Word: progressives
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...freedom from Serbia are again being deferred. U.S. and European attempts to pass a U.N. Security Council resolution to clear the way for the province's "supervised independence" are foundering on stiff opposition from Serbia and, more important, Russia. A Bush-Putin summit earlier this month failed to make progress on the issue. U.S. officials now say the U.N. resolution once promised for early 2007 may not come until 2008. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon warned that further delay could "unravel" Kosovo's peace process, but there is no clear path to agreement. The current U.N. proposal, backed...
...they feel it's important to pass legislation condemning the surge, which has sent in an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to stem the violence and give Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki a chance to unify the different Iraqi factions behind his government. "The almost complete lack of progress since the surge began on the part of the Maliki government suggests that it has... made reform less likely," Collins said...
...Intelligence Committee, publicly came out against the surge in a surprise speech on the Senate floor two weeks ago. Warner said he will reveal his opinion on how the surge is faring in the amendment, which will be unveiled later this week after Bush delivers a scheduled progress report on Iraq expected Thursday...
...defeat of al-Qaeda in what it has made the central front in the war on terrorism and enough security so there can be peaceful rule by a representative regime--seems to me achievable, if we don't lose our nerve here at home. With success in Iraq, progress elsewhere in the Middle East will be easier. The balance sheet is uncertain. But it is by no means necessarily grim...
Faust will now have to decide how much progress can be made on the University’s multi-billion-dollar capital campaign before the appointment of someone for the permanent position...