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...sudden ouster of Harry Stonecipher as CEO of Boeing for having an affair with an employee was just the latest blow to the aerospace giant, whose previous CEO, Phil Condit, resigned 18 months ago in an Air Force contracting scandal. But the nation's second biggest defense contractor may have more worries ahead. In the cross hairs this week is a $120 billion Army contract, managed by Boeing, that would enable computer-equipped soldiers on the ground to see and fight the enemy with satellites, unmanned vehicles and futuristic weapons. Senator John McCain of Arizona will hold hearings this week...
...become an article of faith shared by the advocates of the Bush administration?s foreign policy and by their liberal critics that terrorism is fueled by political systems that don?t allow for effective democratic participation that gives citizens a peaceful means to seek their government's ouster. It's no coincidence that the core leadership of al-Qaeda came from countries where no legal, non-violent avenues exist to channel their political viewpoint. (This in no way excuses, or even explains their choice to begin murdering innocent civilians, but it certainly explains the context of the appeal of extremism...
...same fate. "This is not about gender. It's really about business," says Deborah Soon of Catalyst, a nonprofit group promoting women in business. She points to remarkable progress: Fiorina was far from the only woman at the top of the tech world. Indeed, a major player in her ouster was another prominent woman, Patricia Dunn, who took over as chairwoman. Ann Livermore runs a key division of HP; Patricia Russo runs Lucent, Fiorina's old company. And Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy is rumored to be a possible successor to Fiorina. The moral: women have come a long...
...Historically, approval ratings below 30% have meant a swift ouster for a Japanese Prime Minister. But it's hard to see this as the end of the Koizumi era. The PM has recovered from shallower depths before, helped by a shrewdly timed foreign trip here, a Cabinet reshuffle there. "I think he is preparing another diplomatic surprise," says Toshikawa, "and this one may involve mending relations with China...
...food imbroglio is just part of a growing battle of wills between Washington and the Secretary-General it handpicked in 1996. While the Bush Administration is unlikely to call openly for his ouster, it doesn't mind seeing him squirm. Some members haven't forgotten Annan's unwillingness to endorse U.S. foreign policy goals, such as defeating the insurgency in Iraq or rallying the Security Council to penalize Sudan. "The Bush people have had it with Kofi Annan," says a former U.S. diplomat. "They'd like to see him go." Annan's associates say that while he has no intention...