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...traveling companions (military experts Fred Kagan and Kim Kagan) and I walked around the Haifa Street market in Baghdad with Colonel Bryan Roberts, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division, and watched him coordinate reconstruction efforts and deftly manage the political-economic interactions with local shopkeepers and citizens. We accompanied Colonel John Charlton, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division, to a meeting with the mayor of Ramadi. In these and other instances, I witnessed sophisticated political-military leadership...
...reasons for what Giuliani calls his "renewed emphasis on Iowa" are rooted partly in opportunity and partly in necessity. Former Senator Fred Thompson's anticipated entry in the race could further divide the unsettled conservative base. Meanwhile, John McCain's troubles could put some of his supporters and ground organization into play. In Mason City, making a none-too-subtle pitch for their affection, Giuliani pronounced himself a "big admirer" of the Arizona Senator and added, "If I were not running, I'd be supporting him." The new early-state focus is also a defensive move. The latest polls show...
...average person who Fred Kavli is, and you'll probably draw a blank stare. Pose the same question to the scientific community, however, and you're likely to get an admiring smile. Since 2000, when the Norwegian-born engineer started a foundation that bears his name, the upstart philanthropist has funded work in several critical scientific areas and virtually created a new class system among research universities: those that can boast of having a Kavli Institute and those that wish they could...
...efforts to distinguish his awards from that other guy's, Kavli wouldn't mind borrowing a little pomp and circumstance. "When I received the Nobel Prize in 2004," says Gross, "I brought Fred to Stockholm as my guest. He sat there during the ceremony, furiously scribbling notes." Maybe the King of Norway will start personally handing out the Kavli awards. But with the King or without, these new prizes and institutes are likely to make such a splash that it won't be long before the most important man in science you've never heard of becomes a household name...
...Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, a nonprofit group that focuses on campaign finance reform, characterized the bill as "landmark," despite some compromises. "With legislation there's never perfection, but this delivers on the commitment that was made by the Democratic leadership to respond in fundamental ways to the corruption scandals of the last Congress...