Word: re-establish
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...think it was weak and frightened and thus would be encouraged to strike out. Olmert's dual counterblasts are aimed at changing that impression--among those who believe it--to make the idea of attacking Israel prohibitively scary to the other side or, as the Israelis put it, to re-establish deterrence...
...problem that goes deeper than Putin: his approach has won substantial popular support, which means that any successor will likely continue along his path. Buoyed by stability and economic growth at home, Russia under Putin has been able to develop a foreign policy that seeks to re-establish its place as a key actor on the world stage, and which preserves what Russia thinks of as its traditional prerogatives in its immediate neighborhood. A senior Bush Administration official says the main message from the Kremlin is that "Russia's back, back like it hasn't been since the breakup...
...general officer to name the No. 1 theme of Rumsfeld's latest Pentagon tour, and the answer probably won't be war. At the heart of Rumsfeld's activism is a desire to re-establish civilian control over a military that ran circles around the Clinton Administration. Not long after arriving in 2001, Rumsfeld announced plans to "transform" the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines into lighter, faster, stealthier fighting units. To the guys in uniform, "transform" meant not only cuts but also civilian oversight, so the military did what it does best: it prepared for a long siege. Rumsfeld...
Warner, whose resume is short on foreign policy credentials, said stability in Iraq was paramount and emphasized that the U.S. needed to develop a structure to re-establish civil government after it invaded another country...
...Ninth Ward, are home to a substantial number of its African-American residents, who look long and hard at any sign that the city may forbid them to return. The city has been eager to discourage piecemeal redevelopment, in which a handful of residents here and there try to re-establish themselves in vulnerable neighborhoods. But after Mayor C. Ray Nagin hinted last year that he would consider declaring certain neighborhoods off limits, the angry reaction of black residents and politicians got him to back down. For now, his Bring New Orleans Back Commission (BNOB) has been content...