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...White House had essentially acknowledged the futility of keeping Bolton in the post by resubmitting his nomination at the worst possible moment - on the morning of Nov. 9, just as the Democrats were celebrating their election victory. Sen. Richard Lugar, the Indiana Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations committee, said he would not even put the matter to a committee vote during the last days of G.O.P. control, since all of the Democrats on the committee, plus Sen. Lincoln Chaffee, the Rhode Island Republican who also opposed him, would still vote...
...former critic, Sen. George V. Voinovich, the Ohio Republican whose initial opposition to Bolton doomed his Senate approval last year, revealed a change of heart on Bolton a few months ago. "I am very disappointed that John Bolton will not continue in his role as ambassador to the United Nations," Voinivich said in a statement after the resignation. "Given the fragile nature of the world situation, and the critical task of reforming the U.N., he should have been given an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor...
...drifted on and off stage in a seemingly random fashion. Although drifting seems to imply freedom, the choreography felt limited as many dancers repeated similar motions throughout. The dance that followed, “Fanaa,” once again displayed strong cultural influences. Both the choreographer T. Riya Sen ’07 and the dancers were members of the South Asian Dance Company. The show was clean, but was also more subdued in comparison to Bhangra. Whether it was due to the simpler costumes or fewer dancers, the effect was less striking. The final piece...
...Some time ago, Rick Warren, megapastor of the Saddleback Church in Orange County and author of the mega-seller The Purpose-Driven Life, along with his wife Kay, invited Democratic Sen. Barack Obama to speak today at the second annual AIDS conference at Warren's church. Other politicians were to participate, notably Sen. Sam Brownback, a born-again Christian turned conservative Catholic who, like Obama, may have presidential ambitions. But while Brownback was to speak to his natural constituency, Obama's participation is a divisive issue for one overriding reason: he is pro-choice...
...Stanton, Power, and a variety of politicians and foreign policy experts in Washington, including Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, worry that a U.S. pullout would only heighten the dangers of genocide. Some observers have held up Vietnam's long road to stability as a possible model for Iraq, after American troops leave. But says Power, "When you discuss what is left in America's wake you have to acknowledge that Saigon is not the only scenario that is hanging in our midst. What about the Rwanda scenario?" In Rwanda, the 1994 genocide that had been brewing only broke into...