Word: commandeering
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...enough to look through the proper end, but because North Korea is so sealed off from the rest of the world that the wrong end is all they've got. The North Korean government - in the person of 80-year-old Kim Yong Nam, ostensibly Kim's second in command - said on Sept. 10 that there was "no problem" with the Dear Leader. Still, a senior South Korean intelligence analyst told TIME that "something strange has clearly happened. We know Kim Jong Il has been out of sight for a few weeks, and we know physicians from outside North Korea...
...Baghdad Petraeus Hands Over the Keys General David Petraeus turns over control of U.S. troops in Iraq to his former deputy, Lieut. General Raymond Odierno, on Sept. 16. In July the Senate voted to promote Petraeus to head the military's Central Command, covering central Asia and the Middle East, including Afghanistan and Iraq. He assumes his new post this fall, filling the void left by Admiral William J. Fallon, who resigned in March over clashes with the Bush Administration...
...uniform who will now be denied a critically needed new tanker for years." Meanwhile, the Air Force resigned itself to flying ancient airplanes even longer. "I don't care which tanker wins," Air Force General Arthur Lichte, a one-time tanker pilot who now heads the Air Mobility Command, sighed last week. "I just need a new tanker...
...smart enough to look through the proper end, but because North Korea is so sealed off from the rest of the world, the wrong end is all they've got. The North Korean government - in the person of 80-year-old Kim Yong Nam, ostensibly Kim's second in command - said on Sept. 10 there was "no problem" with the Dear Leader. Still, a senior South Korean intelligence analyst told TIME that "something strange has clearly happened. We know Kim Jong Il has been out of sight for a few weeks, and we know physicians from outside North Korea have...
...President's announcement is an endorsement of recommendations by his chief commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, and it means two things: first, that the war in Iraq isn't going as swimmingly as the public believes; but second, that things in Afghanistan may not be as dire as commonly believed. After all, in the coming days Petraeus will take over as head of U.S. Central Command, which would make him responsible for the U.S. military in both countries - and given the limited number of troops available, he knows that any reinforcements sent to Afghanistan would mean pulling troops...