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1 year ago

in 400,000 Troops Needed in Afghanistan? on The Washington Independent
I'm assuming this must be a new interview, since the NATO count is a little higher.
But he made the same assertion in September, FWIW:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,151...

1 year ago

in Foreign Service ‘Simply Not Up To The Task’ of Iraq? on The Washington Independent
Spencer, both the ABC article and the Boston.com story mention Manuel Miranda, not Miguel.

1 year ago

in The $6 Million Woman on The Washington Independent
Ha!
They just donated their own money to the campaign, and Obama brought in $6M in that same 24hour period.

Hmm. How to spin this? How to...? I know; let's count actual contributors!

35,000 looks bigger in print than 6 million, especially if we say it *twice* with emphasis!, so we win the PR game again.

1 year ago

in CEO Raises Under Scrutiny on The Washington Independent
I thought it was the Boards of these corporations that set the compensation. And the Board members are CEOs of other corporations, on whose Boards may sit the CEO in question.
Thus, they decide on a large pay package in hopes that their own pay package is reciprocally large. Reciprocally... is that a word?
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