David Miliband has an image problem. Smart and engaging, he resisted siren voices that urged him to challenge Gordon Brown in June's contest to become Prime Minister, earning a plum Cabinet job in recompense. By any reckoning he's a heavy hitter. Yet Britain's new Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs finds it tough to convince people that he's old enough to do his job. On a July trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, his first long-haul destinations since taking office, his youthful appearance provoked disbelief. "He's the Foreign Secretary? He's so young!" exclaimed social activist Atta ul Haq after meeting...
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