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The Week in Politics
"Politics," George H. W. Bush once wrote, "is no profession for people who don't like surprises." There were plenty of surprise to go around this week, much...
Campaign '04: How The Wedge Issues Cut
In the summer of 1988, Vice President George H. W. Bush was foundering. His opponent in the presidential race, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, was doing...
The Benefits of Being an Ex-President
"Come on," George H. W. Bush cajoled Bill Clinton, who hesitated for a split second about being on the U.S. delegation to the funeral of Pope John Paul II. "It...
Bill Clinton & George H. W. Bush: Proving The Power Of Two
Can anyone recall a more unlikely partnership than that of George Herbert Walker Bush and William Jefferson Clinton? One grew up in Greenwich, Conn., where his...
Tortured Negotiations
When the Capitol police start politely clearing the hallways outside the Senate floor on a Tuesday afternoon it usually signals that Vice President Dick Cheney...
Recharging The Mission
When Kweisi Mfume took the helm of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) in 1996, the nation's oldest and largest civil...
The Ambassador May Wear Prada
Obama weighs appointing big names and fundraisers to patronage posts
Atomic Flashback
Interesting to read the back-and-forth between Robert Zarate of the Foreign Policy Initiative, and Kingston Reif of the Center for Arms Control and...
The Banality of Unilateral Nuclear Cuts
U.S. nuclear weapons strategy remains largely based on a confrontation with the Soviet Union that no longer exists. There is an emerging bipartisan and military...
Inside Obama’s World: The President talks to TIME About the Changing Nature of American Power
Zakaria: So when we talked when you were campaigning for the presidency, I asked you what Administration’s foreign policy you admired, and you had said that you...
