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...tactics flows copiously from retired generals, but serving military have been more circumspect in their comments. Ambitious officers remember the fate of Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki, who was frozen out by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld after testifying in 2003 that an occupation force of "several hundred thousand" would be required in Iraq - which contradicted Rumsfeld's conviction that a much smaller force would be sufficient. Shinseki was right, but Rumsfeld is still in charge. No senior U.S. officer has been fired or disciplined for mistakes or incompetent execution in Iraq, including Lieut. General Ricardo Sanchez, the Army...
...fresh, sunny Saturday in Rockford, Ill., and nearly a thousand people have gathered in the gymnasium at Rock Valley College to participate in a town meeting with their Senator, Barack Obama. It is an astonishingly large crowd for a beautiful Saturday morning, but Obama--whose new book, The Audacity of Hope, is excerpted starting on page 52--has become an American political phenomenon in what seems about a nanosecond, and the folks are giddy with anticipation. "We know he's got the charisma," says Bertha McEwing, who has lived in Rockford for more than 50 years. "We want to know...
...Ambitious officers remember the fate of Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki, who was frozen out by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld after testifying in 2003 that an occupation force of "several hundred thousand" would be required in Iraq - which contradicted Rumsfeld's conviction that a much smaller force would be sufficient. Shinseki was right, but Rumsfeld is still in charge. No senior U.S. officer has been fired or disciplined for mistakes or incompetent execution in Iraq, including Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the general in command in Iraq at the time of Abu Ghraib, who was allowed to retire...
...decided to house its new office in Nafplion because it was the first capital of the modern Greek state. “This place, then, symbolizes the continuity of Hellenic civilization,” the press release said, “in all its beautiful variations, for almost four thousand years...
...about to come forward and pat on my shoulder while waving handsomely at me and greeting me with his huge yet absolutely uncontrived signature smile. Hui does not impress upon first sight, and it takes time for one to look beyond a plain appearance and truly appreciate the many thousand little wonderful things about his personality. His mild temper, sharp wit, indescribable humor, as well as an almost passionate earnestness, all gradually laid solid foundation to countless cherished friendships around campus. In the eyes of many, there hardly exists a better paradigm of kindness and candor than Hui, and often...