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...vetting contractors to build the ships, and the winning company may begin cutting metal by 2008. But Congress and the White House--a notoriously fickle bunch--must stay on board. The commitment the U.S. made to space from Sputnik through Apollo spanned four presidential administrations and seven changeovers on Capitol Hill. Only if leaders in the 21st century remain equally focused can they hope to match the accomplishments of their predecessors in the 20th...
Dilated Peoples 20/20 (Capitol) “Conscious” rappers can never have too many roof parties, nor do they ever tire of strolling down the block on a cloudy day. Just watch music videos by Black Star, Talib Kweli, or Nas—when he wanted his underground credibility back. Dilated Peoples have held to the b-boy aesthetic in the past, but watch the fancy video for their new single, “Back Again,” carefully. Those props did not pay for themselves. There is money in the underground, and “20/20...
Everybody hurts-even powerful members of Congress.That's why the medical office in the Capitol that cares for members of the House and Senate has a psychiatrist on call when the nation's legislators need a sympathetic ear. This little-known function of the secretive Capitol Office of the Attending Physician, run by the Navy, was exposed in a recent court filing in the case of former Congressman Duke Cunningham, sentenced last week to eight years and four months in prison, after admitting he took $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors...
...Attending Physician's office, headed by an admiral and generally shrouded in a veil of secrecy rivaling that of the CIA. Jon Brandt, spokesman for the House Administration Committee, said congressmen are asked to pay a "recommended annual fee" if they want to see doctors in the Capitol office. He would not reveal the amount, but in 1992 it was reported to be about $275. Brandt says the Attending Physician's referrals are sometimes to private sector doctors and sometimes to military doctors. A Navy spokesman provided a section of the federal law that indicates members of Congress...
...Still, it's little-known and even less discussed subject on Capitol Hill-and is frequently dismissed with jokes. "If it were a crime to be one fry short of a Happy Meal, there would be a lot of criminals around this place," cracked one congressman, who declined to be named. A former senior Senate aide bemoaned the fact that the congressional psychiatrist appears to be "so underutilized, when there is clearly quite some pent-up demand...