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Gates, 65, speaks with a flat Kansas twang that masks the edge he honed during a 26-year career at the CIA, where he was director during Bush 41's presidency. Following Bill Clinton's election in 1992, Gates left the capital for a lakeside home near Seattle, wrote a book and sat on corporate boards before moving to Texas, where he served at Texas A&M University for seven years, the last four as its president. "An obstinate bureaucracy can be a formidable antagonist," Gates said of the Pentagon in From the Shadows (1996), his memoir, "especially when giving...
AILING Appointed by Bill Clinton in 1993, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75, underwent surgery on Feb. 5 for a pancreatic tumor...
Secretary of state Hillary Clinton is headed to China. The inclusion of Beijing on her first trip overseas suggests that she and the new U.S. President intend to make the People's Republic of China a keystone in the arch of America's foreign relations. Paradoxically, Clinton will be aided by the fact that President Barack Obama has never been to Beijing, has previously said relatively little about China and is thus viewed there as something of a blank slate. Although that has caused anxiety among Chinese officials, it may also be a virtue...
...close by is Community Food and Juice (www.communityrestaurant.com), brought to you by the folks behind the Lower East Side's cult-favorite eatery Clinton Street Baking Company. With its pastry provenance, Community is good for mornings and even better for brunch, when chef Neil Kleinberg dishes up midday must-tries such as smoked salmon benedict and seven-grain waffles with roasted apples and pears. It's a mix as eclectic and exciting as Harlem itself...
...Clinton leaned heavily on his left flank early in his term and soon discovered no one else was following him. Bush clung to his base from the start - and never budged. (Both men were re-elected; Clinton by moving to the middle; Bush by refusing to do so.) I doubt either man would repeat their strategy if they could do it all over again. While there aren't many centrist votes in Congress to build anything around anymore, there are legislative proposals that moderate voters will appreciate...