and helicopters are in short supply. The camps in Pakistan from which Taliban fighters flow into Afghanistan (though Pakistan denies it) are off-limits lest attacks destabilize President Pervez Musharraf. Within Afghanistan, ISAF's rules of engagement don't permit it to attack the Taliban outright, but do permit "proactive self-defense" - an ambiguity exacerbated by the differing restrictions each national contingent has negotiated to the rules of engagement that reflect its government's willingness to accept casualties. On a recent trip organized by NATO, Council on Foreign Relations expert Max Boot...