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While Baghdad burned, American officials in Iraq squabbled over familiar Washington commodities: turf and money. Adams says members of Garner's team wanted to pay former Iraqi soldiers to perform cleanup and security tasks and were stunned when Bremer told them that was not going to happen (a decision he reversed, in part, after a month of turmoil). Garner's 200-member Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq found itself unable to exert authority over the activities of the 146,000 soldiers in Iraq, let alone Iraqi civilians. And part of the problem was Garner himself...
...Kempthorne left his U.S. Senate seat in 1998 to become governor of Idaho, where the salmon and wolf populations, dairy-farm pollution and a Superfund cleanup have captured attention in recent years - as have his conservative appointments to the state Fish and Game Commission. Kempthorne's stature as a former senator and twice-elected governor may make him attractive to the Bush administration. It's not the first time his name has been floated for a top job - Republicans spoke of him as a potential running mate for Bob Dole in 1996. But his long experience also means the environmental...
Lentz became the Crimson’s full-time first baseman when Hendricks’ knee injury forced him out of the lineup. He also moved into the cleanup slot to pick up the slack...
...mention, the Crimson would have had its cleanup hitter back...
After his huge Monday at Brown, (5-for-8 with 7 RBI), Walsh deposited Salsgiver into the No. 3 spot vacated by Lentz, who moved to the cleanup spot to replace the injured Hendricks. The freshman outfielder may find himself there for the rest of the year...