Person of the Year 2007

His final year as Russia's President has been his most successful yet. At home, he secured his political future. Abroad, he expanded his outsize—if not always benign—influence on global affairs

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Is this the face of modern warfare? As founder of Blackwater USA, Prince provided well-paid mercenaries to do the jobs in Iraq that a pared-down U.S. military couldn't do. Then Blackwater security forces got a reputation as dangerously trigger-happy, and Prince was hauled before Congress. At issue: was Prince favored with contracts because he comes from a family of wealthy Republican donors?

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