Peace
After Pats Birthday
October 27, 2006Pat Tillman, a former National Football League player and Army Ranger, was killed in Afghanistan in 2004. The Pentagon initially said he died in combat. It later emerged that he was killed by “friendly fire.” His...
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Eight days in Lebanon
October 27, 2006I spent the last eight days of Israeli-Lebanon war, Aug. 7-14, in Beirut, Lebanon’s capital. I had traveled there as part of a peace delegation from the United States. Our aim was to express solidarity with...
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Talks urged between North Korea and U.S.
October 27, 2006According to Chinese reports, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed regret over his country’s nuclear weapons test, saying that it would not conduct another so long as the United States did not escalate threats against...
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Is Bush flip-flopping on stay the course?
October 27, 2006The Bush administration is suddenly dropping its “stay the course” slogan, proclaiming that it is all about “flexibility” on Iraq, according to White House press secretary Tony Snow. “It left the wrong impression about what was...
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Bay Staters to vote on Iraq pullout
October 21, 2006AMHERST, Mass. — Voters here and in 138 other cities and towns across Massachusetts will be able to express their opinions on the Iraq war directly, for the first time, at the ballot box in the...
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