Ranking the Presidents

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Ranking the Presidents

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President Obama Fires High Ranking Nuclear Chiefs

In an unprecedented move, reports of the Obama administration firing a second military commander of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons system have surfaced. These officers have some of the highest clearances you can get, and have been in charge of the nation’s most sensitive nuclear arsenals.

Reuters reported on Friday, Oct 11th that Major General Michael Carey was fired from his job as Commander of the 20th Air Force. The role is responsible for three wings of intercontinental missiles, a total of 450 missiles at three different US bases. He has served for 35 years per his Air Force bio, with numerous awards.

The Air Force is reporting the firing is due to the current administrations “loss of trust” in . A Pentagon official told Reuters on Friday that the decision to fire the 2 star general was made by Lieutenant General James Kowalski. Kowalski has replaced him with Major General Jack Weinstein.

On Wednesday, October 9th, President Barack Obama himself fired the Navy head of nuclear weapons, according to ABCNews Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz. Navy Vice Admiral Tim Giardina, the second-in-charge at US Strategic Command, was fired by the President. Official statement indicates firing was due to use of counterfeit poker chips at an Iowa casino.

Some say the firings of these two, along with two Marine Corp Generals, an Army Brigadier General, an Army 2-star General, and a Navy 1-star General are part of an effort to clean up operational failures, such as the 2007 incident of the Minot missing nukes.

According to a wide range of reports, several nuclear bombs were “lost” for 36 hours after taking off August 29/30, 2007 on a “cross-country journey” across the U.S., from U.S.A.F Base Minot in North Dakota to U.S.A.F. Base Barksdale in Louisiana. Reportedly, in total there were six W80-1 nuclear warheads armed on AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missiles that were “lost.” The story was first reported by the Military Times, after military servicemen leaked the story

The rare firings of military nuclear chiefs follows another recent incident of nukes making headlines.

As reported by CBS local Charlotte affiliate station on September 3rd, Senator Lindsay Graham told reporters in Goose Creek that if the US didn’t invade Syria, and launch a first strike war against Iran, that nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists could result in a bomb coming to Charleston Harbor. After the US Congress refusal to authorize war in Syria, Senator Lindsay Graham has not provided clarification for that statement made on September 3rd.

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Cal Tech Is the Best University in the World (By One Ranking, at Least)

Students graduate from the California Institute of Technology in 2012 (Phil McCarten/Reuters)

The California Institute of Technology topped Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the third consecutive year, besting Oxford, Harvard, Stanford and MIT, which rounded out the top five. The rankings are based on “13 carefully calibrated performance indicators,” which are grouped into five areas. Here’s the short version. (There’s a deeper discussion of the methodology here.)

Teaching: the learning environment (worth 30 per cent of the overall ranking score)
Research: volume, income and reputation (worth 30 per cent)
Citations: research influence (worth 30 per cent)
Industry income: innovation (worth 2.5 per cent)
International outlook: staff, students and research (worth 7.5 per cent).

The US dominates the rankings of the top 200 schools, with 77 making the list. US schools also account for seven of the top 10. Other publications have their own “carefully calibrated performance indicators.” Just last month the Guardian published its own list of university rankings, which placed MIT on top.

While US universities remain highly-ranked in official lists, it’s worth noting that more global students are voting with their feet. As we just wrote, the US has been losing foreign students to cheaper offerings in other countries. South Korean students, for instance, are flocking to Chinese schools that charge less, according to the latest data. Two of mainland China’s top schools, Tsinghua University and Peking University, made modest gains in the Times rankings. At some point, US schools may need to pare back on all those Olympic-sized swimming pools and gourmet meals to stay globally competitive.

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Cal Tech Is the Best University in the World (By One Ranking, at Least)