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Barack Obama for President?

In front of the Old State Capitol of Illinois where President Abraham Lincoln once said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand,” Illinois Senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for...

Not Just for Spies

As an officer in the United States Air Force, Cedric (his last name is being withheld for security reasons) was the chief of the National Reconnaissance Office’s security branch, facilitating the building of satellites used to monitor terror hotspots around the globe. He left his post in 1992 and used his background in information technology to pursue a career in private industry, managing computer networks for a variety of organizations, including financial services companies and the Detroit Public School system. But after 9/11, Cedric felt a renewed sense of patriotism. In his chief security position at the NRO, he often interfaced with agents from the Central Intelligence Agency, so when a friend told him that a position managing the CIA’s computer networks had opened up in 2003, he decided to apply. A few promotions after starting out as the information systems security engineer, Cedric earned the position as chief of information assurance engineering. “We’re responsible for protecting Agency information systems,” he says.

The REAL Apprentice Is Back—And So Am I

I'm glad to see The Apprentice return to it's original premise as a competition for business professionals and entrepreneurs. And beginning tomorrow, each week I will again post my weekly performance reviews after each episode. Each week, I will offer expert advice on what was done right or wrong by the candidates, provide a performance assessment of each of the black candidates, identify the business lessons that you can apply to your own business and career, and--before Trump makes his decision in the infamous board room--I will tell you who I would have fired and why.

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