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...Then there are the shopworn policies the Prime Minister is advancing to fix Iraq: "a strong political compact to bring all parties together, with clear commitment to nonsectarian government and to democracy." The international community should also "build Iraqi governing capability" and "plug any gaps in training, equipment and command in control in the Iraqi army." Sure - and while we're at it, why not just ask for world peace? Coalition forces simply can't figure out how to turn these bromides into reality in Iraq, where chaos and carnage steadily mount. A gap between alluring vision and stubborn reality...
Behind the scenes, Bush mused to aides that he loved what he was seeing and regretted he would never be able to come to a place like this as a normal tourist. Instead he pursued a fairly restricted itinerary, visiting the U.S. military's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and skipping the Turtle Temple and the stir-fried camel. Asked at a briefing why the President wasn't out more among the people, National Security Adviser Steve Hadley said the motorcade routes through the heart of the city meant that the President was "in the midst of the Vietnamese people...
Long term, the idea isn't just to sell the machine to gamers. Sony envisions PS3 as an entertainment command center that will appeal to a mass market. The box features a ferociously fast computer chip, the Cell, a high-definition Blu-ray disc player, a hard drive and Web browser. In Sony's view, you'll use the PS3 to play games, watch movies and surf the Web. You'll be so dazzled by the hi-def images that you'll want to upgrade your TV with a new Bravia set that can display full 1080p resolution. Says Stringer...
...artists, musicians, and designers. But although Matthews says she has faced some difficulties so far in assembling a staff and putting together a structure for the magazine, she says that her age has not been the cause of those frustrations. The aspiring media mogul says she knows how to command respect both from her peers at school and her new peers in the business world.“I don’t think it’s a problem,” Matthews says. “I know what I’m doing...
...grim testimony from the two spymasters came shortly after the chief of the U.S. Central Command, General John Abizaid, tried his best to offer the same committee a rosier picture of the war. Abizaid insisted that conditions in Iraq weren't "nearly as bad" as last August when he had publicly warned that the country might be slipping into civil...