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LETTER; Responsibility for Torture

September 6, 2010 To the Editor: “ Legacy of Torture ” (editorial, Aug. 27) rightly notes that court rulings rejecting coerced evidence may “help repair this country’s battered reputation.” Missing still, though, is a government commitment to hold accountable the senior Bush administration officials who authorized torture. In one of the... Full article »

OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Poodle Speaks

September 5, 2010 By MAUREEN DOWD WASHINGTON Even in the thick of a historical tragedy, Tony Blair never seemed like a Shakespearean character. He’s too rabbity brisk, too doggedly modern. The most proficient spinner since Rumpelstiltskin lacks introspection. The self-described “manipulator” is still in denial about being manipulated. The Economist’s review... Full article »

WHITE HOUSE MEMO; For President and Predecessor, a Chill Returns

September 2, 2010 By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON — On his first visit back to the White House after leaving the presidency, George W. Bush sat in the Oval Office with his successor, President Obama , for a briefing on the earthquake in Haiti . It was January 2010 — nearly a year to the day after Mr. Bush left office — and it seemed, at the time, like a door might be... Full article »

BOOKS OF THE TIMES; In ‘A Journey,’ Tony Blair Remains a Mystery

September 2, 2010 By MICHIKO KAKUTANI “A man without a shadow”; a “pleasant man with a pleasant family living in a pleasant North London house”; a bright, telegenic, yet elusive politician with a “smooth facade.” This is how a newspaper article in The Guardian famously described Tony Blair long before he became prime minister of Britain in 1997. Mr.... Full article »

Obama Declares an End to Combat Mission in Iraq

September 1, 2010 By HELENE COOPER and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON — President Obama declared an end on Tuesday to the seven-year American combat mission in Iraq, saying that the United States has met its responsibility to that country and that it is now time to turn to pressing problems at home. In a prime-time address from the Oval Office, Mr. Obama balanced praise for the troops who fought and... Full article »

NEWS ANALYSIS; Trying to Buck Odds, Obama Takes On 3 Big Mideast Tasks

September 1, 2010 By DAVID E. SANGER President Obama is attempting a triple play this week that eluded his predecessors over the past two decades: simultaneous progress on the most vexing and violent problems in the Middle East — Israeli-Palestinian peace, Iraq and Iran — in hopes of creating a virtuous cycle in a region prone to downward spirals. History shouts that all... Full article »

EDITORIAL; Leaving Iraq

August 28, 2010 On Tuesday the American combat mission in Iraq -- a war that should never have been fought -- officially ends. President Obama deserves credit for promising the withdrawal and for sticking to it. But America's responsibilities in Iraq will not end now. Even with the departure of combat forces, 50,000 troops will remain as advisers through 2011. And... Full article »

EDITORIAL; Legacy of Torture

August 27, 2010 The Bush administration insisted that ''enhanced interrogation techniques'' -- torture -- were necessary to extract information from prisoners and keep Americans safe from terrorist attacks. Never mind that it was immoral, did huge damage to this country's global standing and produced little important intelligence. Now, as we had feared, it is also... Full article »

NEWS ANALYSIS; Conservatives' Focus on Fiscal Matters Means Few Care About a Gay Republican

August 27, 2010 By KATE ZERNIKE Had a former chairman of the Republican National Committee announced in 2004 that he was gay, it would have been a bombshell. In that hard-fought election year, Republicans and Democrats were rushing to condemn a court for establishing the right to same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. Six years later, in a midterm election cycle that is otherwise... Full article »

EDITORIAL; Wrong Direction on Stem Cells

August 25, 2010 In a huge overreach, a federal judge has decided that the legal interpretation that has governed federal support of embryonic stem cell research for more than a decade is invalid. If the ruling stands, it will be a serious blow to medical research. The ruling by Judge Royce Lamberth would block President Obama's expansion of federally funded... Full article »

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