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Lott by then had figured he was about to go over a cliff, his cell phone his only lifeline as he dialed up more than 50 of his colleagues to apologize and explain. His Senate second in command, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, was pleading with Republican Senators to defend their leader but found few takers. Word went around that at least one Republican Senator was threatening to publicly demand Lott's resignation. The only people who seemed to see any benefit in his remaining as one of the most visible figures of the Republican Party were the Democrats, which...
...will unearth any illicit Iraqi missiles, have poured energy into devising ways to neutralize the Scud threat. Their plans involve putting Scud-hunting commandos on the ground fast, deploying improved technologies for detecting and destroying Scud launchers and missiles--even after they are shot--and shortening the chain of command for anti-Scud operations. Still, a recent independent review concluded that these efforts would probably fall short, which suggests that Iraq's Scuds could again be a complicating factor...
...Nickles The most vocal support for Lott's departure has come from Oklahoma's Nickles, who is also considered his most likely replacement. In the week after Lott's disastrous comments became headlines, the Senate's second in command has made two things clear: one, he believes that Lott should be supplanted; and two, that there is a need for stronger (read: more conservative) GOP leadership in the Senate. "There are several outstanding senators who are more than capable of effective leadership and I hope we have an opportunity to choose," Nickles announced last weekend. Nickles, who has acted...
Talk to her is not just a title. to Pedro Almodovar, the film's brilliant writer-director, it is a command, an imperative. To this delightfully voluble man, conversation is love's music, its best rationale and possibly its most haunting residue...
...even as arms inspectors cruise pretty much where they want inside Iraq, the U.S. military is setting itself up all around the perimeter. Diplomats went to Turkey to negotiate for basing rights and got a half-yes. Chief of the U.S. Central Command, General Tommy Franks, flew to his forward command center in Qatar to play war games that could turn into combat overnight. An armada of a dozen ships steamed off to possible war stations, and Pentagon planners prepared to call up a first batch of reserves. One way or another, the U.S. insists, Saddam is going...