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Short of simply not selecting a president at all, it would seem that there is little that can be done to combat the unfortunate focus that the public perception of Harvard’s presidential search has taken. As long as the activities of the presidential search committee are shrouded in secrecy, after all, they don’t leave much for us little people to do except make things up until we know the whom and, more importantly, the why, of their decision. Even if they were to make public their entire decision process, it is unlikely that anyone...
...forces would typically bear the brunt of any war in the theater. A bombadier-navigator in Vietnam, Fallon, 62, has no operational experience commanding ground troops or battling the kind of insurgency that grips Iraq or is growing in Afghanistan. "To put in a naval aviator without any command combat experience is like putting a baseball coach in to run the offense in the Super Bowl," grumbles a retired Marine general...
...Iraq twice, has a Ph.D in international relations, and comes loaded with the optimism the job requires, not to mention support for the surge option Bush favors. Some Marine officers were pulling for one of their own: Lt. Gen. James Mattis, one of the military's most seasoned combat veterans (he led the complex but successful invasion into Afghanistan and then took the 1st Marine Division on the march to Baghdad). The Marines have not held a senior position in CENTCOM or Iraq since before the start of the war and many of them privately blame poor Army leadership...
...basically need more money,” Bilmes said. “There’s no way around it. But you’re basically talking about giving another five billion dollars a year on the medical side, and that’s about what we spend on combat in two weeks.”A failure to allocate such funds in favor of increasing troop presence would be irresponsible, said Bilmes.“It’s wrong to spend all this money necessary to do a surge when we’re not coughing...
Wherever possible, Harvard should use its celebrity status to combat discrimination and unequal opportunities. The choice to select a woman for its traditionally male, high-profile presidency would be a real and impressive step...