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...evidence gathered by British officials in the thwarted El Al bombing has pointed toward Syrian involvement. Damascus, however, maintains a mutual friendship treaty with the Soviet Union, which means that an attack on Syria could result in a superpower face-off. Though Administration officials later insisted that Reagan's remark had been misinterpreted , their statements left the impression that the U.S. had one standard for Libyan terrorism and another for atrocities perpetrated by stronger and less isolated countries...
Asked about what inspired her speech, Menendez points to the controversial remark University President Lawrence H. Summers made earlier in the year about women in the sciences. But she quickly puts in a disclaimer against potential stereotypes...
...Bill Clinton captured the White House four years later, Summers joined the administration as under secretary of the Treasury for international affairs. Never one to mince his words, Summers (in)famously accused Republicans who opposed the estate tax of “selfishness.” Reflecting on that remark, Summers says, “that was neither my first nor my last infelicitous statement...
Both Frist’s office and the South Korean embassy in Washington, D.C., did not return repeated requests for comment following the remark...
Both Frist’s office and the South Korean embassy in Washington, D.C., did not return repeated requests for comment following the remark...