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...couple of weeks away, the decision-making process is just beginning. Commission members, said a close adviser, "are just now trying to make sense of what they heard, what the choices are and who stands where on those choices." While a Baker-led deal is still a good bet, several sources said, the odds that the commission will be unable to provide a clear user's guide for cleaning up Iraq are narrowing. And that means Gates may need to sort out the options...
...salvage man after his bosses at Renault bought a controlling stake. Born in Brazil and reared in Lebanon, Ghosn found his way to tire giant Michelin, where he developed his restructuring chops. But he had never run a car company, let alone a Japanese one, and almost everyone bet against him: a foreigner with a funny name tackling Japan Inc. He proved them spectacularly wrong, turning Nissan into an auto power with industry-leading profits and such stylish vehicles as the 350Z sports car, Murano SUV and Altima. Ghosn's success made him a mythic figure in Japan. In France...
...safe bet that those responsible for Thursday's bombings calculated their political effect - the most extreme wing of the Sunni insurgency, which routinely engages in the mass killing of Shi'ite civilians, has no interest in the success of a national reconciliation project in which they would be the big losers. And while Iraqi leaders issued by-now routine calls for reconciliation and calm, many observers feared that Thursday's bombings could have a similar effect to the bombing of the Shi'ite shrine at Samarra in the spring, which dramatically escalated the sectarian confrontation. It will certainly take more...
...Middle East peace talks; some basket of carrots and sticks on Baghdad. And the White House will have its own internal fight between those who want to get on board this train and the "we-get-to-decide-these-things" crowd that resists outside authority of any kind. My bet is that Vice President Dick Cheney hasn't fought his last battle just...
...Middle East peace talks; some basket of carrots and sticks on Baghdad. And the White House will have its own internal fight between those who want to get on board this train and the "we-get-to-decide-these-things" crowd that resists outside authority of any kind. My bet is that Vice President Dick Cheney hasn't fought his last battle just...