Word: withdrawals
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...wife's cancer at some point forces Edwards to withdraw, who would benefit? Though decidedly second-tier candidates, Senators Joe Biden and Chris Dodd would suddenly become the leading white male contenders for the nomination. But neither is a natural replacement for Edwards. Biden is running almost entirely on the strength of his foreign policy experience. Dodd is running as a Washington veteran who can get things done. Neither is plausible as a populist...
...branch of the government should have the final say in strategic military decisions—the legislative or the executive—at a panel on Friday at Harvard Law School (HLS). The talk took place just one day after the Senate rejected a resolution requiring the President to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq within a year. In the debate leading up to the vote, the White House had said it was inappropriate for Congress to weigh in on battlefield decisions. Legal luminaries Professor of Law David J. Barron ’89, a former Crimson president, and soon...
...from a dictator, perhaps to find and destroy some dangerous weapons." He made no mention of securing an oil supply, establishing military bases in the Middle East and promoting neoconservative ideology. Those less altruistic motives are the elephant in the room that everyone refuses to acknowledge. The U.S. cannot withdraw troops from Iraq because they are protecting oil, military bases and neocons' egos. Janet Maker Los Angeles...
...long would it be before Iran moves in for the kill? If it were allowed to take over Iraq, it would be the most powerful nation in the region and fearless in confronting the West. Iran is a big dog penned up in its yard. But if we withdraw troops from Iraq, Iran will become a monster that no yard can hold. Adam J. Cooney Coventry, England...
...repudiate Ahmadinejad. "If Parliament senses for a second that Khamenei has withdrawn his support, the government will fall," says Atrianfar. A politician close to Rafsanjani tells Time, "Most of the decision makers and the élite are against him. If he becomes less popular, even the Supreme Leader will withdraw his support...