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...Moore Laurenti, president of HAA, elaborated on the group’s decision. “As concern mounts about the eroding independence and standards of American journalism in the face of political and commercial pressures, Jim Lehrer remains a respected professional whose objectivity and intelligence have earned the trust of millions of viewers,” Laurenti told the Gazette. “I very much look forward to hearing him speak to our alumni in June.” Jim Lehrer was born in Wichita, Kan., in 1934. He graduated from Victoria College in Texas and the University...
...Humala's seemingly contradictory faces reflect in many ways his colorful, complicated background, and they are the reason many of his critics on both the left and the right still don't entirely trust him. Unlike other like-minded leftist politicians in South America, Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and recently elected Evo Morales in Bolivia, Humala doesn't come from humble beginnings. His father, who is the founder of an ultranationalist, neo-Marxist movement that preaches the superiority of indigenous Indian Peruvians over the country's descendants of the Spanish and promotes violence against those lighter-skinned elite, raised...
...even within the palace walls, anxiety is rising. The U.S. hopes to hand over 75% of the country to Iraqi security forces by the end of the summer, including much of the International Zone. But trust in the Iraqis? ability to maintain security is so low that many U.S. officials are hesitant to venture into the areas that are already under Iraqi control. They have even concocted a name for the turf that lies between the U.S.-controlled areas of the compound, known as the Green Zone, and the uneasy "Red Zone" of Baghdad: it?s called the Amber Zone...
...That change might be less of a concern if the U.S. had more confidence in the Iraqi troops. But the recent rise in sectarian tensions has contributed to a deep uncertainty about which Iraqis the U.S. can trust - even in what was once the safest place in Baghdad. Sitting at a heavy oak desk in the Ministry of Defense, a senior Iraqi general concedes that his own troops, who guard the maze of blast walls leading into this corner of the Amber Zone, have questionable loyalties. The troops, he says, are underequipped, "not well trained, not professional...
...Secretary Snow is here at the table," Bush began, quite factually. "He's been a part of this discussion. I'm glad you brought him up. He has been a valuable member of my administration, and I trust his judgment and appreciate his service...