Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, left, reviews a guard of honor with his successor Gen. Ashfaq Kayani in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007.
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"New Army Chief Will Focus on Morale, Image"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, Oxford Analytica
November 28, 2007
Author: Hassan Abbas, Senior Advisor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security; Managing the Atom; Project on India and the Subcontinent; Science, Technology, and Public Policy
"Kayani's assumption of military leadership leaves a weakened president with even less power. While Kayani is loyal to Musharraf for now, efforts to boost morale and improve public perceptions of the military will take priority over the protection of an unpopular civilian president."
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