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...transfer of presidential power is a tricky maneuver, especially when it involves one party ceding the office to another. But not since Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in the midst of the Depression has a new President faced a set of challenges quite as formidable as those that await Obama. That's why Obama has been quicker off the blocks in setting up his government than any of his recent predecessors were, particularly Bill Clinton, who did not announce a single major appointment until mid-December. As the President-elect put it in his first radio address...
...However, all signs point to the fact that the process of closing Guantánamo once and for all will be exactly that - a process. Housing the remaining detainees on the U.S. mainland to await trial is fraught with issues of its own, including a debate over what type of court would be best equipped to handle such cases, the technical aspects of repatriating and releasing any prisoners cleared of guilt and the question of how or whether to try suspects against whom evidence has been gathered through torture or classified means...
...This year, let’s extend the rivalry beyond the hours of 12-3. Whether it’s just the sports boards or the whole papers decide to participate, let’s duke it out to see who really is the better college newspaper. We anxiously await your reply. —Staff writer Madeleine I. Shapiro can be reached at mshapiro@fas.harvard.edu...
...performance of the Iraqi government. And the possibilities for a reduction in U.S. troops in Iraq must be balanced against the likely need to send more to Afghanistan, where the situation now looks somewhere between difficult and dire. Here are two on-the-ground assessments of the wars that await the next President...
...Further drama will emerge during the trial of Knox and Sollecito. For now, we know that Guede has been convicted, and is likely to appeal, while the other two defendants have requested house arrest as they await their return to court. And you can be sure the photographers won't miss...