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Blackwill brings years of experience to his new post as head of the U.S. delegation. Since joining the Foreign Service in 1967, he has served in various capacities in Africa. Europe, and the Mideast...
...stcrcotspes. My home the San Francisco Bay area is a prime example. As is well known we have a considerable gay community in San Francisco. They seem to be very happy there. Should the government force them to randomly scatter around the country, say to the South and the Mideast (commonly referred to as the Midwest) denying them their "mutual support groups." I should hope not Gays like Harvard students, should be allowed to choose where and with whom they want to live. After all, we are all adults...
...probably find last month's most important story involved the Libyan in London. The networks and major papers kept the story on the front burner of political discussion for nearly a week. But is the Libyan incident as relevant to the average American as the furious war in the Mideast, which may affect the economic, political and military security of the nation? Apparently the movers and shakers of the press thought so. While the commentators were endlessly debating whether the Libyans would permit a search of their embassy, hundreds of thousands of Iranians and Iraqis were engaged in their spring...
SOMETIMES it's easy to forget that the bloodiest and most ominous Mideast war is recent history has been raging for over two years. Israel hasn't been directly involved in the Iran/Iraq conflict. No U.S. forces have been directly committed, unlike in Lebanon. And yet the ferocity and scale of this war have been great, and if Iran wins the worldwide repercussions will be severe. Iran has fielded a half-million man army. Casualty estimates run into the tens of thousands. Iraq now seems to be using deadly mustard gas on a large scale. And a victory...
Swingman Doug Alternberger scored eight of his 12 points in the second half to help sixth-ranked Illinois turn back Villanova, 64-56, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Mideast Regional basketball tournament yesterday in Milwaukee...