Word: capitols
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...body had ridden the dark caisson up to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, and the riderless horse, with Reagan's boots turned backward in the stirrups, had walked behind it. Tens of thousands of people queued up there to give their salutes and mumbled little tributes to this man they thought of as a neighbor. The Washington National Cathedral was filled with the world's power fraternity, including President George W. Bush and all the living former Presidents--Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Jerry Ford--and some who had tried but failed--Al Gore, Bob Dole, Walter...
Chira was working as an intern on Capitol Hill, Grady as a speechwriter, Whitaker as a reporter for Newsweek, and Alter as a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter...
...Kennedy School I learned how to write and speak more effectively. The writing required of me at the Kennedy School was different than what was required of me in decades on Capitol Hill: There I was surrounded by talented writers and researchers who would prepare the first drafts of position papers or speeches, which I would extensively edit. By contrast, here at the Kennedy School, all the writing was mine from start to finished product. I admit that it took time to wean myself from the reflex of expecting a rough draft to appear magically on my desk ready...
With Bush's poll numbers sinking and Republicans in Congress bickering among themselves, it was surely a good time for the President to pay a visit to Capitol Hill to rally the troops. And his pep talk on Iraq to G.O.P. legislators last weekan Iraqi President, he said, would one day come to the U.S. and "thank us for what we've done"--got the expected public raves from those in charge of the party's message. "To the last person in there, we're all behind him," said Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum...
...Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, who has no authority to issue military orders, encouraged Miller's trip. Some on Capitol Hill, where Cambone is unpopular, think he could take the blame if the scandal widens. But Cambone may be insulated. He has long been a key aide to Donald Rumsfeld, spearheading some of Rumsfeld's top causes--missile defense, modernizing the Pentagon and unifying intelligence operations--despite having relatively little intelligence experience...