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...Staff questions Bush’s commitment to humanitarian rebuilding. But U.S. investment in Afghanistan shows real progress towards building stable democracy. Since Oct. 2001, the US has budgeted $38 million “to help the Afghan people strengthen civic institutions and reinforce democracy,” $23 million for “improved access to primary health care,” and $2.5 million for “the construction of 14 women’s centers.” Such improvements in Afghan living standards fight anti-American demagoguery in the Middle East far more powerfully than...
...government in Iraq is anything but the foregone conclusion that the Bush administration thinks it is. With world opinion quickly mounting against him, Bush and his bellicose buddies have decided that the more sagacious course of action would be to unilaterally and forcibly depose Saddam Hussein, rather than to strengthen the containment policy that has worked over the past decade. They know they can win the war; it’s too bad they can’t count on winning the peace...
Hayes’ staff recommended balance and hamstring work to make sure Hagerman’s knee was stabilized—exercises he likes to call ‘prehab,’ to prevent injuries. Hagerman says the staff is constantly thinking of new ways to strengthen her knee so she can perform at the highest level...
McGeary said that although some members of the College Democrats’ board were initially concerned about joining forces with anti-war groups, he said he hopes that the wide spectrum of perspectives will strengthen the rally...
...leave Germany to study as an undergraduate at Harvard,” Schaefer says, “and it would probably be better if these channels were not closed to us. Scholarships and programs in or by the home country for those who study abroad would greatly strengthen the ties...