With new leadership comes new vision. As President Obama mulls over his options for some new faces in his Cabinet, he would be wise to take a page from another revered president of the left.
Whatever the outcome of the bizarre fall from grace of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the controversial role of the International Monetary Fund itself has been thrown into sharper focus.
The day after being sworn in, McNamara explained to a New York Times reporter that his job at the Pentagon was "to bring efficiency to a $40 billion enterprise beset by jealousies and political pressures while maintaining American military superiority."
