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They've had very significant authority over their country once we got the ministries stood up in the middle of June. They do the budget. They appoint personnel. They decide policy. They are an able group of people. And they've made mistakes, and I'm sure they will continue to make mistakes...
...that the U.S. is cracking the whip, however, there's likely to be some movement towards a transitional government in the next year. While the IGC won't necessarily be abandoned, it may be expanded, reorganized, or asked to develop plans for some form of election to appoint an interim government next year. Still, moving quickly toward elections carries its own risks. Many of the 24 Iraqis appointed to the IGC by Bremer would not survive an election process - the CIA analysis reportedly notes that the IGC has failed to win popular support. And respected scholars of political transitions, such...
...pope's longevity has allowed him to appoint all but five of the 135 cardinals designated to choose his successor. And that, as much as his theological and evangelical legacy over the past 25 years, will have remade the Catholic Church in his image when he passes from this Earth. Even then, it is unlikely that his successor will be even remotely like him, if for no other reason that the combination of gifts, passions and experiences Karol Wojtyla brought to the Holy See a truly unique personification of the role of "God's pastor," whose afterglow will inspire...
...rankles especially is Bush's almost total lack of grace about the extraordinary way he took office. Theft aside, he indisputably got fewer votes than the other guy, our guy. We expected some soothing bipartisan balm. There was none, even after 9/11. (Would it have been that hard to appoint a Democrat as head of Homeland Security, in a "bring us together" spirit...
...passed along for a presidential stamp of approval—which rarely went against the faculty’s vote. Under the new system—which is in line with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Kennedy School of Government tenure processes—Summers will now appoint an ad hoc committee to review each case brought for tenure review. This committee, also chaired by Summers, will include experts from outside HLS who can objectively judge a candidate’s qualifications. If approved by the committee, the candidate will be brought to a vote...