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...make the incident public. Cheney was traveling without a press aide, and anyway, the thinking was, she had witnessed the shooting. Armstrong is also a well-connected G.O.P. lobbyist, and she doubtless wanted to help shape the story. It was decided that she would approach Jaime Powell, a reporter she knew at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. But why wait until the next morning to call? Cheney later said his first concern was ensuring that Whittington's children were notified about the accident and getting accurate information about his condition...
...KNOWN FOR BEING BLUNT WITH COLLEAGUES. HOW IS THAT APPROACH GOING OVER AT THE U.N.? I'm known in Washington for being direct. I can be nuanced and be direct too. I don't think it's a question of style not going with the institution. Principally I deal with the missions of the other member governments. I think it's going fine, but you can ask them...
...scholarship—and revealed how he polarized the Faculty as well.“It’s an invitation to colleagues to form little cabals against each other in currying presidential favor,” Ellison said. “I do not believe in this approach to interacting with University faculty.”And at a 2001 lunch, Summers proposed that the University divert funds from a sociology program to the Kennedy School of Government, Ellison told the Globe.“President Summers asked me, didn’t I agree that, in general, economists...
...that earlier this week the Archdiocese announced a new approach in dealing with the investigations of sexual abuse by the clergy. From now on, the Church plans to remove priests almost immediately after they are accused - effectively putting them on the ecclestiastical equivalent of desk duty. The archdiocese?s current chancellor, Jimmy Lago, will oversee all probes of abuse allegations against priests across Chicago...
...part of the new approach, Mr. Lago has hired the Austin firm of Defenbaugh and Associates, Inc., which has helped investigate management of such cases for other dioceses in the country, as well as a former senior federal parole officer who drafted guidelines for the federal courts in dealing with sex abuse cases. In addition, he has ordered archdiocese officials to begin greater sharing of information on sex abuse claims with local law enforcement. "We need to take steps at the very beginning of the process so priests aren't left in ministry during the course of an investigation," says...