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Over the last decade or so, the Clinton Administration has been extremely conciliatory and engaging towards China. Yet China has not reciprocated that friendship. China has continued to sell missile technology to rogue states such as Iran, and has not supported international efforts to prevent Iraq from developing weapons of...
...another unconstitutional ornament we could put on this tree," McConnell says. "I was trying to get as many problems into the bill I could, so that if we ended up in court, we had a target-rich environment." He went to colleagues and said, "This is grotesquely unconstitutional. Please vote...
His confusion -and ultimate frustration -is shared by many close to the climate change discussions. Despite Bush's clear historical and financial ties to the oil industry, many activists saw grounds for thinking a full break could be avoided. Before the inauguration, soon-to-be Secretary of State Colin Powell...
At home now, amid the jumble of toys and papers strewn about their comfortable town house, Xue Donghua and Andrew are inseparable. "He used to be a very open child," the father says, "but now he is very sensitive--he won't leave me." A pile of newspapers, recording his...
The company's size, oddly enough, might have diminished its local political power, because officials assumed that Boeing was too big to fly away. So pleas for tax relief met with resistance. Seattle's prosperity also comes attached with zoning and environmental regulations that are constantly chafing against growth. More...