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...Sirleaf confronts the difficult task of repairing a country ravaged by war. “She faces what other people would see as insurmountable challenges in restoring a country torn apart by 14 years of the most brutal civil war,” said Hunt, who worked on Johnson-Sirleaf??s campaign and has hosted the president as a guest in her home. She noted that the war in Liberia “makes the U.S. Civil War look like a picnic.” Robert I. Rotberg, director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution...
From a podium flanked by the American and Liberian flags, Johnson-Sirleaf??nicknamed the “Iron Lady” for her steely resolve—counseled those going into public service to stay true to their ideals, even when threatened with political dismissal, exile, or imprisonment. Johnson-Sirleaf herself was exiled from Kenya in 1980 and imprisoned later that decade in Liberia...
...said Bane. “You can’t beat it.” Second-year Kennedy School student Maureen “Molly” E. Kinder, who said she interned last summer in the Liberian Ministry of Finance, was equally enthusiastic. She said that Johnson-Sirleaf??the woman she calls her “hero”—received the interns warmly. “The President arranged a private reception in her house for us,” she said. “Not long after we arrived she had dinner...
...with the quality of its leaders than with the scarcity or capacity of its human capital,” Sirleaf said. “We won because we offered a vision that excited the imaginations of our people and allowed them to hope again.” Sirleaf??s speech filled every seat in the forum, and only winners of an online lottery could obtain tickets. Kavita Sridhar, a second-year Kennedy School student and one of the lucky ticket-holders last night, said afterwards, “It’s amazing to see, as an alumna...
...Canadians probably are more tolerant, at least in some ways. Canada has different religious traditions. Most critically, [it] has no ‘South’,” Morck wrote. Boisclair is the second KSG graduate this month to secure a position of leadership abroad following Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf??s election as Liberia’s next president. Johnson-Sirleaf received a master’s in public administration from...