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...Chabane, to a new ministry inside the presidency to monitor performance. He set up a planning commission, also inside the presidency, to enforce a consistent long- term vision across government departments, with Trevor Manuel, South Africa's respected Finance Minister since 1996, at its head. Efforts are also being made to reach out to ordinary South Africans. New Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has spent nights in poor townships across the country to hear residents' concerns. Zuma himself has established a hotline to the presidency and in August gathered hundreds of school principals in Durban to answer their questions...
Last Tuesday, President Obama announced that he would inject 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan by mid-year and begin withdrawing them a year later in July 2011. His primetime speech may have lacked the confidence and gusto of the usual American call to arms, but overall Obama has made some smart decisions about this country’s future involvement in Afghanistan...
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Obama’s top military adviser, made it clear last week on Charlie Rose that a full withdrawal date was not even part of the discussion. “The 2011 timeframe is out there as a goal for us to shoot for and to begin the transfer of security responsibility and the transition. It could be a lot of forces, it could be very few forces—we just don’t know...
Although there was no blowout, an inconsistent but nonetheless intimidating UConn defense made its presence known. Frequently outmaneuvering Harvard, the Huskies were relentless at rebounding and kept up pressure on the Crimson from the inbound to the basket. UConn blocked Harvard shots 13 times and recovered well from turnovers...
...though it was unable to put the puck in the net, the Crimson (7-3-2, 6-3 ECAC) twice shut out a Golden Gopher team that hadn’t been shut out since Nov. 17, 2007. Harvard goaltender Christina Kessler made 29 saves Saturday to follow up her 24-save effort Friday...