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...economic policy, which was considered a lesser art, to the same status as strategic policy in his meetings with foreign leaders. Clinton did make the strategic decisions to expand NATO and push the Middle East peace process. But almost all his other initiatives were tactical, reactions to crises-in Somalia, Haiti, the Balkans and Iraq. The most notable example, the "fly swatting" that Bush reacted against, was Clinton's decision to launch cruise missiles against a terrorist camp in Afghanistan and a chemical factory in Sudan after al-Qaeda bombed the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania...
...vote was the exception to the rule. Kerry had supported the use of force in Grenada in 1983, Panama in 1989, Somalia in 1992, Kosovo in 1999 and Afghanistan in 2001. He supports adding 40,000 troops to the overextended armed services. As Kerry put it in his Sept. 2 announcement speech in South Carolina, "We may well have to use force to fight terrorism. I will not hesitate to do so. But if I am President, the United States will never go to war because we want to. We will only go to war because we have...
...progress" toward fulfilling its commitment to dismantle its unconventional weapons program, announcing that 25,000 kg of material related to Libya's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles programs had been flown to Tennessee. U.S. and British nuclear inspectors also completed their first visit to Libya. An End to Anarchy? SOMALIA Warlords who control most of the country joined politicians and other traditional leaders to sign a landmark agreement to establish what would be the country's first real national government since the overthrow of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. Under the Kenyan-brokered deal, a new parliament selected along...
...home," he says, speaking through a translator. "But when I saw what happened to my friend, I understood that in Mogadishu you can get killed anywhere, for any reason." Abdi Salan has cousins in Denmark and Norway, but no specific destination in mind. "I knew I wanted to leave Somalia and go to Europe. It didn't matter where...
...told he'll be on the next boat. But instead, he is hurried into a warehouse where dozens of other would-be immigrants are camped out. One of them is a 24-year-old Somali named Ismail, who has traveled a route not unlike Abdi Salan's from Somalia to Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya. Swapping road stories, they form a close bond. Others have been trapped in this building for more than a month, and told nothing about when or if they will be leaving. With less than $100 left in his black satchel, Abdi Salan is terrified that...