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...hope that the U.S. and Russia can cooperate to find a way to amend the ABM treaty and to quickly reduce our nuclear stockpiles. The alternative, that America unilaterally withdraw from the treaty, would render meaningless Bush’s claim that the U.S. and Russia should no longer view each other as adversaries. But right now, the most pressing threat to America is international terrorism, and national missile defense must not regain its traditional place as the sole object of Bush’s foreign policy...
...your story about the requirements foreign students must meet to get a visa to study in an American college [FORTRESS AMERICA, Oct. 1]: The Association of International Educators (NAFSA) has not "reversed its position" of opposing the creation of a database of all foreign students. We said we would withdraw our opposition in the spirit of national unity. But we still believe that monitoring the less than 2% of temporary visa holders who have student visas will do nothing to counter terrorism. MARLENE M. JOHNSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO NAFSA: Association of International Educators Washington
Mounting violence in Palestinian territories, coinciding with Washington's urgent need for Arab allies against al Qaeda, has opened the most visible rift in years between Israel and the U.S. Israel's rejection of Washington's call to withdraw its forces from Palestinian Authority-controlled towns persisted after Tuesday's meeting between Secretary of State Colin Powell and Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres in Washington. After the meeting, Peres reiterated Israel's insistence that it will remain in six Palestinian towns until Yasser Arafat agrees to hand over the gunmen responsible for last week's assassination of Israeli cabinet minister...
...President Bush is reportedly stressing that the U.S. can't afford to withdraw its attention from Afghanistan following its defeat for fear that if the country is plunged back into civil war it will remain a breeding ground of terrorism. But stabilizing a post-Taliban regime in Kabul may prove to be as perilous, if not more so, than the effort to overthrow the fundamentalist militia. The reason is simply that the enmities that have torn apart Afghanistan run far deeper than the excesses of the Taliban, and the West has little to work with by way of established alternative...
...like Uzi Landau, saying they would have to consider their options if Sharon began talking to Arafat, so he was under a lot of pressure. Until today, which has changed everything again. This time it was Peres under pressure when the cabinet met today, and Lieberman was persuaded to withdraw his resignation and remain in the government...