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...went to Washington - has depicted swashbuckling Americans seeking out thrilling adventures in exotic locales. Still even he might not have imagined a scenario in which the Vietnam-war-veteran-turned-politician jetted in on a U.S. military aircraft to the heavily fortified Burmese capital to meet with the reclusive leader of the country's ruling military junta. On Aug. 15, Webb, who serves as chair of the Senate Foreign Relation's subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific Affairs, became the first top-level American politician to meet with junta head Senior General Than Shwe...
...accused of cheating on his wife and lost control of the legislature, having his vetoes overridden more times than any other Nevada governor. Budget cuts have closed the only hospital cancer wing for uninsured patients. "We're on the bottom of every bad list," says Steven Horsford, majority leader of the Nevada senate and de facto head of Nevada's government, who tried and failed to enact a corporate income tax. The state is so desperate, the legislature even considered a state lottery. Which is about as good a revenue plan in Nevada as opening a literary salon...
...form a united hard-liner bloc that is opposed to reconciliation with the opposition or the West. The IRGC, then, is the most effective power bloc in the country, certainly more cohesive in its top leadership than the conservative political faction, which has seen spats between the Supreme Leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, and Ahmadinejad. The Revolutionary Guards leadership has a vested financial interest in isolating the Islamic republic from the West - and focusing its sights eastward toward places like China. Indeed, some observers believe the IRGC's economic functions may eventually turn it into an entity like South Korea...
...first-term cabinet were said to have been veterans of the force - his current position suggests that it is now he who must pay homage to the Guards. When he appointed a seemingly moderate in-law as his Vice President last month, in defiance of the Supreme Leader, the Revolutionary Guards quickly put him in his place, warning that his political future was "dependent on his acceptance of velayat-e faqih [or rule by the clergy, the founding tenet of the Iranian theocracy and the chief pillar of the Supreme Leader's power]." Some members of the opposition, already worried...
...velour arm chairs. A Korean-French translator was provided. Our minders sat on the side to listen. When it came time to deliver my presentation, I stood. "I have been told that the most joyful day in your calendar is the birthday of the Great Leader. I propose a chocolate festival in every major North Korean city to correspond with this holiday. Special packaging can celebrate the various feats of your leaders. For the first two years, we will offer our product for free, but later children will beg their parents for it, as they do now in Europe. Imagine...