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...House Ethics Committee will appoint an independent counsel to investigate ethics charges against House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The counsel will take up allegations by Ben Jones, a former Democratic Congressman from Georgia, that the Speaker's "Renewing American Civilization" college course was really a fundraising tool for Gingrich's GOPAC political action committee. TIME's Viveca Novak says the appointment could open the door to a broader investigation of the Speaker: "The outside counsel will not take the assignment without the authority to investigate anything he comes across. If, for instance, the person appointed as counsel is an expert...
Rudenstine also said he agreed with the decision of Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 to appoint Judith H. Kidd as the new assistant dean for public service last month...
Much ink has been spilled in the past few weeks about the University's decision to disregard student community service leaders' recommendation to appoint the current executive director of Phillips Brooks House (PBH), Greg A. Johnson '72, as the new assistant dean for public service. Student indignation was swift, effective and fully appropriate...
...Skocpol said she disagrees with the letter's proposal to suspend the current selection process and appoint a new committee...
...confidential memo last week to all Cabinet Secretaries and top White House advisers, directing them to submit by Oct. 23 a brief summary of one policy they think would improve the economic conditions of people living in poor urban areas. In Congress, six members asked the President to appoint a commission on race relations, an idea to which the White House has responded coolly...