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However, we remain skeptical that the president’s reasons for setting so specific a date to begin withdrawal are not purely political??as opposed to strategic. Obama emphasized that any drawdown starting in July 2011 will be conditional upon the situation that develops on the ground. Because this catch obviously holds the power to render the timeline meaningless, it seems the date is only a political concession to the nation’s left, meant to quell discontent among those who feel America should leave Afghanistan today...
Current IOP President Mary K.B. Cox ’10 said that while the uncontested elections may appear to be the result of the “uber-political?? nature of IOP students, the actual causes are structural...
...anyone who has traveled abroad in the past year—Obama has brought a change in the international perception of the United States and a renewed confidence that long-standing conflicts can be resolved. Perhaps the Nobel Committee has recognized this and is indicating “political?? support for this newly conciliatory U.S. position. But, even so, what’s actually so wrong with that? It would be a little hypocritical if the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize did not in itself promote peace...
...second committee election, Holoshitz seemed more willing to embrace the “political?? UC environment that she had earlier scorned. She sent scores of e-mails to newly elected representatives and offered to meet with them to talk about...
Prominent Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his first seminal work, “Things Fall Apart” yesterday evening with readings from his poetry and a discussion of his life’s work—both literary and political??in front of a packed audience at the Tsai Auditorium...