Word: brokering
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...awkward moments. The President did McCain no favors, for example, when he stepped on the candidate's message last month by calling on Congress to authorize offshore oil drilling the day after McCain had done the same thing. "If that was orchestrated," says Ken Duberstein, a veteran G.O.P. power broker, "both staffs should be shot...
...didn't have FAA approval. Unapproved parts could be those that were not manufactured or repaired under authorized procedures. One of the largest aviation manufacturers in the world is Pratt & Whitney, maker of one of the most popular jet engines. We would eventually track down a New York broker who had a local machine shop copy a Pratt & Whitney part. The broker had boxes and packaging printed with the Pratt & Whitney label, except that on some of the bogus boxes the Pratt & Whitney eagle was flying into the ground. Those parts were new, but made with the wrong materials...
...first months as Inspector General, I learned that my predecessors had made only occasional forays to review just how the FAA inspected parts manufacturers and suppliers. The FAA was satisfied with the procedures in place for monitoring parts makers and brokers. But I couldn't help noticing the reports that crossed my desk: allegations about fraudulent aircraft parts were more numerous than ever, aging aircraft fleets still needed replacement parts that their manufacturers no longer made, more and more parts makers were foreign operations, the number of parts brokers and distributors was increasing every year, and the price of parts...
...Brady also warned against Sarkozy's following his presidential predecessors' tradition of nakedly pushing French national interests in Europe's name. "The E.U. presidency is about achieving consensus. It's about being an honest broker, not a bulldozer," Brady said. He warned that Sarkozy's penchant for glitz and spontaneous policy announcements could be jarring in the more cautious E.U. settings. "Sarkozy has admirable energy, but he does not have diplomatic skill," he said. "At a time of fraught nerves, Europe needs someone to reassure, and I'm not sure Sarkozy is that...
...swept away by the news that one of John McCain's top aides had been quoted saying that a new terrorist attack on U.S. soil before the election "would be a big advantage to him." It didn't matter that Charlie Black, a veteran GOP strategist and Washington power broker, was merely expressing a bit of conventional wisdom about American politics - that voters prefer Republicans over Democrats in times of national security crisis. What mattered was that he made it sound as though McCain were wishing for such a crisis to occur, which is why Black promptly apologized, McCain immediately...