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...general officer to name the No. 1 theme of Rumsfeld's latest Pentagon tour, and the answer probably won't be war. At the heart of Rumsfeld's activism is a desire to re-establish civilian control over a military that ran circles around the Clinton Administration. Not long after arriving in 2001, Rumsfeld announced plans to "transform" the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines into lighter, faster, stealthier fighting units. To the guys in uniform, "transform" meant not only cuts but also civilian oversight, so the military did what it does best: it prepared for a long siege. Rumsfeld...
...Security [in Iraq] is good for us because then there?s no pretext for foreign troops to remain,? he said. If Washington had proof that Iranian forces were operational in Iraq, then it should be produced, he insisted. Instead, he says, it is time for Tehran and Baghdad to establish a strong strategic relationship, replete with intelligence sharing and Iranian assistance in building up the Iraqi security forces, roles the U.S. currently holds a monopoly over. ?What we actually want inside Iraq today is to contribute to the formation of the government? said the diplomat, staking out what until...
...home to the PS Caf?, tel: (65) 6479 3343. This elegant restaurant of glass and timber serves what co-owner Philip Chin calls "casual gourmet" dishes, the best of which may be the superbly executed, fall-off-the-bone duck rendang. For years, Chin and his partners aspired to establish a suburban offshoot of their trendy downtown venue, Project Shop Caf?: with its retro furniture and jazzy ambience, PS represents the ample fulfillment of that dream...
...Trouble is, a lot of those votes are not in the city. Evacuees live in 44 states now. The NAACP and other groups filed a lawsuit to delay the election, establish polling centers out of state and force FEMA to turn over the addresses of evacuees to the campaigns. They lost. The state of Louisiana agreed to set up 10 polling places outside of New Orleans but in-state, near the borders of neighboring states. Community groups like ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which help low- and moderate-income families, have organized buses leaving Monday from...
...increase awareness, we plan to establish relationships so that we can begin reaching out to schools and students that in the past haven’t been contacted by Harvard. One way we will do this is by contacting the over 3,000 Title I high schools across the country. These schools receive federal funding because they have a certain percentage of students that qualify for the free and reduced lunch program, a good indicator of income. We will be greatly helped in this effort by Freed Professor of Economics Caroline M. Hoxby ’88 and Larsen Professor...