Epstein Secrets

such severe storms (regardless of their views about why such storms are now occurring with greater regularity) would have made the consequences of Sandy less grievous. With Sandy fresh in our minds and Americans headed to the polls, it is worth looking ahead to consider what other avoidable catastr

ined with forbearance, and allow the weakness of their system to undermine them over time. Other presidents have similarly succeeded by avoidance. George H.W. Bush, to cite another example, deserves great credit for ensuring that when the Soviet empire did fall, as Eisenhower had much earlier worked to make ha

es New York will face this century, particularly when it comes to adapting the city's aging infrastructure and transportation network. Flooding from Sandy knocked out power for part of Manhattan and the storm caused unprecedented flooding in the city's train and vehicular tunnels under the Hudson and E

s his daughter when he made an exception. George Bush 41 was the last President who didn't smoke pot. Pres

ut the federal government learned that many of the passenger, commercial, and heavy equipment vehicles had been damaged or deemed inoperable before Sandy struck New York. "Many of the vehicles for which the City sought full replacement costs had been nonoperational or not in use prior to the storm,"

ons. Friends say Barr is accustomed to pressure-cooker situations by virtue of his experience as attorney general from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. Bush and other senior Justice Department jobs. He had leadership roles when Los Angeles erupted in riots after the Rodney King verdict and when Cuban inm

ut the federal government learned that many of the passenger, commercial, and heavy equipment vehicles had been damaged or deemed inoperable before Sandy struck New York. "Many of the vehicles for which the City sought full replacement costs had been nonoperational or not in use prior to the storm,"

ons. Friends say Barr is accustomed to pressure-cooker situations by virtue of his experience as attorney general from 1991 to 1993 under President George H.W. Bush and other senior Justice Department jobs. He had leadership roles when Los Angeles erupted in riots after the Rodney King verdict and when Cuban inm

The climate -- the earth's climate does not care whether you are a Democrat or a Republican. It doesn't care whether you're liberal or conservative. Sandy did not only destroy the homes of Democrats and not Republicans. The terrible drought that has gripped the Great Plains and our nation's bread bask

It was one of the most successful programs in American history. It was put on the table and passed by a Republican president, the first George Bush, Bush Sr. And it solved the problem or it largely solved the problem at a cost far below what even the best estimates at the time were. We know that these ki

s had to wrestle with his own crises. He survived George W. Bush’s “global war on terror” after 9/11, then faced the

e anyway. Donilon believes you have to go back to George H. W. Bush’s era to find such “alignment” among national-sec

es—as on the details of Af-Pak escalation— they cordially disagree but know the president will decide anyway. Donilon believes you have to go back to George H. W. Bush’s era to find such “alignment” among national-security principals. “She’s a great team player,” he says. The biggest problem between State and the Whi

2010, Hillary has worked overtime to soothe Bibi. “She’s indispensable—the only one trusted on all sides [of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict],” says Sandy Berger, who served as Bill Clinton’s National Security Council adviser. Most conspicuously, Hillary has championed what has come to be known as “civ