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“And what makes it possible to forego providing for even their own defense? Partly, utopian fantasies of peace and partly reliance on the military might of the United States, whose work-obsessed citizens underwrite their more relaxed “lifestyles” – Jean Yarbrough pointed out in a conversation with Lénárd Sándor on the challenges before the unique European and American way of life.
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How Walter Mondale revolutionized the vice presidency
Before Joe Biden agreed to accept Barack Obama’s offer to be his running mate in 2008, the senator from Delaware needed a couple of hours alone with Obama to hash out the details. Key to their discussion: a missive written by a man who served as vice president three decades earlier.
Walter Mondale, who died Monday at age 93, was both an adviser and a loyal lieutenant to Jimmy Carter during his presidency and a role model to every vice president who followed him. Biden and Obama met after Mondale sent Biden the formal agreement made with Carter. Biden had wanted to get a good look at it first.