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...frightening distortion, in which not just two but perhaps 20 nations face one another at the opposite ends of nuclear weapons, waiting on a hair-trigger to launch an atomic conflagration. An Iranian nuclear weapon would be the gravest threat to world peace since the fall of the Soviet Union and would raise the specter of a real nuclear conflict for the first time since the 1980s. Allowing a nation that actively funds and supports terrorist groups active in Iraq, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories to develop nuclear weapons is simply unthinkable and does not coordinate in the slightest...
...Most international observers, including the International Atomic Energy Agency have agreed that Iran is operating an illicit uranium-enrichment program to develop material for use in a nuclear weapon. It is the national interest of the United States, Israel, Russia, the European Union, and most Arab nations to prevent this nation from developing nuclear weapons...
...About 60 students attended the panel discussion, which was co-sponsored by the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Political Union as well...
...once snubbed an invitation to join Britain's House of Lords. Jack Jones, 96, preferred to make his mark by rising through the ranks of the Transport and General Workers' Union, where he became a national figure in the U.K. through his fight for labor rights...
...that way. "Torture is a crime, and we are hopeful that President Obama's comments signal a new acknowledgment of the need for criminal investigations of those who authorized, legally justified and carried out these unlawful acts," said Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "Accountability is not retribution; it is justice." Republicans professed to be perplexed. "We're sort of interested to know what is the policy or the position of the Administration," said Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, "because now it seems to be somewhat confusing...