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Of course, Bhutto will need much more than that to restore her image as a tireless campaigner against military rule. The Harvard graduate is heading back to Pakistan only after the increasingly unpopular President Pervez Musharraf granted her amnesty as part of a power-sharing agreement--announced two days before...
Unlike on North Korea, a strong domestic political constituency backs a more hawkish line on Iran. Last spring, for example, in response to pressure from strongly pro-Israel Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi removed a provision in a military spending bill that would have required the President to seek congressional...
It all seemed to be standard diplo-speak, designed to set up a provision calling for lower numbers of U.S. forces. But a close parsing of the statement shows that Abawi and the government of Iraq are seeking to replace the existing United Nations-sponsored pact permitting U.S.-led forces...
Text messages started to fly around Pakistan a little after midnight on Sept. 22 as the government began detaining or arresting what would become nearly 100 opposition activists. "Has Mush gone mad?" asked a critic of President Pervez Musharraf. "Let them do their worst," another texted. "We will carry on...
But here's the snag: only a week ago, King wrote the Treasury committee explaining, "the provision of such liquidity support undermines the efficient pricing of risk." He went on: "That encourages excessive risk-taking, and sows the seeds of a future financial crisis." Why the change of heart? "Decisions...