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...codify the nation's guidelines. The project has been caught in a dispute between Yeltsin and the parliament over what kind of state structure to enshrine in the new basic law. Yeltsin wants a strong President, who will have a free hand to organize new government structures and appoint ministers. His whole approach is anathema to legislators who want to give parliament the power to control government appointments and to make the head of state a figurehead that Yeltsin supporters claim would be akin to the British Queen...
...still not clear how long Epps will retain his position as head of The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations and the Office for Race Relations and Minority Affairs. His appointment was a stop-gap measure by the University in response to the conflicts on campus last spring. If the University wants to make any kind of commitment to furthering diversity and relations on campus, then it should make a long-term change in the structure of our race relations offices, and appoint a coordinator whose primary responsibility is to foster good relations on campus...
...approve of any country entering another to appoint a ruler; that reminds us of colonialism. If a foreign power had appointed an Iraqi leader, it would have destroyed the will of the Iraqi people. It is true that Saddam Hussein has imposed himself on Iraqis, but he is an Iraqi. The Iraqi people have been struggling against him for a long time; I don't think any other country in the world has seen so many of its citizens leave as a result of a regime's cruelty...
...media agrees. A recent New York Times article reported that the Clinton transition team was having problems finding a qualified woman to appoint for a particular position they had in mind. The article advised the president-elect that if he couldn't find even a remotely qualified minority for the job, then it would be fine to appoint the best person...
FORGET ALL THE TALK ABOUT HILLARY becoming White House chief of staff. It's against the law, thanks to Lyndon Johnson. Back in 1967, still incensed that President Kennedy appointed his brother Attorney General, L.B.J. rushed through Congress a law making it impossible for a public official, "including the President," to appoint a relative, such as a husband or wife, to a position "over which he exercises jurisdiction." That means Hillary cannot take a paid Administration job. Not that she has indicated she wants one. Likely next stop: an unsalaried position as head of a task force on children...