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...said that a search has begun for Herschbach's replacement, though Herschbach has agreed to work with the College through the fall term.Hammonds also announced Thursday that Joshua McIntosh, assistant deal of ORL, has been named associate dean for student life, and Assistant Dean and Director of Student Activities David Friedrich and Director of the Women's Center Susan Marine have both been appointed assistant deans for student life. Due to Rinere's departure, Assistant Dean Inge-Lise Ameer will serve as Interim Director of the Advising Program Office, Hammonds said, noting that the advising office remains part...
...think one of the most interesting things about Robert McNamara was that he was someone who was a larger-than-life figure in the early '60s, who then continued to learn and grow and change in all kinds of ways," said David T. Ellwood '75, dean of the Kennedy School, where McNamara frequently visited and spoke after he left the Pentagon and the World Bank. "[He was] someone whose ideas were always well-considered...and who ultimately had been through a great deal, but I think in the end came to great wisdom and insight from his many experiences...
Palin, soon-to-be-ex-Gov. Sarah • ability of to spout incomprehensible babble is undiminished by decision of to quit in a huff • Anderson Cooper isn't buying the inane excuses of the spokeswoman for • angry tweets of • David Letterman is still making fun of • eagerness of to get back to "slaying salmon" • efforts of to make people stop saying bad things about or they are going to get so sued by • excuse offered by for quitting is - as is so much of what passes the lips of - of questionable veracity • explanation...
...change in tactics and command (McChrystal was brought in to replace Army General David McKiernan, who had led ISAF since June 2008) was necessitated by a grim truth. The war in Afghanistan is not going well. The Taliban, funded in large measure by the opium trade, which is centered in Helmand, now controls wide swaths of Afghanistan. Over the past four months, a recent U.N. report says, the number of "assassinations, abductions, incidents of intimidation and the direct targeting of aid workers" has been higher than last year. Increasing numbers of foreign fighters - "most likely affiliated with al-Qaeda...
...hands of this likable and very, very focused soldier. An Administration and a nation are waiting to see if his plan is any better than the one it replaced. Time is in short supply. Some in Washington are leery of Afghanistan's becoming another Vietnam. Representative David Obey, the Wisconsin lawmaker who chairs the powerful Appropriations Committee, said in May he's giving the White House a year to show progress - however defined - in Afghanistan. But at his confirmation hearing, McChrystal said he expects it will take 18 to 24 months to see whether things are turning around, and talking...