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Such sentiments were widespread in Aidid's Mogadishu neighborhoods, which meant the U.N. was winning the battle against the warlord but losing the war to coax a workable society out of Somalia's anarchy. At the White House, the . motive for intervention was simple: to restore respect for the blue...
Clinton's confident morning-after quarterbacking masked the fact that the raid was an effort to bolster a seriously flagging U.N. effort. The U.S., when it dominated the Somalia operation, had done little to squelch the warlords permanently, and the U.N.'s subsequent buildup had proceeded slowly. A promised contingent...
The restoration project being debated this week is nearly as ambitious as the plumbing it is trying to fix. The driving forces behind it included former acting U.S. Attorney Dexter Lehtinen, who filed the first lawsuit, and Carol Browner, who headed Florida's Department of Environmental Regulation from 1991 through...
Peter Svenson's Battlefield fulfills its image in the preface as "one small niche of Americana, peopled with real individuals and placed in a real setting." Splitting his narrative between the 1860s and 1980s, with several historical stops along the way, Svenson creates a personal and historical reflection. He tells...
Barrett said he hoped that a panel of "reliable and expert" professionals would restore citizens' confidence in the legislature. He said he is drafting legislation to create such a commission.