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...Klein eloquently expressed his disgust over the General David Petraeus dog and pony show before Congress [Sept. 24]. But Klein failed to mention the real reason the Senators didn't press Petraeus for legitimate answers: the military-industrial complex that President Dwight Eisenhower warned us about is a sinister weave of self-interest involving the nation's corporate, military and political powerhouses...
...most buttoned-down of the bunch is James Kilts, a former CEO of Gillette, Nabisco and Kraft and author of Doing What Matters. Befitting his lengthy résumé, which includes teaching at the University of Chicago's business school, Kilts has written a dense, complex book intended for others at the top. His description of starting a job says it all: "Your first day of a new job should be like the first hours of the D-Day landing by the Allies during World War II." In Kilts' book, nonexecutive employees are casts of thousands, not individuals. Kilts bluntly declares...
...chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner, who launched an effort to turn around GM's money-losing North American operations two years ago, hailed the agreement. "There's no question this was one of the most complex and difficult bargaining sessions in the history of the GM/UAW relationship," said Wagoner. Wagoner and Gettelfinger offered few other details of the settlement. However, GM is expected to transfer enough cash and other assets into the new trust to cover about 70% of the company's current health care liabilities of nearly $50 billion, sources said...
...Health care is a very complex issue, and everyone needs to take charge of it,†he said...
...many ways, the V-22 is a classic example of how large weapons systems have been built in the U.S. since Dwight Eisenhower warned in 1961 of the "unwarranted influence" of "the military-industrial complex." The Osprey has taken years to design, build, test and bring to the field. All that time meant plenty of money for its prime contractors, Bell Helicopter and the Boeing Co. As the plane took shape and costs increased, some of its missions were shelved or sidelined. And yet, with the U.S. spending almost $500 billion a year on defense - not counting the nearly...