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...sailed close to the wind in commenting on the policies of his commander-in-chief. Last fall, in a comment to the Arab television channel Al-Jazeera, Fallon said a "constant drumbeat of conflict" out of Washington about war with Iran was "not helpful and not useful. I expect that there will be no war, and that is what we ought to be working for." Yet, both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have also maintained that the current confrontation with Iran should be resolved diplomatically. But Fallon, when...
...what we have seen so far is just the beginning. After the party convention in August, the nominee is will have to fight the real battle—the one for the White House—against John McCain. To be sure, it would be naïve to expect a primary of this magnitude to remain focused exclusively on policy issues. Considering how little actually separates Clinton and Obama, a campaign of this duration and expense will, in the tensest moments, necessarily involve some level of negative campaigning. Such is simply the case in modern American politics...
...little as two years, expect a lot fewer tears in the college admissions process—unless, that is, you’re applying to Harvard or one of its peers...
...said Rakesh Khurana, associate professor of business administration and an instructor in the real estate seminar. “We have systematic research on how other organizations and countries have tackled the problems they’re facing.” HBS faculty members involved in the seminar expect that the collaboration will prove to be beneficial not only to Indian executives but to Business School students and faculty as well. Khurana said the seminar will be an “opportunity to research and develop teaching materials we can bring back to the classroom.” He added...
...never know what to expect when Karl Rove calls. But when the phone rang for Mary Ann Glendon last summer, Rove, still President Bush's top adviser at the time, had a holy mission for her: Ambassador to the Vatican. Now, having just landed in Rome, she has one of the biggest tasks of that mission already waiting on her desk: coordinating Benedict XVI's first papal visit next month to the United States. "It's a great moment to arrive here," Glendon says of her assignment to the Holy See. "[The trip] will be interesting... Be prepared...