difficulties posed by their respective constitutions in such countries as egypt, lebanon, iraq, afghanistan or turkey. only when he turns to his own country does his acuity disappear in favor of general denunciations of our political system as if our political system has nothing to do with the constitution that gave it life and preserves its fundamental forms. he concludes with acknowledgements. after mentioning many people, some of them in this room who directly contribute to the ideas and writing of a book i mention my three grandchildren. rebecca and 1-year-old sarah. none made a direct contribution to the book but all deserve recognition as a splendid people. moreover they are truly the source of my passion concerning what i call in the title the crisis of governance in contemporary america and the role played if only marginally by the 51 constitutions within the united states in making it more difficult to resolve the problems that will dominate their futures. they deserve better. all of our families and strangers with whom we are connected as fellow citizens and happens in the united states not

whether it encroaches on turkey's secular principles of which the military is seen as the main force or. thirty three thousand american troops have been recalled from afghanistan that's according to u.s. defense secretary leon panetta he stressed that the soldiers had succeeded in their central mission of boosting the capability of the afghan security forces over sixty eight thousand u.s. troops still remain in afghanistan with all foreign military set to leave the country by the end of twenty fourteen. while gray says leaders finalize the detail to convince global lenders to release more cash police are investigating thirty two politicians for embezzlement it's part of the government's tax evasion crackdown to raise vinyl funds social and political philosophy lecture upon your so tedious believes the new initiative will do little to help the country's economy but later large parts of the political class here in greece are in very strong ties with the business elites well the media elite are the business elites so not not very soon is that this always going to crack down on corruption will bring back some confidence in most. citizens to the ability of governme