This week, the United States took its first step to address the problems with the arrival in Baghdad of Paul Bremer, a former head of counter-terrorism in the State Department, to replace General Jay Garner as head of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq.

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Before enacting the law, says Thomas McCool , head of financial research at the General Accounting Office, Congress did not calculate what it would cost to comply.

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Major-General Jayant Varma, head of the North Indian office of international consultants Knight Frank, says that much action has already been taken since Delhi won the right to host the games.

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Bush has made smart choices in picking the widely-respected Sheila Cheston as his new general counsel and Hill-savvy Sid Ashworth to head the Washington office.

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And in the story, I talk on the record with General Clapper, who at the time was the head of the Office of Intelligence for the Secretary of Defense.

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Now he looks like General Sani Abacha, who as head of state would sometimes begin his office hours at 22:00, always behind dark glasses.

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After she left office, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chose her as the first head of UN Women, which combined four U.N. bodies dealing with the advancement of women under a single umbrella.

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Major General Mary Kay Hertog, then-head of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, advised survivors of sexual assaults to talk to their congressman if they were not satisfied with how the military dealt with their case.

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But Pepperdine law professor Doug Kmiec believes when Gonzales became head of the Justice Department, he may have encountered a common problem in the attorney general's office.

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