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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton predicts that the man Americans choose as their president Nov. 2 "will affect the way we live in America for generations to come" (USA Today, Aug. 10).
The actions of the U.S. president are crucially important to the welfare of many nations. The stakes are high when we consider both the domestic and international implications.
As U.S. News & World Report recently observed: "Today the United States is the third most populous nation in the world, our economy produces nearly a third of the world's goods and services, and our military is more powerful than the rest of the world's militaries combined" (June 28-July 5 issue).
Clearly, whoever wins the November presidential election will make some critically momentous decisions affecting both the United States and the world in general.
National security certainly appears to be the most important and compelling issue. The 9/11 attacks still cast a giant shadow over America.
NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw recently articulated the feelings of many Americans. He said: "There's authentic anxiety about terrorism, about the war in Iraq, about the future of the American economy and the culture of this country, and where is the common ground? All those pillars fit beneath that rather large roof of anxiety" (USA Today, July 27, emphasis added).
Mr. Brokaw raised the question of Americans finding common ground. He knows that for several years the media has been talking about a divided America, sometimes using the phrase "two Americas" to describe the national dilemma.
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