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...government??s new stance on Cuba carries great potential for improving America’s relationship with Latin America as a whole, a region that felt somewhat neglected by American foreign policy during the Bush presidency. But Obama needs to go further if he is to succeed in gaining lasting credibility with many Latin American leaders...
...only did we foresee the possibility, we anticipated it. One of my great disappointments with the government??s response to Katrina was that the procedures and plans that we had developed in anticipation of something as cataclysmic as Katrina were not applied in a timely or effective way. No one could have prevented the levees from breaking, but I think much of the problem with the Katrina disaster was the failure of political and government leadership at the local, mayor, state, and federal level...
...intelligence reports, they constituted a form of secret law under which the United States government operated for seven years. The Obama administration’s decision last Thursday to declassify and release four additional memos represents an important step toward transparency. For shedding light on some of the government??s worst abuses, President Obama deserves commendation...
...Ostensibly, ROTC’s absence from campus life can be explained because the university deems the military a discriminatory organization. Harvard’s student handbook argues that the federal government??s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy “is inconsistent with Harvard’s values as stated in its policy on discrimination.” Thus, “the University does not provide any financial or other direct support for the ROTC program...
...such is the case with the Mexican violence. Collaboration with Mexico in making decisions and determining how to deploy troops is undoubtedly advantageous, but Mexican opposition to increased border control is no reason to sacrifice the immediate safety of the American populace. Americans need to support the Mexican government??s long-term efforts to limit violence without sacrificing their own interests and ideals in the process...