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OT: President Wants to Increase Size of Armed Forces |
President Wants to Increase Size of Armed Forces
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/washington/20bush.html?ref=3Dmiddleeast
By THOM SHANKER and JIM RUTENBERG
President Bush said that the U.S. should expand the size of its armed
forces to cope with what he suggested would be a long battle against
Islamic extremism.
Military Action Against Iran Would Be 'Disastrous,' Annan Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/world/middleeast/20nations.html?ref=3Dmid=
dleeast
By WARREN HOGE
U=2EN. Secretary General Kofi Annan said that he expected the Security
Council would come up with a negotiated settlement instead.
China Tightens Adoption Rules for Foreigners
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/us/20adopt.html?ref=3Dasia&pagewanted=3Da=
ll
By PAM BELLUCK and JIM YARDLEY
China plans to bar people who fail to meet certain benchmarks in
financial, physical or psychological health from adopting Chinese
children.
Fear and Hope in Immigrant's Furtive Existence
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/us/20veronica.html?pagewanted=3Dall
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Ver=F3nica's accomplishments in the U.S. would be the envy of most
everyone in the neighborhood where she grew up.
Vying for Top 10 in Academic Rank
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/education/20colleges.html?ref=3Dus&pagewa=
nted=3Dall
By TAMAR LEWIN
A number of leading public universities are drawing increasingly
impressive and affluent students.
Peosi Names Maryland Congressman to Lead Democratic Campaign Efforts
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/us/politics/20dems.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By CARL HULSE
Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland will oversee the Democratic
effort to retain the party's House majority in the 2008 elections.
Democrats Delay Picking Denver or New York for 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/nyregion/20convention.html?ref=3Dpolitics
By DIANE CARDWELL
The delay came as negotiations appeared to hit snags with both
competing cities.
General Opposes Adding to U.S. Forces in Iraq, Emphasizing
International Solutions for Region
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/world/middleeast/20abizaid.html?ref=3Dwas=
hington
By THOM SHANKER
The senior American commander in the Middle East argues that foreign
troops are a toxin bound to be rejected by Iraqis.
Cheney Will Testify in C.I.A. Leak Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/washington/20leak.html?ref=3Dwashington
By DAVID JOHNSTON
The vice president appears to have voluntarily agreed to testify on
behalf of I. Lewis Libby Jr.
Military Role in U.S. Embassies Creates Strains, Report Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/washington/20embassy.html?ref=3Dwashington
By MARK MAZZETTI
The report found that some embassies have effectively become command
posts, with military personnel all but supplanting the role of
ambassadors.
On a Military Base, Comfort for Students Whose Parents Are at War
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/education/20education.html?ref=3Deducatio=
n&pagewanted=3Dall
By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN
In military-base schools, a nation at war means a mother or father gone
and in danger for months or even years.
Georgia: Board Yields on Evolution Stickers
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/education/20brfs-sticker.html?ref=3Deduca=
tion
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A suburban Atlanta school board that put stickers in its high school
science books saying evolution was "a theory, not a fact" abandoned
its legal battle after four years.
Report on China Is Notably Softer on Currency Valuation
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/business/worldbusiness/20trade.html?ref=
=3Dworldbusiness
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Tuesday's report said the Chinese had made strides in revaluing their
currency, but that the progress was "considerably less than is
needed."
Blurring the Line in the Bleak Sands of Iwo Jima
http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/movies/20lett.html?pagewanted=3Dall
By A. O. SCOTT
Another masterwork from Clint Eastwood's astonishing late period, and
one of the best war movies ever.
A Realistic Approach To Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR200612190=
1281.html
By David Ignatius
Wednesday, December 20, 2006; Page A23
Robert Gates, the new secretary of defense, warned this week that an
American failure in Iraq would be a "calamity" that would haunt the
United States for decades. Unfortunately, he's right. But what is a
realistic definition of success? If we "surge" tens of thousands more
troops into Iraq and march them up the hill, how will we march them
back down?
What is a satisfactory and achievable outcome in Iraq? That's a
question we all should have examined more carefully in 2003, and we're
back to that same issue now as President Bush reviews a change in
strategy. I worry that in this debate Bush will be tempted anew to seek
a military victory that is unrealistic -- and might not be desirable
even if it were possible.
