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...Mutual Understanding I was shocked to read Peter Beinart's Viewpoint "The Devil We Know" [March 5]. The strategic U.S.-Saudi relationship has been a success, but Beinart made no reference to Saudi Arabia's positive contributions. Over the past several decades, our countries' partnership has stabilized the world economy by securing oil supplies, contained communist regimes, defeated Saddam Hussein and fought terrorism. Saudi Arabia is a balancing power against radical forces that are driving the region back to the Dark Ages. Khalid Al-Saeed, Riyadh...
Wade used to claim he treated Seck, his Prime Minister from September 2002 to April 2004, "like a son." The younger man was widely seen as Wade's heir apparent. The breakdown in their relationship - culminating in Seck's seven-month stint behind bars on corruption charges Seck says were trumped up and which were later dismissed by judges - was widely seen as a power struggle between two ambitious politicians. But it also hinted at a generation shift in Senegalese society, repeated throughout much of Africa, where an increasingly restive youth are demanding representation and rights that older, less politicized...
...mother appreciated that gesture, Ali, to be sure. A few days later, he texted to remind me: “fw: This weekend’s activities at Zaytuna.” Around our first anniversary, last year, the novelty wore off, the honeymoon period ended, and the relationship waned. Ali sent a month’s worth of texts, over a hundred, reading nothing but “Fw,” “Re,” “Salaam,” or “FW: ?????????????????” I felt rejected. I briefly...
...contrast, Bush's predecessor, Bill Clinton, was far more aggressive in asserting the privilege, according to Rozell. Most of the claims came in the President's battles with special prosecutor Kenneth Starr over disclosure of information about Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton generally lost those battles before the U.S. district court in Washington...
...appeal to Schwarzenegger moderates, forcing the Democrats to play defense in California and other big-vote states like New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. But reporters didn't ask him about gang violence or the Golden State's 55 electoral votes. The questions were all about Giuliani's strained relationship with his son Andrew...