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...least for a day, competence problems had been banished. The break came when the President needed it most - as the daily parade of horribles from Iraq was eroding confidence in his handling of the war, even among conservatives. Republicans on Capitol Hill had fretted that Bush would stick stubbornly to a massive U.S. presence while Iraq burned, perhaps costing the party its majority in Congress. GOP strategists planning fall campaigns are facing polling showing that Iraq was the only issue that really mattered, and so were desperate for signs that the invasion had not been a horrible miscalculation...
...pursue a career in the film industry—a plan of action he jokingly calls “gainful unemployment.” But Fisher relishes the unconventional post-graduation route he has chosen. While others in the Class of ’06 will head to Capitol Hill jobs after Commencement, Fisher jokes, “D.C. is just a Hollywood for less attractive people.” —Staff writer Doris A. Hernandez can be reached at dahernan@fas.harvard.edu...
...guess we should all be grateful the bricks are coming through the mail, not the window." DAN PFEIFFER, a spokesman for Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, on the bricks being sent to Capitol Hill offices by advocates of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border
...guess we should all be grateful the bricks are coming through the mail, not the window." DAN PFEIFFER, a spokesman for Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, on the bricks being sent to Capitol Hill offices by advocates of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border...
Bush's order didn't totally calm a jittery Capitol Hill. Two other corruption investigations by the Justice Department could implicate members of Congress: the Abramoff case and a probe of defense contractors' ties to several lawmakers. The FBI says it's just doing its job. "We go where the evidence takes us," says a senior official. "Why should a Congressman be off limits...