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...military officers, Blair is a believer in tactical intelligence. Let me explain why that's problematic: During the last Gulf war, the Pentagon badgered the CIA for things like sand samples and stress limits of Iraq bridges, the terrain its Abrams tanks would roll across. Yes, that information was nice to have, but such requests diverted CIA resources from strategic intelligence. Rather than answering the question of whether Saddam had kept his weapons of mass destruction, the CIA sent its clandestine sources into Iraq with baggies and little plastic shovels...
Americans in the economic trough this holiday season will find fantasy solutions to their money woes in the weekend's two big new movies. Wouldn't it be nice if Jim Carrey were your local bank officer, who smilingly approved every loan, even if your need were bizarre and your collateral nonexistent? Wouldn't your soul be soothed if Will Smith were a Treasury agent who gave you a six-month extension on the pile you owe the IRS? You needn't be a financial tycoon to get a home- or pension-saving Christmas gift - not when these two stars...
...Inauguration and Republican Robert Gates to stay on at the Department of Defense (where Gates will likely continue the policy of investigating gay service members - a policy he has the legal power to end with the stroke of a pen), Obama will now have to do something nice for the gays. Today, the Washington Times brings news that some retired military leaders are supporting William White, an openly gay man who is chief operating officer of the Intrepid Museum Foundation, to be Secretary of the Navy. That would be cool. But I'm not getting my hopes...
...JEREMY STOPPELMAN, CEO, Yelp.com I would start with drinks at the Clock Bar, tel: (1-415) 397 9222. It's a nice lounge that is fairly new, and it has been put together by one of the more prominent chefs in the city, Michael Mina. Then go straight to dinner at the brand-new La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, tel: (1-415) 397 8880, a Peruvian restaurant known for its seviche. It's a beautiful spot on the Embarcadero, located right on the water. I recommend the leche de tigre. I'd then take a stroll down the Embarcadero and stop...
...choices for departments like HUD and Energy telegraph his intent to change housing and energy policies, just as the creation of HUD and Energy were supposed to telegraph the importance of housing and energy problems. But it certainly hasn't solved those problems. Just once, it would be nice to see a Cabinet appointee - maybe a Commerce Secretary or an Agriculture Secretary or a drug czar - say that his or her department's mission was obsolete, or that it certainly didn't deserve Cabinet status...