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...bottom line: Bush's projections of future defense spending "substantially understate" just how much money it will take to run Obama's Pentagon, the CSBA says in its report. Luckily, Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to hang around to try to iron out the problem...
...play creates its own unique meaning. When Old Times had its premiere in London, with Colin Blakeley, Vivien Merchant and Dorothy Tutin as the threesome, it seemed the story of a man victimized by two women; in the Broadway version later that year, when the stars were Robert Shaw, Dorothy Tutin and Mary Ure, the man seemed the predator, the women his prey...
...censor, called "a piece of incoherence in the manner of Samuel Beckett" - unintentional high praise indeed. It's the tale of an old homeless man, Jenkins (played onstage and in the excellent 1963 film version by Donald Pleasance), who is brought to the home of the simple-minded Aston (Robert Shaw) and his conniving brother Mick (Alan Bates). Jenkins begins as the ratty interloper but becomes sympathetic by default as the brothers play their mind games. The plot fits the contours of a standard nightmare: being invited into a place where you are misled and mistreated...
...program Obama announced on Dec. 6 as the centerpiece of a plan to jumpstart the economy by creating millions of jobs. He's also a litmus test for Obama's post-partisan campaign pledges. LaHood, a downstate Republican, is the President-elect's first full Republican appointee - Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a Bush Administration holdover, is a registered Independent who has traditionally served Republican presidents - but has earned plaudits for his ability to work with Democrats. "Ray's appointment reflects that bipartisan spirit - a spirit we need to reclaim in this country to make progress for the American people," Obama...
...incisive as his writing is, some Catholics still question the priorities coming from the bully pulpit. Why, for example, does he not use his Christmas address to boldly condemn Robert Mugabe, whose brutal dictatorship has left a largely Christian country crushed and struggling with a cholera outbreak that has already killed more than 1,000 people? Such thoughts naturally recall Benedict's predecessor, whose geopolitical skills were legendary. (See pictures of Robert Mugabe's reign...