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...other words, he isn't likely to turn Japan upside down. True, he did appoint a Cabinet that is younger and includes more women and more non-politicians than usual--notably Japan's first female Foreign Minister, Makiko Tanaka. But it's hard to find a clear pattern: one of his economic advisers favors corporate restructuring and repairing the banking system; another leans to traditional pork-barrel politics. Koizumi's immediate problem is that dramatic reforms take time to implement, and the Japanese public that adores him today will turn on him tomorrow if he doesn't produce results...
...goes a long way towards addressing protestors’ concerns about a “democratic deficit” in the decision-making process. Of course, members of the business community should not be the only ones deciding what constitutes a restrictive trade practice—member governments should appoint impartial arbiters to decision-making panels, and conflicts of interest should be strenuously avoided...
...want to appoint someone who is complimentary to the president in personality, who you can stop in and chat with for ten minutes at the end of the day,” he said...
Within the week, the Bush administration changed its tune. It announced that it would appoint four individuals to the office, which would be led by Scott H. Evertz, the first Bush appointee who is openly gay. Evertz is president of the Wisconsin Log Cabin Republicans, a state branch of a national group which Bush at first repulsed and then met with during the campaign. The administration plans to broaden the office’s mission to include the international spread of the disease, adding a State Department official to its staff, and will also be creating a task force...
...Given that the administration has yet to appoint its team to manage long-term relations with China, will there be competition between China hawks and China doves to fill those places...