Word: vitalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Furthermore, the concept of public education in a society that values liberty should be unfathomable. Education is indeed vital to the success of the nation. But the government has failed miserably to meet the nation's educational needs. The waste of time, money and resources must stop. Our children are too important to turn over to government mismanagement...
...Vital national interests are not threatened by the crises in Somalia and Haiti. But that didn't stop American public opinion from influencing the decisions to get involved. And now that the risks of humanitarian intervention are becoming apparent, the public blames the Clinton Administration for trying to "do the right thing...
...real tragedy, however, would be if the Clinton Administration became so hamstrung by public opinion that it hesitated to involve the U.S. in other matters that actually did have grave consequences for vital American interests...
...dealing with recalcitrant governments like North Korea and murderous adversaries of the Bosnian ilk, the U.S. needs to back up its diplomacy with a credible threat of force. Credibility is a vital issue, regardless of what that reasoning led us to in Vietnam. Engagement does not automatically lead to armed intervention...
...test of whether the U.S. will maintain a policy of active engagement in the world or take an inward-looking, protectionist turn. Politically, Clinton's leadership is on trial. A majority of House Democrats, heavily dependent on labor support for election, are against NAFTA. Clinton has the unenviable, but vital challenge of proving that he is enough of a New Democrat to break free of union domination, and that he can bring enough Democrats along with him and forge a strong bipartisan coalition...