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...Jacqueline Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor and Sinatra, Kelley claims more than 1,000 people were interviewed for the book, and she flaunts a monstrous list of "acknowledgments" of people she alleges helped her (many of whom say they never spoke with her). But as readers inside and outside the Washington Beltway pored over the book last week, Kelley's journalistic methods were coming under sharp scrutiny. Did she write a responsible work of journalism or a sleazy hatchet...
...process, the President's Healthy Start program, as it is called, has become the target of a classic inside-the-Beltway political battle, with the Office of Management and Budget feuding with parts of the divided Department of Health and Human Services, and Congress feuding with the Administration. Even members of a White House-appointed study group on infant mortality, who last summer prepared a no-nonsense plan costing less than one-tenth of 1% of the $600 billion spent annually on health care in the U.S., sound apologetic about not attacking the problem full force...
...both Tsongas and Wilder could attract support by running against type. Unlike most black Democratic politicians, Wilder has made fiscal austerity his mantra. He heaps scorn on the Democrats' inside-the-Beltway leadership, which he accuses of "strengthening the two-party system -- the party inside Washington and the party of the people outside...
...defense intelligence analysts based in Washington. Both the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency thought Schwarzkopf's bomb-damage assessments in the final stage of the air campaign were inflated as much as 50%. Though Schwarzkopf based his information on firsthand pilot reports as well as satellite photos, the Beltway desk jockeys were convinced that Iraqi tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery were in far better shape than field commanders claimed and could inflict great damage in ground combat. Bush Administration officials were so irritated by the continuing bureaucratic controversy that they reprimanded CIA chief William Webster at a White...
...First Lady is at her best in this season -- a kind of Mother Christmas determined to hold high her doctrine of faith, family and friends, not only inside the Beltway but across the nation and the world. "With her white hair, her smile and her hugs," says writer Anthony, "she seems just like Mrs. Santa Claus." She wants one thing for the holidays: "Peace -- George and I need nothing." She even voices a peace wish for Saddam Hussein...