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...Does such a defection, intentional or otherwise, signal a real schism in the pro-life lobby? Probably not - more likely, the issue of morning after pills is simply too young and too ill-defined to have elicited a wholly unified front...
...PRESIDENT: Well, it maybe created a filter problem, you know? But I think America is beginning to really realize that we're serious about good environmental quality. We had wetlands, lead and diesel - all these regulations that are sending a clear signal. Now, I also said loud and clear that we can do a better job reducing greenhouse gases, a more scientifically-based job. And I'll come forth with an initiative that I think will say to Americans, yes, we care about greenhouse gases, we'll have a scientifically-based program, and I'll then go work with others...
...marking his first 100 days in office, and appear to have been designed to strike a tough posture behind his decision to sell Taiwan a robust package of weapons but hold off on supplying it the Aegis anti-missile warfare system. Washington observers believe he wasn't trying to signal a new policy - even if his words did just that - and some suggest he may have confused arming the island to defend itself against the mainland with the idea of going to war to defend Taiwan...
...since that policy was adopted, and that the geopolitics of the Taiwan Strait have changed so much that the policy should be changed. Others are not convinced that anything has changed to the extent that requires rethinking "strategic ambiguity." And there's always the danger of giving Taiwan a signal that they have carte blanche to do what they will and the U.S. will defend them. Taiwan may take that as a signal to push the edge of the envelope on independence, and provoke Beijing to seek a military solution...
...embedded in the power structure of the Philippines for decades. Attacking it will demand not only firm action against politicians on the take, but also against the tycoons offering the bribes. The former president has warned that bringing him to court will allow "the truth to come out," a signal to some of the powerful business interests that had previously backed Estrada that a trial could damage their interests...