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...International Security Assistance Force in the summer of 2009. "It's not about how you engage the enemy so much now. It's how you engage your district governor," says Brown. "That's a huge change for guys like us - call us knuckle draggers or whatever, but we weren't trained to do COIN." (See pictures of Person of the Year 2009 Runner-Up General Stanley McChrystal...
...think change is possible? So much of the population is young. About two-thirds of the population is under 30, so they weren't alive at the time of the revolution. They're more and more connected to the world through technology and travel, relatives in other countries. More and more women are going to universities, many people are moving from the rural areas into the cities so they're exposed to new ideas. Many Iranians realize what universal human rights are, and they want rights that they see other people in other countries having. Right now they face...
...sending signals that it will soon allow its currency, the renminbi, to appreciate. "The Chinese know very well it's in their own interest to allow the RMB to rise a bit," a source close to Treasury in Washington said just before Geithner's surprise Beijing trip. "But they weren't going to be browbeaten into it." (See pictures of the making of modern China...
Many people saw the same Oprah episode you did, yet weren't willing to change everything. What motivated you to dedicate your life to the cause of Congolese women? With the initial Oprah episode, I was obviously really stirred and immediately signed up to sponsor two women. But it stayed on my mind. I read stories of women being told they weren't human and wouldn't be missed if they were killed. Essentially the world has agreed with that. That if these 5.5 million people die they're not really missed...
...pass unless every one of those issues gets resolved in the Senate, and then re-resolved to get through the House and Senate again. It could happen. But don't be surprised if in a few months you see Gregg shaking his head sadly: If only the Democrats weren't so intransigent about proprietary trading, or 15-1 leverage restrictions or something else you've never thought about, we could've had a deal. And don't be surprised if the Beltway consensus then concludes that failure was inevitable...