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...elder Lee remains in his son's Cabinet with the newly invented post of Minister Mentor. The grand old man himself recognizes that Singapore has to change, repeatedly stressing the need for a more open, risk-friendly environment to encourage entrepreneurship. "We need a cultural change and it can't be bureaucratized," he told TIME last year, or else "we'll come a cropper." Meanwhile, ex-PM Goh will take over Lee's former title (and No. 2 position in protocol) of Senior Minister. Goh's continued presence may reassure some Singaporeans that the changes he initiated...
...Unfortunately for Arroyo, many in the government agree. She needs to pass much of her agenda through Congress, but even her supporters there are arguing that the Philippines needs better tax collection, not more taxes. "The President must rein in the tax terrorists in her Cabinet," says Joker Arroyo (not a relation), a Senator who is usually a key supporter of the President...
...Beijing Sport University. "In 2008, China's development will be acknowledged and accepted by the world." Chinese sports czars have announced that 2008 will bring the nation an unprecedented number of Olympic laurels, based upon a "gold-medal strategy" approved by no less an authority than China's Cabinet...
...intelligence. The biggest question was not whether to create such a post--Bush seems destined to endorse the notion--but how to do it. Should the duties of the CIA director be expanded or a new entity created? The commission recommended putting the new intelligence uberboss in the Cabinet, but Bush aides say they fear that doing so would subject the post's holder to political pressure--a position ironic to Democrats who believe the Administration has politicized intelligence. Administration officials hinted at a politically neutralizing move for the President: he could take measures to protect civil liberties--thus confounding...
...Kerry is elected president, would you consider serving in his cabinet, say, as secretary of defense...