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...feels liberated and he feels very strongly it's the right thing to do." Gerstein said the Senator is prepared to have some tough conversations with senior Democrats, perhaps even former President Bill Clinton, who may pressure him to withdraw. "He feels there's something much larger at stake," Gerstein said...
Kushner told The New York Times on Monday that he now owns a controlling stake in the paper, which currently loses about $2 million annually...
...They realize that Shia influence is what's at stake, so it's natural for the two parties to come together," said Dr. Hilal Khashan, a professor of political science at the American University of Beirut. "All Shia in Lebanon support Hizballah because they believe that the fall of the party means the fall of the entire Shia community...
...town of Hazleton, Pa. (pop. 31,000), is preparing to carry out the nation's toughest illegal-immigration law, passed two weeks ago. Hazleton's new regulations mandate fines for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants and landlords who knowingly rent to them. "Our quality of life is at stake, and I'm not going to sit back and wait for the Federal Government to do something about it," says Mayor Louis Barletta. "I know that other cities across the country feel the same...
...Middle East will be set back, the region will be progressively radicalized and increasingly dominated by extremist forces. America's position in the region will be placed in jeopardy, and if America's position in the Middle East are undermined, America's global leadership will ultimately be at stake. That's why it's so essential the President send his Secretary of State to the region with a mandate and a mission to tackle the problem head on: to achieve a cease fire between the parties, with sequential but not simultaneous exchange of prisoners, with an international undertaking to place...