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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...have with the whole debate is that everyone looks at Iran's approach to nuclear-weapons development from a traditional-warfare point of view. Think of the disruption a well-placed bomb could cause if it were set off in key strategic locations, like midtown Manhattan and outside the Capitol. I would be more concerned with the enrichment program than with the weaponization or delivery-systems side. Developing systems to detect and track this material would be my priority. Tom Ockuly, Glenwood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...destroyed videos showing the interrogation and possible torture of a member of al-Qaeda, representatives of both parties expressed dismay--not so much over what may have been done to the prisoners as over the apparent obliteration of evidence. Even before Hayden offered his explanation in closed testimony on Capitol Hill, Senate majority leader Harry Reid denounced a potential CIA cover-up, saying the loss of the tapes had damaged U.S. "moral authority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics of Torture | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...Clinton did during his first presidential bid, has seemed to make a last-minute surge during the primary season. Both men even play an instrument. Bill Clinton jammed on his saxophone on Arsenio Hall’s show in 1992; Huckabee plays bass guitar for his band, the Capitol Offenses, and has even opened for Willie Nelson. Most importantly, however, both men are extremely likable. Huckabee is as funny as Clinton is empathetic, and has a way of connecting with voters that no one else on either side of the aisle—save maybe Sen. Barack Obama...

Author: By Jarret A. Zafran | Title: Mike and the Chocolate Factory | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...boss at the time, Laura C. Dove, who is now assistant secretary for the minority in the U.S. Senate, says Chen stands out from her roughly two decades on Capitol Hill...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: An Academic Politician | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...stranger to issues of scandal. With the Stephen Gobie incident, after you had come out in 1987, only to have this story broken by the Washington Times two years later, you basically fessed up to everything you did in the situation. We all know how incredibly lurid the Capitol Hill community can be. What did Gobie and D.C. teach you about backstabbing...

Author: By Frances Jin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Q's with Barney Frank | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

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