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...soldiers and civilians, mostly from four U.S. cities and towns, was conceived before Sept. 11, 2001. Most of the interviews were conducted after the attacks--which, Burns says, reawakened vets' post-Pearl Harbor memories--but before the invasion of Iraq. It's all the more eerie then when Pacific veteran Sam Hynes recalls Japanese atrocities but says he didn't know what Americans might do in similar circumstances, unavoidably conjuring Abu Ghraib. Or when the narrative discusses underequipped soldiers and politicians concerned about upcoming elections--"universal realities of war," Burns stresses, but ones that ring specific today...
...Veteran court chronicler Toobin turns his gaze to the Supremes. With stylish writing and unparalleled access to the Justices, he explores the Judicial Branch's recent extreme rightward trajectory. His conclusion? The John Roberts court is on the move and gunning for precedents...
Sproul, a 25-year veteran of ABC, will examine the accuracy of exit polling and its economic practicality. As an undergraduate, Sproul studied bacteriology and had no journalistic ambitions. She said she simply “fell into” a position at a radio center upon graduation, where she fell again—this time for the rush of having a front seat to national and international events...
...ballot box. (Legislative elections aren't scheduled until 2009, but with the opposition empowered by its recent win, early polls seem inevitable.) Clever and even cutting in person, Fukuda was always happy to give candid assessments of his LDP rivals, albeit off the record. However, the Diet veteran has zero charisma on the campaign trail. That used to be the norm for Japanese Prime Ministers, but the dramatic Koizumi changed public expectations. Unfortunately for the LDP, as Gluck points out, "there are no more Koizumis waiting in the wings...
...should come Sept. 17, on keiro no hi, or "Respect for the Aged Day." Japan's political old guard, shunted aside under just-resigned Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is back with a vengeance, and the consensus pick to be the next leader of Japan is a 71-year-old veteran who was rejected last year in part because he was considered too elderly. Yasuo Fukuda, an LDP Diet member who'd disappeared into the background in recent years, leads LDP Secretary-General - and erstwhile front-runner - Taro Aso in the polls. More importantly, Fukuda has the support of influential factions...