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Obama's Empty Rhetoric Will Fail Him in Office: That CINC-ing Feeling Barack Obama's tent-revival rhetoric stirs his followers' emotions. But in them there is a disturbing lack of the usual tools of leadership that may indicate a disqualification to serve as Commander-in-Chief. Great leaders have to be great communicators, not just orators. Throughout history, they have...; Tags: Air Force, CAREER, China, Government, memoir, Obama, president, SOFTWARE; Research articles 2008-03-10
Former US spy sues CIA over right to publish memoirs: NEW YORK AFP — A former US intelligence agent who was outed in 2003 in an Iraq war scandal that rocked the White House filed suit against the CIA Thursday over an order preventing her from publishing her memoirs. The case centers on whether Valerie Plame can publish her...; Tags: CIA, Government, memoir; Research articles 2007-05-31
Judge, senator, American: Gleanings from an Unplanned Life: An Annotated Oral History, by James L. Buckley (ISI, 308 pp., $25) SENATOR/JUDGE/UNDERSECRETARY James L. Buckley discloses that he was born in an elevator. In this extraordinary book--done as a Question and Answer exploration for the Court of Appeals--Buckley is artfully questioned by a...; Tags: Benefits, Government, memoir, Regulations, senator, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2007-01-29
Books: From Our Staff: Winkie by Clifford Chase If your teddy bear were brought to trial under charges of terrorism, what would the verdict be? That's the whimsical premise behind "Winkie," the debut novel from NEWSWEEK's Clifford Chase (who wrote the memoir "The Hurry-Up Song"). The early buzz on "Winkie"--named after Chase's own...; Tags: Books, Government, memoir, Newsweek, novel, verdict; Research articles 2006-07-03
VIEW INTO A TROUBLED WORLD: O'Driscoll, Sean Irish Voice 10-11-2005 THERE is a photo in Dr. Kevin Cahill's memoirs of a female body protruding from the rubble of a Nicaraguan earthquake in 1972. Her legs are trapped under tones of concrete, her body lies face down...; Tags: CAREER, Government, memoir, New York Times Co., SOFTWARE; Research articles 2005-10-11

Bill Clinton's closet full of skeletons: former FBI chief: NEW YORK AFP — An endless stream of scandals surrounding former US president Bill Clinton's White House years made him the constant target of FBI investigations, according to former FBI director Louis Freeh. "The problem was with Bill Clinton -- the scandals and the rumored scandals, the incubating ones...; Tags: FBI, Government, memoir, president, White House; Research articles 2005-10-06
Vietnam: General Vo Nguyen Giap: The Global War on Terrorism is a 21st-century conflict, but as the United States finds itself engaged in counterinsurgency operations, it is useful to look back at past experiences to see if lessons might be gleaned to inform at least some of our actions in the months and possibly years...; Tags: Government, Leadership, Manufacturing, memoir, North, South, U.S., U.S. Army, Vietnam, Vietnamese; Research articles 2005-03-01
Enter the 'Mayhem Magnet': The Department of Homeland Security is a bureaucratic nightmare. Cobbled together out of 22 government agencies with 180,000 employees, it was guaranteed to generate epic turf struggles. Well-meaning and decent, but maybe a little too nice, the first secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, always seemed slightly overwhelmed by his...; Tags: Government, job, memoir, president, secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Research articles 2004-12-13
The Missing Peace: the Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace.(Book Review): The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace. By Dennis Ross. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2004. 872 pp. $35. For thirteen years, Ross was at the center of the U.S. government's Arab-Israeli peace efforts, and his detailed...; Tags: analysis, Government, memoir, U.S. Government; Research articles 2004-09-22
General Franks, leader of US invasion of Iraq, releases memoir: WASHINGTON AFP ? Retired army general Tommy Franks, who led the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, released his memoirs this week, documenting, among other things, his surprise that Baghdad did not use weapons of mass destruction. The 590-page tome, "American Soldier," opens with Franks's childhood in Oklahoma and...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Iraq, leader, Leadership, memoir; Research articles 2004-08-04
