FULTON — The United States' world standing as the pre-eminent power has been shaken by the global recession and military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan, said James Baker, a former U.S. secretary of state, in a speech Wednesday at Westminster College.
James Baker talks U.S. power during Westminster College lecture
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 | 7:57 p.m. CDT;
updated 2:56 p.m. CDT, Thursday, September 23, 2010
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