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Mearsheimer and Walt did not return phone calls to their offices seeking comment this past week...
...steps with Harper for what was billed as a greeting, but was designed as a chance for him to comment on the release in Iraq of the hostage Jill Carroll of the Christian Science Monitor. The White House staff had been awakened with the news in early-morning phone calls. Bush's white shirt was sufficiently unflattering that it is unlikely to ever be seen again. ?Thank God,? he said. ?I?m really grateful she was released and thank those who worked hard for her release, and we?re glad she?s alive.? That was all he said, but that...
...huge crush of reporters and photographers to jostle for places. The Mexicans had admitted close to 80 journalists, more than double the number that is typical in such cases. White House reporters know to silence their cellphones, but the White House always reminds foreigners, since a ?cell-phone violation? is a big bugaboo with Bush. As the press pack waited in the hotel?s service corridor, a young White House official had held up a phone, made a slashing sign across his throat, and said pleasantly, ?Silencio.? Nevertheless, there were two cell-phone violations during the 15-minute photo opportunity...
...took U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice personally working the phones, and ceding a little ground, to seal the deal - which gave Iran 30 days to suspend its uranium enrichment activities or face as yet unspecified consequences. In the last several days, Rice has spoken to her counterpart, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, on a number of occasions, to try and bridge the gap. On the last phone call Wednesday morning, state department officials said, Rice agreed to ask the British to strike a line from their draft statement suggesting that Iran?s rogue behavior might constitute a "threat...
...Time get stories from those who are on the receiving end of Islamic terrorism? The results would certainly be more blood curdling. Mukundan Menon Thiruvananthapuram, India time is overly concerned about issues like the interrogation methods employed in the prison at Guantánamo and warrantless eavesdropping on phone calls. It is a typical liberal attitude to criticize and second-guess the government's tactics in the war against terrorism. Thank God, the media do not dictate U.S. policy and the general public is smarter than you are. Sam Thomas New Hyde Park, New York, U.S. Security in the Global...