Death of Robert Byrd

The Dalai Lama of Tibet receives a Congressional Medal from then President George W. Bush (R), US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and US Senator Robert C. Byrd during a ceremony in Washington, DC in 2007. Byrd, the longest-serving member of the US Congress, has died at the age of 92 after almost six decades in office. He served 51 years in the United States Senate, longer than anyone else in history, and six years in the House of Representatives. Senator Byrd died around 3 a.m. Monday in a hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. “America has lost a voice of principle and reason,” President Obama said in a statement of tribute on Monday, hours after Byrd died. (Read More) (Photo: AFP/File/Tim Sloan)

Ties And Troubled Waters

Accepting Tibet and the developments there as China’s “internal” affairs has proven a huge misstep that will continue to exact increasing costs. A bold, forward-looking leadership, though, can rectify any past mistake before it becomes too late