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After McClellan cleaned out his office over the weekend, Snow arrived at his West Wing desk on Monday to find a ceremonial flak jacket holding a chain of secret notes from his predecessor, a tradition going back to Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Gerald R. Ford. Snow's first...
The send-offs for McClellan have been both grand and casual, including a farewell in the Roosevelt Room that was attended by First Lady Laura Bush and the President, who simultaneously embraced McClellan and his wife Jill, who have four cats and two dogs. Last Friday, after McClellan?s last...
I must take exception to questions raised about the relevance of the British monarchy. Anyone watching U.S. President George W. Bush post 9/11 can appreciate the value of a nonpolitical constitutional monarch. Bush accused his opponents of being unpatriotic, presenting himself as the embodiment of the American nation: a role...
Hayden, a polished congressional witness and acknowledged PowerPoint ninja whose high-level briefing skills are perhaps second to none in Washington, is all but certain to face questions on several fronts.
The Director of Central Intelligence, a post of legendary power and intrigue during the Cold War, has been partially eclipsed by the Director of National Intelligence position that was created as part of a restructuring in response to the Sept. 11 attacks. Since then neither Goss nor John D. Negroponte...