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...Obama administration turns to the difficult tasks of governance and students turn their minds to daily, more immediate concerns, it is our responsibility to make sure that this initial enthusiasm doesn’t dissipate without leaving behind a lasting monument. The creation of a U.S. Public Service Academy can be our generation’s contribution, an institution that embodies our “call to service...
...enthusiasm on the outside from potential donors remains quite high and we hope to get more means to supplement what we have to move things along,” he said...
Armies built for conventional warfare don't easily make the transition to counterterrorism, as U.S. commanders discovered in Iraq. Pakistan's generals have shown no enthusiasm for such a change, despite a massive infusion of U.S. military aid meant to make it happen. Much of that money has been stolen or spent to defend against an attack from India; little has reached the border with Afghanistan. Army chief Ashfaq Kayani has made some effort to take on the Taliban and other militant groups, but fitfully and with mixed results...
...experience and his academic credentials as key assets he will bring to the job. Former deputy secretary of defense John P. White—who is now a lecturer at the Kennedy School—met Carter during their White House years in the mid-1990s, and expressed his enthusiasm for the pick in an interview yesterday. White explained that the Department of Defense needs someone in the top acquisition post who not only understands how to drive the policies that guide the nation’s acquisition capabilities, but also possesses the “strong will?...
...prose reads like a history textbook, at others like a review of the latest research in astrophysics. Belying his vigorous attempt to write to the reader, Livio struggles in vain to include sufficient background information necessary for the average reader to match his own remarkable comprehension and unique enthusiasm...