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...with this view, however—others, namely the current Turkish government, vehemently reject the use of the word “genocide” to describe these events. This puts President Obama in a difficult situation. In years past, the president of the United States has delivered a speech commemorating these events. Obama will almost certainly keep with this unofficial tradition. But, if he omits the word “genocide,” Armenians around the world will accuse Obama of breaking his promise to explicitly label the events as such. Likewise, if he does utter...
...speech, the general emphasized the importance of reevaluating strategy and communicating these new goals to leaders. He said that before the successful 2007 troop surge in Iraq, he and his advisors “sat down and tried to get the big ideas right...
Taking the podium again for his keynote speech, Petraeus cracked jokes about Princeton and Yale before honoring the former servicemen in attendance...
...these credit-rating agencies are beginning to argue that their ratings are informed opinions, not answers, just as Moody described in 1909. Thus, some claim, they should be exempt from rebuke. According to The Wall Street Journal, many credit-rating agencies intend to use the constitutional right to free speech as a defense against upcoming litigation cases. While this may be juridical truth, and a clever defense, conflicts of interest and careless behavior will remain even under the old, investor-paid model. All the regulators can do is continue to effectively cooperate with rating agencies, working to create a better?...
...Administration's use of state secrets as an argument to prevent litigation. He said that the Justice Department was considering reversing the citing of state secrets in one of the three cases that had been reviewed so far, though he did not describe which case. Last Wednesday, during a speech at West Point, Holder strongly condemned the behavior of the Bush Administration. "We must once again chart a course rooted in the rule of law and grounded in both the powers and the limitations it provides," he said...