This financing is provided at rates that are not available to U.S. airlines and many of these Bank-subsidized aircraft are being used on routes that are, have been, or could be served by U.S. airlines.

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Neither President Yeltsin, the reformist cause he has embraced anew, the people of Russia nor American interests will be served, however, by committing U.S. tax dollars -- or other Western resources -- in a manner that deviates from these five principles.

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The interests of Europe and the U.S. would be profoundly served by having these kinds of positive changes continue.

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Not so long ago, investors would be well-served to build a simple, straightforward portfolio consisting primarily of U.S.-based multinational stocks and high quality U.S. municipal bonds.

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The Center for Security Policy continues to believe that U.S. and allied interests would be far better served -- both in the context of former Yugoslavia and as a precedent for other dissolving empires (notably that of the former Soviet Union) -- were the West to align itself squarely with those seeking democracy and free market economic opportunity.

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The most recent and perhaps final example came Tuesday when Paris-based Lagardere Active announced that Alain Lemarchand, who has served as CEO of Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. since June 2008, will be stepping down and that former Primedia Enthusiast Media and Source Interlink Media president Steve Parr will take his place.

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As he served tea during my 2002 visit, Nada expressed confidence that he would be absolved after Swiss, Italian and U.S. investigators pored through the mountains of documents.

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Moreover, the goal of general deterrence would be ill-served by a public perception that, even for extraordinary reasons, a person can repeatedly reenter the U.S. after deportation and commit crimes without being imprisoned for a meaningful period.

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