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...tactics of the Israel lobby plumb the depths of dishonor and indecency.' CHARLES FREEMAN, a former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, after withdrawing from consideration as chairman of the National Intelligence Council because of "distortions" by pro-Israel lobbyists...
...Will you act your age and stop playing with that sign?' BARNEY FRANK, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, blasting a group of protesters who call themselves Code Pink for interrupting a congressional hearing...
Barney Frank, Massachusetts US House representative and the chairman of the House Finance Committee, emphasized the importance of increasing financial regulation to prevent future economic crises in a speech at the Institute of Politics last night...
...much more attractive. Investors judge the value of a currency relative to others. Though the U.S. economy may be in its worst condition in almost 30 years, the rest of the industrialized world isn't any better off. "The dollar should be much weaker," says Nouriel Roubini, the bearish chairman of research firm RGE Monitor in New York City. "The problem is, not all currencies can fall relative to each other...
...Third, an overly scientific approach to politics makes even the most colorful characters appear gray. Former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Wilbur Mills was an alcoholic who cavorted with an Argentinean stripper—you couldn’t make him boring. Yet, John Manley comes close in his research, outlining the theory behind “Congressional influence” instead of letting Mills illustrate it: “When one thinks about power between A and B there is a tendency to view the relationship as unidirectional,” Manley intones. “With influence...