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...also instrumental in developing the troop surge in Iraq. O’Sullivan has spent time working on both Middle Eastern and South Asian issues, leading strategic policy reviews in Afghanistan and Iraq and serving as the National Security Council’s Senior Director for Strategic Planning for Southwest Asia. Ellwood also lauded O’Sullivan for being well-liked among Kennedy School students. The Middle East expert is currently teaching “Geopolitics of Energy” and “Decision Making in Recent Crises: The Formulation and Consequences of Key Decisions on Iraq, Afghanistan...
...team includes characters played by Anthonie Mackie and Brian Geraghty, the latter essentially reprising his deer-in-the-headlights role in “Jarhead.” Ralph Fiennes and David Morse also turn in amusing cameo roles. The biggest round of applause, though, should be reserved for director Kathryn Bigelow (“Strange Days,” “Blue Steel”), who conducts her scenes with almost scientific precision. One 10-minute sniper standoff in particular showcases Bigelow’s deft mastery of timing. The gap between the bullet’s crack...
...notice that you are surrounded by geriatrics, you may wonder why you skipped “(500) Days of Summer” for a documentary about an actress you’ve never heard of who bears a striking resemblance to your cousin Yetta. But make no mistake, director Aviva Kempner’s “Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg” is an entertaining and thoughtful examination of the fascinating life of Gertrude Berg—a writer, actress, and all-around trailblazer who, unfortunately for our generation, has been largely forgotten. Never a suffragette or a flapper...
Blob, The • remake of will feature a new kind of blob because, according to director Rob Zombie, "that gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s, but people would laugh...
...White House has insisted that Obama's address won't dip into policy and is geared primarily toward reducing the nation's troubling dropout rate. White House Deputy Policy Director Heather Higginbottom told the Associated Press that "it's really unfortunate that politics has been brought into this. It's simply a plea to students to take their learning seriously. Find out what they're good at. Set goals." The irony of the backlash, in fact, is that much of Obama's education platform, especially its emphasis on personal responsibility over entitlement, dovetails with conservative tenets...