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Fact of the Week

**Fact of the Week**
Over the past few days, the Bush administration has found excuse after excuse why it failed to act on information that Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda were preparing to hijack airplanes. In one of his final speeches as a presidential candidate in 2000, Bush proclaimed that "responsible leadership is the most important task of an American president....A responsible leader sets a clear agenda and brings people together to achieve it. A leader accepts responsibility and is willing to share credit." Source: George W. Bush, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 26 October 2000.

Interview with Kevin Phillips: Money has produced the fusion of money and government, in other words, plutocracy (Now with Bill Moyers).
American Diplomacy and the 1999 Kargil Summit at Blair House: While India and Pakistan prepare for war, read this account of how an elected president defused tensions in Kashmir in 1999 (Bruce Riedel, University of Pennsylvania).
Capital Games: The penchant of the Bush administration for secrecy has come a cropper with the latest revelations about Osama bin Laden (David Corn, The Nation).
Bad Environments: The past sixteen months suggest that the decades of achievements of the American environmentalists are painfully fragile (Elizabeth Colbert, The New Yorker).
The New Politics of September 11: Democrats need to press for the truth about September 11, not just press for political gain (John Nichols, The Nation).
Land Grab: Israel's Settlement Policy in the West Bank: Israel has secretly appropriated 42% of Palestinian land in the West Bank for its settlements (B'Tselem).
The Fake Persuaders: Corporations are inventing people to rubbish their opponents on the Internet (George Monbiot, The Guardian).

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