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...campaign’s chief proposal stems from the candidates’ traumatic experiences moving to Harvard, when both had to part with integral members of their families...
...asked to elaborate later, Koenigs had an unorthodox explanation, saying his chief hope for the campaign was getting the most laughs—not the most votes...
...recent well-circulated column, gushed about the “valedictocracy” that the President-elect has established by selecting an almost exclusively well-credentialed cabinet and senior staff. Enumerating the impressive almae matres of these Obama appointments, Brooks imagined a new era of government in which its chief stewards do not come from the “insular coterie of lifelong aides who depend upon [the president] for their well-being,” but are putatively the best and brightest America has to offer—and have the Ivy League pedigrees to prove...
...will ever doubt that this former Army chief of staff has the courage to stand up for our troops and our veterans," Obama said at the Chicago press conference at which he announced his choice of Shinseki. "No one will ever question whether he will fight hard enough to make sure that they have the support that they need...
...shiver through the officer corps, and made clear that professional dissent - however carefully considered and delivered by a top officer with 38 years in uniform - could derail an exemplary career. (Contrary to public perception, however, Shinseki was not fired by Rumsfeld. He served out his term as Army chief of staff, although Rumsfeld's allies had already hacked away at Shinseki's influence by proclaiming him a lame duck during his final year, even before his controversial testimony...