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...Clarity of purpose can help with political leaders, just as it can with companies. Frustrated by constant blockage of his plans to reform the country's financial system last year?including by members of his own party?Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appealed over the heads of the naysayers to the public, and won a landslide election victory. The only trouble: sometimes, clear leadership engenders not too little trust, but too much of it. In the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, the reformist King Jigme Singye Wangchuck is so popular that he is having trouble persuading his people to replace...
...session with Bush, which he said was held in 2001 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House. According to e-mails in the hands of investigators, the meeting was arranged with the help of Abramoff and Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. In an April 18, 2001, e-mail to Abramoff, Norquist wrote that he would be "honored" if Abramoff "could come to the White House meeting...
...Alma No. 1 for 95. In the past, the MSHA made its inspectors' full notes public, but since 2004, it has released only briefer citations. Critics say the inspectors' notes provide more information on conditions in dangerous mines. Representative Henry Waxman, top Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, has sent a letter to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao--whose department oversees the MSHA--arguing that if the inspector notes for the Sago citations had been disclosed, "it is possible that lifesaving reforms could have been identified and put in place." Waxman tells TIME, "The Administration's obsession with secrecy...
Clarity of purpose can help with political leaders, just as it can with companies. Frustrated by constant blockage of his plans to reform the country's financial system last year--including by members of his own party--Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appealed to the public over the heads of the naysayers and won a landslide election victory. Only trouble is, sometimes, clear leadership engenders not too little trust but too much. In the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, the reformist King Jigme Singye Wangchuck is so popular that he is having trouble persuading his people to replace his feudal...
...Blanc, who graduated from Harvard with a degree in government, said in a phone interview from Gaza. “We are working with the CEC on a variety of technical issues, with the PLC on drafting electoral laws, and with the donor and diplomatic community on reform and making sure they know where their money is going.” The Jan. 25 election is the third major election in the Palestinian Authority’s history. The first, which elected members to the charter PLC and voted Yasser Arafat in as president, took place...