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Bush's bold approach made the Vice President's support for Clinton's more cautious cut-and-defend security plan look wimpy. The President was hoping to neutralize Republican complaints that he's leaving Americans defenseless against rogue-state missiles by backing a limited defense beginning with 100 interceptors based in Alaska. His aides share the widespread doubts that even a small shield is technically feasible. Clinton wants to jawbone Russia into modifying the treaty outlawing antiballistic defenses, while Bush vows he'd just scrap...
...There's an agenda here," she says, noting that both Sommers and Newt Gingrich are scholars at the same think tank, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). "They get paid to defend the patriarchy...
...there's a series out West as well--arguably for the Stanley Cup--between Colorado, who many consider the best team in the league, and Dallas, merely the defending Stanley Cup champions. As you read this, this series may already have been decided with the Stars gearing up to defend their crown in the Finals...
...well as service organizations which he seems to single out as the only worthy pursuits. He has consistently judged organizations by their weakest link and the Harvard community by one girl in a crpe shop (which he believes is indicative of a greater personality). I do not mean to defend any of the disturbing examples Oppenheim cited, but it is important to remember that these weak links are present in all facets of life. If they are all Oppenheim notices I doubt he will ever be happy...
...really difficult problem will be a new kind of proliferation involving the acquisition of chemical, biological and cyberweapons by subnational actors such as terrorist groups, cults or angry individuals. These weapons are easy to make, hard to track and hard to defend against. This means that even if the U.S. does spend tens of billions of dollars on a system to shoot down North Korean missiles, we will still have to deal with the equally pressing problem of stopping doomsday cults or future Unabombers armed with deadly viruses...