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...protest a speaker because he doesn’t “speak for you” is a cowardly, base display of narrow-mindedness, one that is certainly not conducive to any meaningful political change. This behavior is abrasive to no end, not forcing us to take a stand, but to blush at the brash arrogance of these students, whose efforts are counterproductive and embarrassing. The New School protest obscured the real issues at hand, putting their politics and measures on the front page rather than drawing attention to the sham of an administration under which we currently suffer...
...remarks actually echoed those of another famous student speaker. In 1969, Hillary Rodham at Wellesley used her speech to chide the women's college's commencement speaker, Republican Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, for his support of the Vietnam War. Rodham took it to Brooke in a way that's surprisingly similar to how Rohe took it to McCain...
...lacked a basic education but now studies under a government-sponsored education program, says she will soon be working thanks to the president. One American, visibly moved by the presentation, shouted, "Let the revolution continue!" Another opened his wallet abruptly during the talk and offered $10 to a community speaker, who kindly refused...
Some lawmakers, like Goss's friends House Speaker Dennis Hastert and fellow Republican Peter Hoekstra, who heads the House Intelligence Committee, say they worry about putting a military man in charge of the CIA when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been expanding an empire that already absorbs about 80% of the U.S. intelligence budget. In that view, the CIA needs to remain an independent counterweight to the Pentagon, another set of eyes, ears and instincts, not become a subsidiary of it. But Hayden has hardly been acting like a covert Rumsfeld agent. In his testimony before the Senate Armed Services...
...have to have somebody implement a long-term program to take account of the way the world is changing--weapons proliferation, what kind of cover you need and what sort of security clearance you really need to work at the CIA. How do you hire a Pakistani Urdu speaker who immigrated here when he was 6 years old and get him through a security exam? Under the old rules, he's got too much baggage...