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...ambush on Capitol Hill may be of the administration's own making. "The testimony of the military commanders on Thursday highlighted just how little long-term thinking has gone into this," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "They made clear that American lives would be put on the line in an operation that has no endgame -- what happens if air strikes can't bring Milosevic to the table?" Whether by design or because of confusion in NATO, Milosevic will be given a grace period to reconsider. But far from showing signs of buckling before the threat of air strikes...
...time," says Novak. She now agrees with her department's Public Integrity Section, which has steadfastly maintained it is willing, able and professional enough to conduct investigations of administration officials. Reno's opposition reduces the chances of renewing the independent counsel statute to near zero. Although committee chairman Fred Thompson criticized some of her independent counsel decisions, don't count on him either to save the statute: He's never supported the law for some of the same reasons as Reno...
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...national missile defense system will not lay to rest U.S. concerns over attacks by rogue states such as North Korea and Iran. "If I'm a bad guy, would I attack the U.S. with the only weapon that has a return address on it?" asks TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "Even if [the missile defense system] is perfect and it works, then the bad guy, if he's serious, will just come at you in another way. This only takes care of a small part of the problem...
...problems there are aplenty. Russia claims that the missile defense legislation, sponsored by Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), violates the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Defensive Missile treaty, which restricts implementation of defense systems. Cost is another sore point. Says Thompson: "Clinton would like to have you believe that this system will cost around $11 billion, but if you believe that, I've got a $1,000 Porsche for sale." It looks as if Vice President Al Gore could be the only person left smiling from of the deal: President Clinton has decided to delay making...