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...retired Marine general Charles Bolden Jr. is President Obama's likely nominee to head the space agency; the two are expected to meet at the White House May 19 for a formal interview. Years before his famous Discovery flight, Bolden traveled to space with a payload specialist named Bill Nelson - now a powerful Florida Senator and one of Bolden's strongest backers. While Bolden, 62, is widely respected within the space and military communities, critics are raising red flags over his ties to manufacturers behind NASA's new Constellation space program, especially in light of Obama's pledge to distance...
...over breakfast and shuttle times, students also expressed concern over cuts in student jobs and rumors of potential cuts in House administrators.Also joining Hammonds, Harris, Mayer, and McLoughlin at the meetings were Dean of Freshman Thomas A. Dingman ’67, Associate Dean of Residential Life Suzy M. Nelson, Associate Dean of Student Life and Activities Judith Kidd, and Senior Associate Athletic Director Patricia Henry.While students at all four venues said that they appreciated Hammonds and the other deans taking the time to speak to students about the cuts, many said they wished they had been notified...
...Also joining Hammonds, Harris, Meyer, and McLoughlin at the meetings were Dean of Freshman Thomas Dingman, Associate Dean of Residential Life Suzy M. Nelson, Associate Dean of Student Life and Activities Judith Kidd, and Senior Associate Athletic Director Patricia Henry...
...news? Despite many hints that he wanted a to create a big tent government, Zuma apparently failed to persuade former trade union leader turned billionaire Cyril Ramaphosa to take a position. Ramaphosa is an ANC heavyweight. Many see him as the ANC President that never was (he was Nelson Mandela's preferred successor; the job went to Mbeki instead). The corporate sector, which admires his accumulative skills, would have seen his inclusion as further reassurance. Still, Ramaphosa has been out of South Africa's political scene for a long time. A cabinet position would have been something; his absence...
...conduct peacekeeping missions - perhaps because they have no other choice. "We actually have more than one threat that we are dealing with. The United States has come to the point where it is not the lone superpower in the world and it is actually first among others," says Jay Nelson, the lead war game designer for one of the regional crisis panels. An additional complication, he adds, is that "The near peers [like China and Russia] that we have trying to discredit the legitimacy of the United States." (Check out a story about the threat of the Chinese navy...