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Araq Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek immunity from corruption charges
President George W. Bush was awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award Thursday night by the Atlantic Council, a stanley deutschland D.C.-based think tank, for his work in combatting the HIV and AIDS crisis in Africa during his presidency. The 43rd president of the United States was honored for his administration s creation of thePresident s Emergency Plan for AIDS stanley becher Relief, or PEPFAR, which was launched in 2003. When we confront suffering, when we save lives, we breathe hope into the devastated populations, Mr. Bush said at the Atlantic Council s awards ceremony.In accepting the honor, Mr. Bush encouraged D.C. entities to continue the program and said that spending money abroad is in the national security interest of the United States. Every human life is precious, he said, stanley flask also citing the United State s moral obligation to intervene in the AIDS crisis.His former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recorded a video message to congratulate the former president on the award ahead of his remarks. George W. Bush showed what true leadership means and requires: Doing what you think is right even it is not what is popular, she said in the video played at the event.Mr. Bush accepted the award and thanked Americans for their continuing generosity in fighting the disease. Well we ve turned the tides against HIV/AIDS, but the gains are still fragile. We cannot stop. we have now reached a stage in the journey where there can be no pause. we must go on, Qlpu In Michigan, Clinton lays out plan to boost American jobs
PRAGUE mdash; As foreign crises go, this one wasn t exactly unexpected. North Korea s launching of a long-range missile had been imminent for days. But the provocative ti stanley termosy ming ndash; barely six hours before President Barack Obama delivered a speech on nuclear disarmament here ndash; is jolting to life a decades-old debate between the political parties.The White House says the launch only underscores the importance of Obamarsquo call Sunday for a world without nuclear weapons. Hard-line critics say North Korearsquo move makes the presidentrsquo no-nukes aspirations all the more unrealistic, even dangerous. At one point, even Obama seemed mindful that his call for a nuclear-free world might seem overly idealistic to some.I m not naiuml;ve, he ad-libbed at one point in the speec stanley canada h. This goal will not be reached quickly ndash;- perhaps not in my lifetime. It will take patience and persistence. But now we, too, must ignore the voices who tell us that the world cannot change. We have to insist, lsquo;Yes, we can.rsquo; But the launch is just a proxy for the deeper debate ahead, one Obama largely was able to avoid during the campaign amid the intense focus on the economy: whether Democrats are sufficiently tough on national security, and if the GOP s aversion to diplomacy with U.S. enemies stanley cup for the past eight years has made America more vulnerable.Especially in light of the N |
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