Rising Starrs.(Devil in the Details): BILL HAS SURVIVED. Almost five years to the day after the Independent Counsel Act expired, former President Clinton released his memoir, My Life, which, properly enough, is none too kind to the zealous team of prosecutors assembled by Kenneth Starr. ...; Tags: counsel, deputy, General Accounting Office, Government, memoir, nominee; Research articles 2004-07-01
The Clinton Book: Presidential memoirs are usually ho-hum affairs. But Bill Clinton was no ordinary president, and his memoir, the much-anticipated "My Life," is no ordinary book: a historic document (Clinton was the first two-term Democratic president since FDR), the Alfred A. Knopf book is also a publishing-industry phenomenon. "My Life" isn't officially...; Tags: Government, memoir, president, White House; Research articles 2004-06-19
Clinton memoir speaks of personal disgust with Lewinsky affair: NEW YORK AFP ? In his memoir to be released Tuesday, Bill Clinton says he was disgusted by his affair with intern Monica Lewinsky and was forced to sleep on the couch as he struggled to regain the respect of his wife and daughter. Blaming his relationship with Lewinsky...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, couch, Government, memoir; Research articles 2004-06-19
An unbuttoned, insider's view of The New York Times: MY TIMES: A MEMOIR OF DISSENT By John L. Hess Seven Stories Press, 259 pages, $16.95 My Times: A Memoir of Dissent is journalist John L. Hess' absorbing, sometimes scathing account of his 24 years working at The New York Times. Hess begins his record of mishaps small...; Tags: Benefits, Government, memoir, New York Times Co.; Research articles 2004-05-21
Justice Talking.(Taking Liberties: Four Decades in the Struggle for Rights)(Book review)(Book Review): TAKING LIBERTIES: Four Decades in the Struggle for Rights. By Aryeh Neier. Public Affairs. 406 pp. $30. In his memoir, Taking Liberties, Aryeh Neier emerges, almost despite himself, as a fascinating man. The story of his achievements is itself interesting and takes up the...; Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Cuba, Government, Leadership, liberty, memoir, SOFTWARE; Research articles 2003-10-20
once and future president?, The: The once and future president?THE CLINTON WARS by Sidney Blumenthal Penguin, L25, pp. 822, ISBN 000670912042A friend of mine recently sat next to Bill Clinton at dinner. She was dazzled by his brilliance as he gave her a private tutorial on world problems from HIV/Aids to terrorism. Occasionally, she said,...; Tags: FINANCE, Government, journalist, memoir, president, Republican, White House; Research articles 2003-06-14
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers. . - book review: Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers. By Daniel Ellsberg. New York: Viking Press, 2002. 498 pages. $29.95. Reviewed Whether the reader admires or despises him, this book by Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times 30 years ago, belongs on...; Tags: Government, memoir, Pentagon, Vietnam; Research articles 2003-03-22
Who will tell the people?(SECRETS: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers)(Book Review): SECRETS: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers. By Daniel Ellsberg. Viking. 498 pp. $29.95. Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers is Daniel Ellsberg's story of his personal journey from being in the early 1960s a "dedicated cold warrior"...; Tags: America, Government, memoir, Pentagon, SOFTWARE, Vietnam; Research articles 2002-12-23
Party Guy: The barren ex-presidency of Bill Clinton: As he began his last year in office, Bill Clinton also began a long series of farewell interviews about his presidency and his plans for life after the White House. Of course he would write a book and make a living, Clinton often said, but his true goal was something...; Tags: Government, memoir, president, terrorism, White House; Research articles 2002-03-11
Against all odds: Vira B. Whitehouse and Rosika Schwimmer in Switzerland, 1918.: During the past quarter century much has been written about the role of women, especially American women, in World War I. These studies cover an amazing variety of topics ranging from the role of women in the American Expeditionary Forces and in the international peace movements ...; Tags: agent, American Red Cross, Government, Hungary, memoir, president, Switzerland, women; Research articles 2002-02-01