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BILL CLINTON, on his wife Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's response to an 11-ft. (3.6 m) bronze statue of the former U.S. President unveiled in Pristina, Kosovo, on Nov. 1. It honors his role in pushing for NATO intervention in 1999, which stopped Serb forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians...
It’s easy to make fun of my home state of New Jersey. Yes, the turnpike is a blight, Jon Bon Jovi can’t sing, there really are mafiosos and too many strip malls, and we aren’t the friendliest people in the world. Before New Jersey went to the polls to elect a governor a couple weeks ago, a whole new smear made its way through political circles: that New Jersey is impossibly corrupt and that the fix is in for the Democrats. As with most conservative voter-fraud scares, this charge...
...long and sordid history. The Bush Justice Department sent its U.S. attorneys out hunting for it, but they turned up nothing—a few dozen cases of mistakes and misunderstandings, a few small-time conspiracies in local elections, but no evidence of corruption in federal or state elections. This, of course, wasn’t what the Bush administration wanted to hear, so they fired U.S. attorneys who they thought weren’t being aggressive enough...
...significance to the entire planet. From North Korea to Iran, global warming to global trade imbalances, Washington is increasingly dependent on Beijing's cooperation. The U.S. and China often find things to disagree about. As the world's most powerful democracy and the world's most powerful authoritarian state, they are bound to clash, even as their economic relationship draws them closer. But at a time when so much rests on their relationship, it's important also to consider where they are (mostly) in agreement. Here are five key areas...
...Both the U.S. and China desire an end to the North's nuclear-weapons program. Beijing has hosted the six-party talks aimed at finding a peaceful resolution, and last month it lobbied Pyongyang to return to the bargaining table. During a visit to Beijing, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said, "I have rarely seen better coordination between China and the United States in particular. There is a virtually unprecedented level of acceptance of basic goals and ambitions associated with the six-party talks and negotiations with North Korea." Of course, China's cooperation has limits. It remains...