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...fourth such incident in less than two weeks, and while it heralds remarkable progress in the coalition's fight against the insurgency in the south, it also indicates an alarming spike in civilian casualties that many in this battle torn nation are calling unacceptable. President Karzai, in a vehement denunciation of the mounting civilian death toll, lambasted the international troops at a press conference Saturday, saying that this latest incident was yet another example of foreign troops using disproportionate force...
...interest. A senior Israeli intelligence officer says, "If Hamas wants to maintain a reasonable life in Gaza, with gas, electricity and food coming in, they'll have to deal with the 'Israeli devil' a hundred times a day." That kind of engagement holds at least as much potential for progress as the U.S. policy of weeding out extremists and dealing only with pliable, so-called moderates. Reaching out to Hamas could curb the militants' extremist behavior toward Israel. Or may end in failure. In the Middle East today those odds are about as much as you can hope...
...employees, corralling 22 different agencies that report to 88 different subcommittees on the Hill. Chertoff's tenure didn't start well. He had been in the job just six months when Hurricane Katrina hit. That day, says P.J. Crowley, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Chertoff "didn't understand his job. He was shocked to realize he was responsible for more than security." Chertoff disagrees, saying he knew the existing disaster-response plans were flawed and had begun to fix them, but it turned out to be too late. Nonetheless, Chertoff was the man responsible for overseeing...
...also re-evaluate Kennedy's commitment to civil rights and the role religion played in his election. The historian Robert Dallek argues that Kennedy has been given too little credit for progress in dealing with America's oldest and greatest social divide. Nancy Gibbs' powerful story about Kennedy's Catholicism shows the discrimination he faced and the boldness with which he triumphed over it. Kennedy ultimately made a practical argument against prejudice. "While this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed," he said in a speech to the conservative Greater Houston Ministerial Association...
...released is automatically put on parole supervision. Illinois made a major commitment to reform in 2002 and has stayed the course. [Early results indicate that Illinois officials are succeeding in lowering re-incarceration rates, raising participation in drug treatment programs and increasing parolee employment.] I look at the progress there and see how far behind we are and where we could...