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...been 39 months since the U.S. invaded Iraq, and after so many turned corners that have led to dead ends, Bush wisely shunned any predictions about how much good would come from al-Zarqawi's elimination. But the sense of elation in the U.S. command was impossible to contain. With his penchant for videotaped beheadings, spectacular suicide mass killings and Houdini-style escapes from U.S. pursuers, the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi had become the face of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, complete with a $25 million bounty on his head. Bush had all but branded him Hitler, referring...
After 20 years of putting presidential candidates on the spot, celebrated broadcast journalist Jim C. Lehrer will command the spotlight today when he reports to graduates of the Class...
...heap; this remains as true today as it was when University President Lawrence H. Summers was selected five years ago.Bok and Knowles have the unique opportunity to reprise their past roles and in many ways are the perfect fits for their respective jobs. Each has attained enough gravitas to command the respect of the entire University community, and each has a track record of creating the type of collegial atmosphere that today’s challenges call for. Furthermore, neither has any interest in staying on beyond a year, allowing them to clear the ground for the next guard without...
...Chicago office of Goldman Sachs in 1974. The investment banker rose through the ranks of the famous firm to become its top officer in 1999. Paulson will be succeeded by Lloyd C. Blankfein ’75, a former Winthrop House resident who is currently the second-in-command at Goldman Sachs. If Paulson is confirmed by the Senate, his departure from Wall Street and move to Washington, D.C. will be a return rather than an introduction. Immediately out of Business School, Paulson served for the Nixon administration as an aide to the assistant secretary of defense from...
...dozen innocent civilians in the village northwest of Baghdad. The first witness Warner wants before his panel is Army Maj. Gen. Eldon Bargewell, who has just completed an investigation into whether senior officers in Iraq looked the other way when news of killings trickled up the chain of command or tried to cover...