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In truth, Gates has been bulletproof ever since George W. Bush lured him from Texas A&M University to replace the disastrous Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense. His mission, Gates said, was "to put Iraq in a better place," which is a spectacular understatement. Iraq was falling apart in...
The negotiating over the budget is likely to turn brutal, although Obama aides insist the President will veto the budget if Gates isn't satisfied with the result. And then there are the wars - especially Afghanistan, which Gates has said he hopes will turn around in the next year, but...
"I don't even know when they are," says Bas Van den Brule, a 19-year-old student, "and I probably won't vote either." Jacqueline de Kuijper, 21, admits she has no idea what the Parliament does. "I'm not sure I want to spend time finding out," she...
So, I've been following your events. I've been talking extensively with your staff. One of the things I wanted to get at actually goes back to something you said on Tuesday night at the poetry jam. You said it's one thing for people to be speaking in...
Management Hell It's precisely because the Chinese bureaucracy's idea of an ideal city doesn't include peddlers and street vendors that the chengguan developed into such a powerful institution. One need only look at Beijing during the 2008 Olympics, when most temporary food stalls, pedicabs, illegal taxis and...