Trial on speed limit proposal makes sense in Iowa
Iowa lawmakers weigh a 75 mph trial on Interstates 35 and 29 amid reports of high speeds on I 80. Proponents cite potential safety trade offs and independent outcomes after a year or two, while Gov Vilsack argues 65 mph keeps insurance low and crashes down.
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Christopher Rants
Sioux City
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Tom Vilsack
Iowa GOP opens debate on hog lot regulations
Iowa Republicans discuss new rules for hog lots in the next legislative session. The shift signals possible local input into siting while state oversight remains with the Department of Natural Resources. Governor Vilsack welcomes the move amid pressure from residents and Farm Bureau concerns.
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Clinton ignored offers to arrest bin Laden and aid diplomacy
Mansoor Ijaz alleges that from 1996 to 1998 Sudan offered to arrest bin Laden and extradite him via Saudi Arabia or monitor him in Sudan but Clinton officials rejected the chance. He accuses the administration of sabotaging a path to bin Laden, warning of broader harms from missed opportunities and urging accountability.
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Ayman Zawahiri
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim
Germany
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Salim
Hassan Turabi
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Gutbi al-Mahdi
Gutbi
Khartoum
Washington
East Africa
Susan Rice
Courage and Leadership in the Middle East and America
A 1979 Camp David reflection on Sadat's courage and the price of peace contrasts with Rabin's fate in 1995. The piece weighs courage as essential to leadership, noting Arafat, Sharon, and Bush, Clinton, and Kennedy, and asks how conviction shapes political resolve amid ongoing conflict.
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Yasser Arafat
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George W. Bush
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