Then-defense secretary Robert M. Gates stopped bagging his leaves when he moved into a small Washington military enclave in 2007. His next-door neighbor was Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, who had a chef, a personal valet and — not lost on Gates — troops to tend his property.
Gates may have been the civilian leader of the world’s largest military, but...
Obama to tell Hun Sen of "grave" rights concerns
Label: Technology BANGKOK: US President Barack Obama will raise "grave concerns" over human rights and the need for political reform in Cambodia when he meets Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday, the White House said.Obama, who opens a Southeast Asia swing in Thailand on Sunday, which also includes a historic trip to Myanmar, will meet Hun Sun before he takes part in the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh."We...
Bal Thackeray: In his Pawar games, he played friend and foe
Label: Lifestyle Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, veteran trade union leader George Fernandes and Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar were arch-rivals for several years. However, the 1982 textile workers' strike united them against trade union leader Datta Samant. The trio addressed a large public rally at the historic Shivaji Park, where they said a strike would have an adverse impact on the textile industry and ruin...
Lonesome George Not the Last of His Kind, After All?
Label: Health The tide may be turning for the rare subspecies of giant tortoise thought to have gone extinct when its last known member, the beloved Lonesome George, died in June.A new study by Yale University researchers reveals that DNA from George's ancestors lives on—and that more of his kind may still be alive in a remote area of Ecuador's Galápagos Islands. This isn't the first time Chelonoidis...
GOP Mourning for Mitt Romney? Not So Much
Label: Business Republicans are over it.And most of them aren't doing much mourning for Mitt Romney.Just over a week since the two-time Republican presidential hopeful failed to deny President Obama a second term, instead of offering up condolences for a candidate who garnered 48 percent of the popular vote, GOP leaders seem to be keeping Romney at arm's length."I've never run for president --...
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