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FACT CHECK
Factcheck.org: Hillary's Adventures Abroad
Joe Miller 3/13/2008 12:00:00 AM
SummaryOn March 6 Hillary Clinton claimed that, unlike Barack Obama, she and likely Republican nominee John McCain have "cross[ed] the commander-in-chief threshold." In a CNN interview the day before, Clinton had listed five foreign policy accomplishments. We can't determine how much behind-the-scenes work Clinton did while first lady, and she certainly took an active interest in foreign policy when her husband was president. Moreover, her time as first lady plus her longer Senate career do give Clinton more foreign policy experience than Obama. But the public record of her actions shows that many of Clinton's foreign policy claims are exaggerated.
Kosovo’s Dark Meaning
George F. Will
In 1915, a year after a spark struck in the Balkans ignited a European conflagration, Walter Lippmann, then 26, wrote: "When you consider what a mystery the East Side of New York is to the West Side, the business of arranging the world to the satisfaction of the people in it may be seen in something like its true proportions." Recently, another Balkan rearranging occurred—Kosovo's secession from Serbia. The disintegration of Yugoslavia, a "nation" largely created by Woodrow Wilson, is complete.
Divide and Conquer
Owen Matthews
Open the Doors
Andrew Moravcsik
A Bridge To Nowhere

It's a breathtaking sight, vaulting the sparkling waters of the Gulf of Corinth. When the 2.8-kilometer Corinth Bridge officially opens in September, it will fulfill a century-old dream, linking comparatively wealthy northern Greece to the far poorer southern Peloponnesus. Constructed with 370 million euro worth of European Union funds, the project was supposed to jump-start growth, carrying people and goods into a region that has remained stubbornly underdeveloped. Well, carrying goods anyway. In typical fashion, Greek planners forgot to add a rail line to the blueprints. Thus while the Corinth bridge remains a symbol of Greece's aspirations for the future, it's also eloquent testimony to its bungling efforts to get there.
The 12 Year Itch
Evan Thomas