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Bush went out of his way to say that Negroponte will deliver the President's daily intelligence briefing and will have ultimate authority over the nation's sprawling intel apparatus, including an estimated $40 billion annual budget. But considering how vague the legislation that established the DNI is, Negroponte's ability to actually do that is an open question. In fact, his position puts him smack in the middle of what could be the nastiest bureaucratic battle in Washington for years to come: a tussle over money with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, considered an almost unmatched infighter. Until...
...Abbas to nominate people from Barghouti's camp for top jobs in a new administration and to push Israel for his release. A senior U.S. State Department official tells TIME he believes that Barghouti wants to leverage his threat of running for his own interests. Since Abbas controls the apparatus of the P.L.O. but has little legitimacy on the street, Barghouti could be in a strong position to demand his own release...
Imagine a government that kept tabs on every single student at every university, with a database that could track everything from academic records to sports teams. This is exactly what would happen under a proposal making its way through the policy apparatus of the U.S. Department of Education. The plan is unwarranted and dangerous, violating student privacy and carrying a serious risk of abuse...
Just say no to teddy-bear and balloon prints. The mercifully subtle Oeuf Baby Lounger, $110 at babygeared.com is listed under Activity Apparatus (see Bouncers...
...view of most White Houses--to his closest foreign-policy confidant, Condoleezza Rice. Then he gives her job, National Security Council chief, to her deputy. Not since Nixon moved Henry Kissinger from the White House to the State Department has a President so seized the foreign-policy apparatus...