Episcopalians Against Equality
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR200612190=
1282.html
By Harold Meyerson
Wednesday, December 20, 2006; Page A23
Don't look now, but Virginia is seceding again.
On Sunday nine Episcopal parishes in Virginia, including the one where
George Washington served as a vestryman, announced that they had voted
to up and leave the U.S. Episcopal Church to protest its increasingly
equal treatment of homosexuals.
he Economy's Rebalancing Act
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR200612190=
1280.html
By Robert J. Samuelson
Wednesday, December 20, 2006; Page A23
Consider it a good omen. In October the U.S. trade deficit dropped
unexpectedly to $58.9 billion, about $5.4 billion less than in
September. Although the largest cause was lower oil prices, strong
American exports -- up 14 percent from a year earlier -- also
contributed significantly. And that's exactly what the economy needs in
2007: an export surge. It would ward off recession and narrow today's
dangerously large global trade imbalances. We need what economists call
a "rebalancing" of our economy and the world's.
With unemployment at 4.5 percent, the U.S. economy is hardly ailing.
But three threats cloud the outlook.
U=2ES. Not Winning War in Iraq, Bush Says for 1st Time
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR200612190=
0880.html
President Plans to Expand Army, Marine Corps To Cope With Strain of
Multiple Deployments
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 20, 2006; Page A01
President Bush acknowledged for the first time yesterday that the
United States is not winning the war in Iraq and said he plans to
expand the overall size of the "stressed" U.S. armed forces to meet the
challenges of a long-term global struggle against terrorists.
As he searches for a new strategy for Iraq, Bush has now adopted the
formula advanced by his top military adviser to describe the situation.
"We're not winning, we're not losing," Bush said in an interview with
The Washington Post. The assessment was a striking reversal for a
president who, days before the November elections, declared,
"Absolutely, we're winning."
On the War, Determined to Go His Own Way
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR200612190=
1566.html
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 20, 2006; Page A14
Ever since Republicans were routed last month in what was widely seen
as a repudiation of his Iraq strategy, President Bush has been busily
listing how his policies there will not be changing.
There will be no timetable for removing American troops, no high-level
dialogue with Iran and Syria, and no slackening of support for the
widely criticized government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Meanwhile, White House aides are reported to be pushing a major "surge"
of troops to Baghdad while preparing a fresh infusion of tens of
billions of dollars for the war effort.
Many in Ethiopia See Premier's Talk of War As Ploy to Tighten Grip
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR200612190=
1408_pf.html
By Stephanie McCrummen
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, December 20, 2006; A18
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- War or no war with Somalia, Mulunesh Abebayhu
wants out. Out of her teaching job, where Ethiopian security forces
constantly harass her because of her political views. Out of this city,
where hundreds of protesters were killed by police bullets after
disputed elections last year. And, if she can manage, out of this
country that she believes has plunged into the abyss of dictatorship at
the hands of its prime minister, Meles Zenawi, a staunch ally of the
United States in the vulnerable Horn of Africa.
"He confuses the Westerners so that he can keep ruling," said Abebayhu,
54, an opposition member arrested along with an estimated 30,000 others
in the sweeping post-election crackdown last year. "Our party does not
believe in this war. Our priority is to eradicate poverty, not go to
war. Meles knows this war is a way for his system to survive."
Rice Stresses the Positive Amid Mideast Setbacks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR200612190=
1651.html
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 20, 2006; Page A19
What many Americans may see as chaos and turmoil in the Middle East is
partly the result of the Bush administration hastening historical
forces that are destined to reshape the region, Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice said yesterday. She added that the results will not be
known for decades.
"The old Middle East was not going to stay," Rice said. "Let's stop
mourning the old Middle East. It was not so great, and it was not going
to survive anyway."
China To Tighten Adoption Rules
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR200612190=
0387.html
Foreign Parents Must Be Younger, Healthy, Married
By Edward Cody and Jason Ukman
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, December 20, 2006; Page A20
BEIJING, Dec. 20 -- China has decided to tighten rules for foreigners
adopting Chinese children, seeking to rule out adoptions by unmarried,
elderly or unhealthy people, a senior adoption official said Wednesday.
The shift, which was outlined to U.S. adoption agencies early this
month, appeared likely to have a broad impact on the growing number of
Americans who travel to China to adopt babies, particularly unmarried
couples.
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