Word: romesh
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Powell seemed to be trying to underscore risks more than prove certainties. "The nexus of poisons and terror is new," Powell said. "The nexus of Iraq and terror is old." The U.S. is edging closer to concluding that war is the only way to rip them apart. --By Romesh Ratnesar. Reported by Joshua Kucera/Serget and Douglas Waller/Washington
...insisted that the FBI is "uniquely situated" to fight terrorists and said the creation of a new department would be "a step backward in the war on terror." But if Mueller hopes to win the argument, he needs to convince his critics that the FBI is moving ahead. --By Romesh Ratnesar and Timothy J. Burger
...unlikely to tap him. Sources tell TIME that one of the Administration's top choices to replace Kissinger is another Republican veteran, David M. Abshire, ambassador to nato during the Reagan years. The White House, taken aback by Kissinger's abdication, has to make sure this choice sticks. --By Romesh Ratnesar, Matthew Cooper and Michael Weisskopf
...reports that Ramzi Binalshibh, a Qaeda operative arrested in Pakistan last month, may have been the head of a fifth hijacking team, assigned to crash an airliner into the White House. If so, it's likely that at least some of his teammates are still on the loose. --By Romesh Ratnesar. Reported by Scott MacLeod and Amany Radwan/Cairo, Alex Perry/Chittagong and Douglas Waller/Washington
...government for the first extended period since 1929. Of such unified power are New Deals and Great Societies made; only this time, it would bea Republican vision of what government can accomplish if all its engines work together. --Reported by James Carney, Matthew Cooper and Karen Tumulty/Washington and Romesh Ratnesar/St. Paul