Word: bergere
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...Jessica Berger...
...Lanka next year - and laying off 150 workers in Britain as a result. That follows similar announcements over the past year by British financial firms HSBC, Lloyds TSB and Barclays, among others. Others are trying to catch up. A study carried out last June by German consulting firm Roland Berger polled 500 top European companies, and found that 39% have already shifted some services abroad, and about 20% are planning to do so in the next year. The most alluring feature is the potential savings, largely because of a still-huge disparity in wages between Western Europe and almost anywhere...
When it was disclosed that former Clinton National Security Adviser Samuel (Sandy) Berger was being investigated by the FBI for removing classified documents from the National Archives, Democrats cried foul, claiming the news was leaked to distract attention from the imminent release of The 9/11 Commission Report. The report managed to move Berger's troubles off the front page, but it contained some passages that could surely make him uncomfortable. It describes several instances in which the Clinton adviser was presented with plans of action to hit al-Qaeda in Afghanistan--and balked. In the margin next to a suggestion...
...papers he took don't relate to those incidents, and Berger claims he took them inadvertently. To be sure, it's unlikely he thought he could hide anything from those writing the 9/11 report. Berger's spokesman, Joe Lockhart, pointed out that the Archives gave Berger only photocopies of the original documents--and informed Berger of that--so any cover-up would have been impossible. After learning of the incident, commission chairman Thomas Kean said his staff members checked and were sure they had "every single document that [they] needed or requested...
...explain what Berger called an "honest mistake"? He says that in gathering up papers, he must have accidentally taken some Archives documents along with his notes. Those who have worked with him find that plausible. Berger could get wrapped up in his work, they say, and his desk was piled high with documents and notes. "He always kept a lot of paper," says a former assistant. Nonetheless, Berger has now severed his ties as an informal adviser to the Kerry campaign, and a man once touted as a potential Secretary of State has seen his reputation tarnished. --By Brian Bennett...