No More Halfway Measures
Calls have grown louder for the United States to take action against Iraq's Saddam Hussein. Outlook asked a proponent of...
Month: February 1998
Words To Live By: Speaker Gingrich Asks Clinton To Use Speech To The Nation To Begin Protecting It From Missile Attack
(Washington, D.C.): In light of his considerable distractions at the moment, President Clinton may be having a hard time focusing...
Clinton on Iraq: Wrong Question, Wrong Answer:
It’s Not the Weapons — It’s the Regime, Stupid
(Washington, D.C.): In his press conference today with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Clinton once again demonstrated his unwillingness,...
Bridge to Nowhere: Inattention to the ‘Millennium Bug’ Threatens the Nation’s Security, Economy in the 21st Century
693 Days To Go — and Counting
(Washington, D.C.): On 3 February 1998, President Clinton signed an Executive Order creating a "council to recognize national and local...
U.S. Military Feels Strain Of Buildup Gaps Are Showing In Other Theaters
By Bradley Graham Washington Post, 05 February 1998 After naval engagements dating back to the Cuban missile crisis, the aging...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 17: Dangers of a ‘Hollow Military’
(Washington, D.C.): Even as President Clinton earnestly tries to signal determination to use significant military power against Saddam Hussein's Iraq,...
Clinton’s Huffing-And-Puffing On Iraq — But Lack Of A Coherent Strategy — Looks Like A Formula For Disaster
(Washington, D.C.): For seven years, the Center for Security Policy has been arguing that the object of American policy toward...
China: Will It Become the West’s Next Great Adversary?
(Washington, D.C.): Perhaps the single most strategically important repercussion of the Asian financial meltdown(1) will prove to be the additional...
Testimony By Distinguished Four-Star Generals Appears To Persuade Key Senator Of The Folly Of A Complete Ban On Landmines
(Washington, D.C.): Powerful testimony delivered today by three of the Nation's most respected retired four-star generals seemed to have dissuaded...
Generals Mundy, Kroesen and Davis testify on landmines
Generals Carl Mundy (USMC, Ret.), Frederick Kroesen (USA, Ret.) and Raymond Davis (USMC, Ret.) Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
Profiles In Courage: Top Generals Testify Against Defective, Dangerous Bans On Anti-Personnel Landmines
(Washington, D.C.): A breath of fresh air will blow through the United States Senate tomorrow. In a hearing before the...