New head of policy planning
Word is that Anne-Marie Slaughter is going to be tapped by Secretary Clinton. I was familiar with her basic resume but I must say my jaw kinda hit the floor when I saw this:
In the 1980s Slaughter was part of the team headed by Professor Abram Chayes that helped the Sandinista government of Nicaragua bring suit against the United States in the International Court of Justice for violations of international law, in the case Nicaragua v. United States (1986).
You know, I recognize that we didn’t exactly cover ourselves in glory in that part of the world during those years. But so help me God the first thing that came into my mind was Michael Corleone in The Godfather:
