But the tone will change, and in diplomacy, the tone is often the reality. |
Communication is an essential component of health care. |
During the last three years, Schroeder has revived Germany's close relations with France in ways that damaged ties with the United States, the UK and the countries of central and Eastern Europe. |
George Bush's charm offensive did work. It was aimed at governments and he did well at that level - that is important because foreign policy is decided by governments, not by public opinion. He did talk up the EU and they did shift slightly on Iran and the Middle East. |
Germany will not be able to restore its position as one of the EU's natural leaders so long as its economy continues to stagnate. |
He did away with this fiction of the European interest being the same as the German interest. You can talk about national interest in a much more relaxed way today. The time was ripe for this and he acknowledged it. ... Schröder and Joschka Fischer, his Green foreign minister, deserve credit for giving Germany a more 'normal' foreign policy. |
He is trying to lower expectations ahead of the summit. |
If just one kid sees where I've been and sees how far I've come, and that makes a difference in that kid's life, that's what matters to me. |
Islamic terrorism is a much bigger problem in Europe than in the U.S. because you don't have the relatively large Muslim community that we do. What the war in Iraq has done is radicalize these people and make some of them prepared to support terrorism. Iraq is a great recruiting sergeant. |
It felt wonderful. The fans were spectacular. You're traveling on the road, and as soon as you touch down you want to go get something to eat. Then you've got to come back and go to meetings. You don't have time to rest. [Saturday] we had time to just lay around all day and rest ourselves. We had more time to rest, and it helped us to be dominant. |
It made me feel like I was in New Orleans again. I think that's what we really needed for us to get that spirit back. The fans here in San Antonio are just great. The atmosphere here was wonderful. I hope we have it like that every game we play here. |
She will repair bridges, and that will restore some German weight to the EU. |
That game we won last week was for pride, dignity and the city of New Orleans. That's how we have to finish the season, with that same mentality. |
The problem is a lack of leadership and an intellectual climate that is extremely hostile to economic liberalism in much of Continental Europe. |
Then again, we go back to the old Saints where we made a couple mental mistakes - let them get out there on a long run, |