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Prior to permanently assuming the deanship in April 2006, Light had been a member of the school’s leadership team for 23 years, serving as a senior associate dean and chair of the school’s finance unit...
...think about this, Hillary? Or Bob, or Jim. He encouraged argument among those who disagreed - most notably General David Petraeus and Vice President Joe Biden. He was undaunted by the military. Indeed, the greatest cause of delay was Obama's constant pressure on his commanders to justify every unit and find some way to speed the troops' arrival. The final deployment includes only three combat brigades and one training brigade - about 20,000 troops - augmented by 10,000 enablers: medics, mechanics, intelligence analysts, strategic-communications (that is, propaganda) experts.(See pictures from a photographer's personal journey through...
...Tehran certainly has the tools to make trouble. The Quds Force, an élite unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was able to stir up sectarian tension in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein by helping arm and finance the Shi'ite militias that first fought against the U.S.-led coalition and then conducting a campaign of violence against Sunni Iraqis. The commander of the Quds Force, Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani, is also credited with reining in the Shi'ite militias in 2007 - a key factor in helping the U.S. surge strategy succeed...
...hats, which were made possible by sophomore defensive tackle Matt Lunati’s father Pete, were originally intended for the members of the defensive unit who made it in for a snap. According to captain Carl Ehrlich, it provided ample motivation for the guys who weren’t seeing time on defense...
Yikes. Flyby managed to avoid the cops in our tailgating revelry, and the official tailgate rules still beat the ones in Boston. But still, here's hoping that unit's disbanded...