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...Under his command, and following 9/11 and the 2002 Bali bombings, the organization has moved to the heart of power in Canberra; in the past four years, the A.F.P.'s head count has doubled to 5,000 officers and its annual budget has almost quadrupled, to $A926 million. Australian agents now work in 33 cities in 26 countries. Recalling a talk given to A.F.P. executives by Peter Shergold, the head of the Prime Minister's Department, Keelty says the new status is a "double-edged sword." "He said, 'The good news is that we're at the center of government...
With George W. Bush in the White House for the next four years and the G.O.P. in full command of Congress, K Street is suddenly no place for a battered and bruised donkey. Thousands of Washington Democrats have to find a Plan B, as unlike John Kerry, not all of them have a safe job in the U.S. Senate to go back to. A look at the reincarnations of men who once aspired to be President. By Peter Bailey...
Retro games don't have the eye-popping graphics of today's hot sellers, but that doesn't make classics like Centipede and Missile Command any less addictive. To find out how well the updates replicated the originals, I asked a dozen TIME staff members to test them. The verdict: Anthology most faithfully recreates the Atari classics, whereas Flashback is a disappointment, lacking in both depth and performance...
TIME's cover showed a Marine corporal, face tense and most likely screaming some command to his subordinates while fighting insurgents in Iraq. I feel terrible about what's happening in the war, but I am losing interest in the day-to-day combat. Have the media lulled me into acceptance of casualties...
...cowardice to superiors and accept the consequences or attempt somehow to flee. He chose the latter option. In the wee hours of Jan. 5, 1965, having downed 10 cans of beer a few hours earlier, Jenkins, then 24, made his move. At first he stuck to his routine, taking command of a dawn patrol near the DMZ. But at about 2:30 a.m., he told his men he was going to check on something up ahead. He disappeared down a hill and never returned. It would be nearly 40 years before he would return to face the U.S. military...