Word: congressman
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...choices are harder; for in him the public and private are utterly fused. It is one thing to engage in a private affair between consenting adults. It is another to have a 22-year-old intern performing oral sex on the President while he talks by phone to a Congressman about the fate of Americans stationed in Bosnia. It is one thing to turn the Lincoln Bedroom into a campaign ATM machine, another to turn the Oval Office into a hot-sheet motel. It is one thing for the President to invoke the cleansing powers of repentance. It is another...
Harshbarger will be in Dorchester as well thismorning as he attends the Democratic StateCommittee's "unity breakfast" with McGovern andhis other Democratic opponent in the primaries,Brian Donnelly, a former congressman and formerambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, who won 17percent of the vote...
...Libya and Iran. More worrisome still is what the launch says about Pyongyang's aggressive missile program. Some experts believe North Korea is well on the way to building even more muscular missiles, capable of reaching Alaska, Hawaii and even the western part of the continental U.S. Says Republican Congressman Curt Weldon, a member of the National Security Committee: "It's the first time a rogue state has launched a multistage missile. It's extremely disturbing...
Ever wonder whether you really have a chance of snagging that plane ticket with your frequent-flyer miles? Congressman Peter DeFazio (D., Ore.) does, and he'll soon introduce a bill requiring airlines to disclose what the odds on a given route actually are. Under the legislation, carriers would also have to provide all possible fares for a trip, not just the ones for a specific time and day. For now, double-check your miles' expiration date; they probably run out sooner than you think...
However successful the White House is in making the case that Clinton did not violate the law, Lieberman won't be the last to argue that the President's conduct should be judged by a higher standard. A West Coast Democratic Congressman says he was stunned last week when a six-year-old in his district was told that the lawmaker knew Clinton and asked, "Does he lie to you too?" And White House aides themselves cannot answer the question that most bothers his party now: Is there anything--or anyone--else...