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...good person, she was kind, funny, she had a sense of humor, and what she may have done in business, I bring no judgment to that. You have to remember that all those who worked for her service and those who used it - none of them were held to account, or punished. And now, she is dead...
Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq in 2003-2004, has written a new memoir, Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story, an account of his life and his service in Iraq. Sanchez was a three-star general - and the military's senior Hispanic officer - when he led U.S. forces in the first year of the war. He was relieved of his command by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in 2004 following the revelations of the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. In 2005, Marine General Peter Pace, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...blogosphere. And it was true that Moyers presented a fairer, more nuanced picture of Wright-especially the good works done by Wright's church, the hundreds of lives saved and enriched by the church's social ministry, which, if Saint Peter actually does sit on a cloud with an account book, will surely prove more important than Wright's self-absorbed lurches into hateful speech...
...movie reviews, interviews with directors and actors, critical essays, and other features on cinema. Its subject matter ranges from independent, art-house films—Whitaker’s personal preference—to Oscar contenders and other blockbusters.“The idea is to produce a scholarly account of film, to offer a platform where students, professors, and professionals can all contribute,” Whitaker says. During her tenure as president, Whitaker articulated that vision and used it to substantially strengthen the content and staff of a magazine that Bruce Jenkins, former curator of the Harvard Film...
...final days, opinion polls are split, with some showing Livingstone in the lead and others suggesting that Johnson will prevail. After eight years of Livingstone's city administration, one of Johnson's advantages is his pledge to serve a maximum of two terms if elected, and to improve accountability at City Hall. The mayor exercises considerable strategic powers over policing and emergency services, transport, planning and regeneration in the capital. In theory, he is held to account by the 25 elected members of the London Assembly, but in practice, assembly members can do little more than question the mayor...