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Late last week, Tokyo sent a Foreign Ministry official, Seishiro Eto, to Washington to meet with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. Eto persuaded the U.S. to continue the search for the missing crew members, an important gesture for Japan. The Americans assume that all nine are dead, probably trapped inside the sunken ship. But in Uwajima they are still emphatically spoken of as "missing," not "deceased...
While U.S. officials like Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld talk of aggressive new strategies to get rid of Saddam, Powell speaks mainly of reinvigorating the sanctions. To do that, he will need to convince Arab and European allies that Saddam is playing and winning a propaganda game by letting his people starve. And to bring the allies back aboard, Powell will need to draw up an approach that reduces civilian hardships while concentrating embargoes on things that count. Powell has taken to saying sanctions are really about ensuring that Iraq complies with 1991 cease-fire agreements...
...more to come. Three years ago, a group of hawkish national-security mavens publicly called on President Clinton to launch an all-out U.S. air war and a proxy ground war to topple Saddam Hussein. Several of those experts are now on the Bush team, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, his designated deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, and the nominee for No. 2 at the State Department, Richard Armitage...
...similarly alienated those who charge that he is ignoring his campaign promises about military support. Instead of doling out the dough as he promised, Bush has instead ordered a full review of Pentagon programs. The check is in the mail. Justifying Bush's position, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld explained that "the President decided to engage our brains" rather than open wallets. Yup, this sounds like the George W. Bush we have come to know...
...While U.S. officials like Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld talk of aggressive new strategies to get rid of Saddam, Powell speaks mainly of reinvigorating the sanctions. To do that, he will need to convince Arab and European allies that Saddam is playing and winning a propaganda game by letting his people starve. And to bring the allies back aboard, Powell will need to draw up an approach that reduces civilian hardships while concentrating embargoes on things that count. Powell has taken to saying sanctions are really about ensuring that Iraq complies with 1991 cease-fire agreements...