Stephen Humphreys Quotes
No one can hide from the immense human costs of the decisions made by generals and politicians.
Stephen Humphreys, Historian, The Roots of Rage, The Washington Post Book World
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Although the two men differed on a very important issue, each admired the other and acquitted themselves politely throughout. Congress explicitly gave the President the powers that he had exercised and won the dispute. But Dixon had also won, and upheld the law as it existed until it was changed.
Ironically, one of the major objections to drone strikes is that they have caused civilian casualties.
Jackie Kennedy used this quotation in the last letter she wrote from the White House. It was to Khrushchev.
He had wanted more troops for the Afghan War than President Obama would approve. The Republican members of the Congress tried to make the difference a major issue of a President not supporting his commanders. The General made this brilliant response.
Ventura had been a Navy SEAL.
Federal Authorities arrived with press officers and a bevy of reporters and issued statements to the press while there were thousands of people in dire straits with many of them dying with no food, medical care or relocation from flooding water.
R. Stephen Humphreys is an American historian specializing in the history of Southwest Asia and North Africa. He was the 'Abd al-Aziz al-Sa'ud Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara and is now an emeritus professor at that institution.
