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...story is devoid of scandal and full of heroism. As part of the elite Navy Sea, Air and Land corps (the SEALs), Kerrey got his leg blown off in one exchange but still managed to call for support and command his troops. (Nyhan really loves this story. So does everyone else. You'll hear it about a thousand times over the next 13 months.) He got a Congressional Medal of Honor for it, but he initially turned it down. No kidding. He accepted it later on behalf of his platoon...
Israeli unease over the PLO undertone in the Palestinian delegation was apparent what motivated Shamir to step into the command of his delegation...
Officials in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belorussia have been dropping broad hints that they want at least to preserve the option of eventually commandeering nuclear-weapons facilities under their jurisdiction and running up their own flags over the command-and-control bunkers...
...unclear, but the army left no doubt it had been unhappy with what it saw as Aristide's high-handedness. It ! had demanded that Cedras and other senior officers be confirmed by parliament and that Aristide disband a new 50-man presidential guard intended to serve under his direct command. The army also accused Aristide of arranging the execution last week of Roger Lafontant, a former leader of the hated Tontons Macoutes, who was jailed for a coup attempt last January...
...does all of this have anything in the world to do with Bill Clinton's ability to command American armies or fight unemployment or spark an educational revival? Not really...