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The pre-9/11 draft presidential directive on al Qaeda evolved into a new directive, National Security Presidential Directive 9, now titled "Defeating the Terrorist Threat to the United States."
"At a time when Americans are growing increasingly cynical about public service and increasingly disillusioned about their political leaders," McCain charged Saturday, "I was disappointed to see my fellow Republicans' reaction to recent comments and writings by Pat Buchanan concerning our nation's role in defeating Nazi Germany.
What's crucial to understand about Caterpillar, though, is that its success in defeating the UAW in the 1990s was not simply the product of those larger trends--global competition, technology, etc.--that everyone points to.
Jesse Owens ' daughter recalls her father's pride at defeating the "master race" during the 1936 Olympics.
The main instrument they used for defeating him was a call for obeisance to a false god, Balancing the Budget.