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...enfeebled President who stepped down today was a different man from the barrel-chested general who strutted across the world stage in the years after 9/11. Initially shunned by the international community, General Musharraf was embraced by the Bush Administration as a key ally in the war on terror. Religious conservatives and even secular liberals routinely criticized him for fighting "America's war." In 2003, he cheated death twice when militants attempted to blow...
When something is bothering you mentally, it can definitely weigh on you physically. And the mental stress was like, Why did this happen to me? I'm in the best shape of my life, this is the biggest stage of the Olympics, why aren't I 100% like everyone else is? I was really upset about that...
Obama's last visit to Saddleback was in December 2006 when he and Kansas Senator Sam Brownback spoke at Warren's annual conference on HIV/AIDS. Brownback went first and joked to the crowd that the last time he and Obama shared a stage, it was at a meeting of the NAACP and he didn't receive the most rousing of welcomes. Turning to Obama, he said, "Welcome to my house." The crowd laughed, but when it was Obama's turn, the Democrat had a message for his Republican colleague. "With all due respect, Sam," said Obama, "this is my house...
...that they illustrate others' faith instead of McCain's. Warren will undoubtedly give McCain the chance to talk in personal terms about his faith. But as many a politician has learned, speaking about faith in a genuine way can be difficult. "If he tries to go out on that stage and be Billy Sunday, he's going to bomb," cautions one conservative religious leader. "If he's not comfortable saying 'Jesus lives in my heart,' then for crying out loud...
...Maybe before, he might have thought about stepping down, but not now." He added that Musharraf feels he needs to respond to the allegations leveled against him and that he still has something to offer Pakistan by remaining its President. "I think he feels that his replacement at this stage would compromise Pakistan...