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...some on Capitol Hill don't think a temporary measure goes far enough. On June 23, Florida Senator Bill Nelson and Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern introduced legislation, the Fairness to Surviving Spouses Act, that would nix the widow penalty for good. To leverage their message, they were joined by both Goukassian and another military widow, Diana Engstrom, whose husband was killed in Iraq in 2004 in a rocket-propelled-grenade attack. Engstrom, a Kosovo native, found out afterward that she, too, would be deported because she'd been married for less than the two years required for an immigrant spouse...
...Michelle Obama, the great-great-granddaughter of slaves, up close is to finally see America up close. Until her arrival, most Americans did not know the White House and Capitol were built by slaves. For those who contributed so much to our nation, the time has arrived for their progeny to receive their just due. Helen H. Gentry, Detroit...
...Michelle Obama, the great-great-granddaughter of slaves, up close is to finally see America up close [June 1]. Until her arrival, most Americans did not know the White House and Capitol were built by slaves. For those who contributed so much to our nation, the time has arrived for their progeny, the Michelles and Baracks, to receive their just due. Helen H. Gentry, DETROIT...
...ensuing media frenzy led to Warren's testifying a few times on Capitol Hill, where she caught the eye of Senate majority leader Harry Reid. When asked how she ended up on Reid's short list, Warren says, "I took away from the conversation that my presence was about American families having a stake in the outcome of these powerful decisions that are being made. So I've never apologized for caring about and raising issues that relate directly to them...
...crowd pushes in. We are all arms, legs, elbows. Even for a country with no notion of personal space the compression on the train is incredible. Readers who had the privilege of being in Washingon D.C. for Barack Obama's inauguration will remember the scenes at the Capitol Hill metro stations. This tudeh, or mass, is the same, maybe more. For almost a week now, every day has been Inauguration Day in Tehran. (Read Joe Klein's account of what he saw in Tehran...