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• Obama A.G. pick defended Guantanamo policy
I assembled this team because I am a strong believer in strong personalities and strong opinions," he said. "I think that's how the best decisions are made. But he made it clear that the final decision ends on his desk. "I will be responsible for the ...
• Obama sets out to woo wary military leadership
Powell, who injected order and discipline to a National Security Council full of strong personalities with independent power bases. Although exit polls did not break out active-duty voters, it is virtually certain that McCain won the military vote. ...
• Michael Lewis on Wall Street's Need for Privacy
The system has evolved to reward all kinds of quixotic personalities and talents that have nothing to do with actually making shrewd decisions about capital allocation. Greer: Any thoughts on Warren Buffett's recent call that U.S. stocks are a good ...
• Obama names national security team
After a long primary campaign during which their camps traded harsh criticism of one another on foreign policy matters, some questioned the president-elect’s choice of his former opponent, as well as other big personalities who may disagree with ...
• December 2008 - Posts
The FBI is hoping to enlist the parents, especially mothers, of young Somali men who live in Minneapolis, because agents believe the men are being recruited to conduct suicide bomb attacks in Somalia. Successful recruitment in the U.S. of suicide ...