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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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"While the Panetta move is interesting in its own right (i.e., will Panetta have the force of will necessary to manage the DoD?), what I find far more interesting is the move of General David Petraeus to the CIA, a man whose credentials for leading the CIA at best require some creative argumentation," writes Jarrod Hayes, Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. Hayes, in a guest column about President Obama's plans to move Leon Panetta to the position of Secretary of Defense and David Petraeus to the position of CIA director, continues, "I find the move puzzling (hence the title) and would like to forward a possible explanation for the move as well a negative repercussion that could result." Source: Duck of Minerva (Blog) - April 27, 2011
