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...current whereabouts, the ISI believes bin Laden is still alive and is hiding somewhere in Afghanistan. However, its officers concede that a number of the al-Qaeda rank and file have sneaked into Pakistan and have taken refuge both in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan and in some cities. Islamabad claims to have captured 378 al-Qaeda men on Pakistani soil over the past eight months, of whom 327 were delivered to U.S. custody - among them Abu Zubaida, a close aide to bin Laden...
...polls being prepared privately for Republicans are also unsettling. One shows that over the past two months, Americans who rank jobs as their biggest concern--the largest group of voters--have gone from feeling somewhat optimistic about the direction of the nation to marginally pessimistic. "Not a good environment for a party in power," frets a G.O.P. strategist. And once voters start worrying about whether they will keep their jobs, they become more concerned about such issues as health care and Social Security--issues on which Democrats have an edge...
...Sharon for caving in to U.S. pressure to limit Israel's "Operation Defensive Shield." The intensifying leadership struggle between Sharon and Netanyahu may turn out to be a key factor shaping Israel's negotiating position in the weeks to come. And Sharon may wish he could ignore the Likud rank and file as easily as Bush can ignore the House...
...waits too long, resisting change until the last possible moment. Last week he placed his first phone calls to the leaders of India and Pakistan since the current standoff between the two nuclear-armed nations heated up in mid-May. The proposal to give Homeland Security Cabinet rank came after months of White House resistance. On March 19, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer declared that "creating a new Cabinet post doesn't solve anything...
...past six months, coaches at Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt were all caught with fiction on their resumes. And these followed a parade of high-profile folks accused of falsifications, including Pat Robertson (claimed he saw combat in Korea), Senator Joseph Biden (inflated his law-school class rank) and historian Joseph Ellis (made up stories about parachuting into Vietnam...