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...doubt whatsoever. The reasons have everything to do with winning the war. The enemy knows America's weakness--a general aversion to war, stemming largely from a profound concern for the individual. The enemy knows our aversion to casualties led us to withdraw not just from Vietnam but from Somalia and Beirut, where our losses were infinitely smaller...
...Whatever his reasons, Abramovich looks as if he wants to keep selling. He recently ditched another 37.5% stake in the Ruspromavto auto company. So will the richest Russian swap his Chukotka governorship for the title of Sir Roman? That might depend on how much money Putin will let him withdraw from Russia. And the extent of Putin's generosity may tell other oligarchs how much of today's riches they might get to keep
Unfortunately, it seems the Hampton administration has still not gotten the picture. In a letter to Hampton University explaining its decision to withdraw the funds—earmarked to support a SHSJC summer program for high school journalism teachers—the ASNE wrote, “Nothing that has happened since gives us reason to believe that there is contrition or understanding on the part of the University’s leadership of why what was done was wrong.” Hampton has commented on how the withdrawal of funding is unfortunate, but has not yet admitted that...
When Sanzone spoke with her senior tutor about dropping the course past the withdraw date, she was assured that a petition would go through. Following up with her senior tutor was difficult, she remembers, because the senior tutor never picked up her phone. “I would have to physically track her down,” she says. When the petition didn’t go through, Sanzone grew more frustrated, leading her to withdraw from school late that semester. “If I had gotten better advice, I would have made a more informed decision...
...members of the IGC have already suggested that once an Iraqi government is in place, they would expect the U.S. to withdraw entirely from Iraqi cities and confine themselves to policing the country's borders, while Iraqi security forces take charge of domestic security. Others have even suggested that one a new government is empowered, U.S. troops remaining in Iraq should operate under UN authority. The U.S. would certainly prefer the more limited security role envisaged by some IGC members - that's precisely why it's rushing 10,000 Iraqi security personnel a week through a rudimentary training regimen, with...