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...think the fatal flaw of a lot of people in politics is that they want to be loved.' MARK SANFORD, South Carolina governor, who has balked at accepting $700 million in federal stimulus money for his state...
Robert Gates The 22nd Secretary of Defense has served eight Presidents and is a past TIME 100 honoree In an eight-month span, Army Major General Mark Graham lost one son to suicide and the other to an IED in Iraq. By launching innovative programs and openly confronting his family's pain, Graham has become a leader in the campaign to reduce the Army's increasing suicide rate...
...Mark Zandi, the chief economist and co-founder of Moody's Economy.com was in the midst of a whirlwind day that included two speeches, a panel discussion, a television interview and a visit to the Congressional Budget Office - but he still found time for a little extracurricular research...
...Mark Zandi blushed...
...history, and the Chinese were recognized as the masters of the ocean. But a change in emperors and national policy curtailed the expensive naval forays after 1433, and China turned inward. As if to declare that centuries-long period over, Beijing staged elaborate celebrations in 2005 to mark the 600-year anniversary of the first expedition. The Ming voyages are now an inextricable part of Chinese nationalist lore - and its populist claim to the Indian Ocean...