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Rumsfeld had reasons for his secrecy. When push came to shove, the military didn't much want to re-examine itself. When he asked for recommendations about how to change, the Navy came in with a request for five additional aircraft carriers. The Air Force offered to mothball some old bombers but would not sacrifice a single fighter plane. The Army proposed to cut the Reserves--an idea it knew Congress would never approve. But there was something else going on. Throughout the campaign, the Bush team kept complaining about burdensome overseas commitments. The military, however, regarded all the extra...
Parents should make every effort to put their children on direct flights but, failing that, can prepare them by writing down flight numbers, phone numbers and connecting information on a slip of paper. Parents should request an aisle seat near the galley so the child will be close to the flight attendants. And they should remember not to wear dread and worry on their faces. For kids, traveling solo can be a fun adventure and a chance to safely test their growing independence. That's a reason for parents to enjoy the adventure...
...what were then hundreds of areas officially "closed" to foreigners, a local bureaucrat seized my shortwave radio from my hotel room, examining it to ensure that it wasn't a two-way spy communications device. A memo accidentally left behind in my room instructed officials to "politely refuse any request Mr. Ignatius may have to leave the hotel." Suspicion of the outside was deeply ingrained, particularly after the Cultural Revolution's xenophobic excesses...
...stared down Tom Daschle?s Senate over $2 billion in extra farm aid. He cut the $40 billion Donald Rumsfeld wanted for the Pentagon in half. And he even sent his own cost-appraisal team to the wreckage of Tropical Storm Allison to kill a Federal Emergency Management Agency request for more disaster relief - for the state of Texas...
...portrait: "She was kind of fragile/And she had a lot to grapple with/But basically she kept it all inside.../Dear God, it's all so tragic/And I'll never have the chance to feel the closure/That I ultimately need." Carey then soars into a passage that might be a request or a requiem: "Lord, I pray she's found some peace/And her soul's somewhere at ease...