[Henry Hyde]'s own "sober-minded understanding" is a morally responsible realism. "Fidelity to our ideals means that we have little choice but to support freedom around the world. No one with a heart or a head would wish it otherwise," he said. "But we also have a duty to ourselves and to our own interests which may sometimes necessitate actions focused on more tangible returns than those of altruism.
The business of counterterrorism is really countering terrorists. And we don't care what they are. I'm a Catholic. The Irish Republican Army, they're our enemies. The central core point is to protect innocent men, women and children. That's what this is all about. And I'm sure my colleagues will say the same thing. But every day I have a significant' number of senior, foreign government officials. And it's all about protecting innocent people.
As a pro-lifer, I became accustomed through the years to being rebuked and scorned by liberal friends, and some women journalism colleagues stopped speaking to me. But getting to know Rep. Henry Hyde and his ceaseless battle against what he and I both called "the culture of death" - from abortion to assisted suicide and other determinations that some lives are not worth continuing - more than compensated for whatever standing I've lost on the left. As a member of Congress from 1975 to 2007, Mr. Hyde, a force for life, was not only instrumental in limiting the number of abortions, but also voted for such measures as the Family and Medical Leave Act. He was also vital in passing an American commitment to invest $5 billion for a five-year global program to curb the advance of HIV and AIDS....
Many journalists have praised Henry Hyde, who will head the committee examinging impeachment procedures against Pres Clinton, but a closer examination of Hyde's record may be in order. For example a previous Hyde investigaton of US Bosnian policy resulted in an unwarranted smear campaign against the Clinton administration.
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