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Puss , who seemed in a great measure recovered from her illness , now made a hearty meal of the dead bird , and then went to sleep with much apparent satisfaction . But it may be too late for political compromise , and the Maliki government may not be capable of a broad non-sectarian policy . Iran views itself now as an indispensable nation in the Middle East , with its own claims of hegemony and dominance . A latter day Hitler-wannabe , just much less " capable " , Saddam threatened he would " burn half of Israel " . Foreign Minister Taro Aso has pointed out that Japan is capable of building nuclear weapons but for historical reasons has chosen not to do so . In today ’ s economy an outstanding graduate of a leading business school earns a substantially higher salary than a potential Nobel prize winner graduating with a PhD in biology . But I am responsible now for everything I say and not the participants in that workshop . As the seniormost procurement policy officials in the first Bush and the Clinton administrations , we both agree that this is a golden opportunity to launch a bipartisan effort to go beyond sensationalistic hearings and work constructively to improve a system that is responsible for spending 40 percent of the discretionary budget .