Word: situationer
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Haas said that the City and police decided on Tuesday to drop the disorderly conduct charge filed against Gates because "we basically felt this was a situation that we needed to move on from."
"We didn't want this to be a prolonged situation, [and we] needed to focus back on what we do in terms of providing safety and protection for this community," Haas said.
While Gates called the officer who arrested him a "rogue cop," Haas said that Crowley was a "stellar member of this Department" and that he relied on Crowley's judgment everyday. Nevertheless, he said that the Department regretted that the incident took place, and said that "nobody's happy about...
"Let me be clear, he was not calling the officer stupid," Gibbs told reporters as Obama landed in Cleveland for two health care events Thursday. He said Obama felt that "at a certain point the situation got far out of hand" at Gates' home last week.
Faced with this situation, it seems absurd that the U.S. military plans to scale back in any way. There are 28,500 American troops in Korea right now, and that is a good price for détente on the peninsula. The peace and stability of Seoul, Tokyo, and Shanghai...