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...Badgers controlled the run of play throughout regulation, outshooting the Crimson by a wide margin in each of the first three periods en route to a 36-14 edge by the end of regulation. Wisconsin was able to possess the puck for extended stretches, cycling the puck out of the corners with ease, but generated few genuine scoring chances...
Panelists at last night’s John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum panel discussion on whether a United States-Iran conflict is inevitable disagreed about the probability of war, but agreed that the idea that Iran could soon possess a nuclear weapon is “doubtful.” According to Vali R. Nasr, a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School and senior fellow of the Kennedy School’s Dubai initiative, the possibility of outright attack is “fairly high.” “With each country being tough on the other side...
...which changed all of us but affected Cheney more than most. He was still wired in on everything, but that didn't mean he was in touch. He was convinced he was right about grave matters - that Saddam Hussein was a threat that had to be removed, that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and was intent on using them, that critics of Administration policy were at best misguided and at worst traitorous. "It's always been a joke in his office that his staff is extraneous," said a staff member. "The only thing you can do is provide...
...Given what North Korea sees as compelling motives to possess nuclear weapons, it's highly unlikely it will succumb to a Libya-like solution and agree to completely rid itself of nuclear equipment and material, as Muammar Gaddafi's regime did in 2003. The best we can hope for, perhaps, is convincing Pyongyang not to produce any additional nuclear weapons. In 60 days' time, we'll know if even this modest goal can be reached. Now that the previous objective of achieving complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement looks increasingly unrealistic, the question boils down to this: Should the rest...
...that could bring about a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. Under the pact, North Korea agreed to shut down within 60 days its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, where it's believed to have produced the fissile material needed to make the six to 10 nuclear weapons Kim is estimated to possess. Pyongyang has also promised to allow international inspectors into the country to verify compliance. In return, the North is to receive an emergency shipment of fuel oil from the U.S., China, Russia and South Korea. If all that goes well, Pyongyang would receive more humanitarian...