These stone giants take their lives mysteries even among the best climbers and Montagnards in the world.If you go and trampled down ever to boot and climbed with rope, be aware not only of grand spectacle that occurs every step, but especially the dangers that lurk around every crack of stone and piece of ice.
This serves as the backdrop as President Obama's expected to name Caroline Kennedy - the daughter of former President John F. Kennedy - as the U.S. ambassador to Japan. Japan has the world's third-largest economy, and this is a job that's long been critical to American trade and business interests.
If she does become the ambassador to Japan, she'd be the first woman ever to serve in the post. She would replace Ambassador John Roos, a former Silicon Valley lawyer who was a major fundraiser for the Obama campaign. Mara Liasson, NPR News, the White House.