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...Words Joe Klein referred to congressman Ron Paul's "singular moment of weirdness" as "proposing that al-Qaeda attacked on Sept. 11 because the U.S. had been messing around in the Middle East, bombing Iraq" [May 28]. I find it startling that Klein assumed the reader would see this perfectly reasonable notion as weird when it essentially echoes an observation made in The 9/11 Commission Report. I have to wonder where the weirdness really rests. Joshua Glassman, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA...
...During the last four years, politicians on both sides of the aisle have exchanged vitriolic and largely baseless insults. Two of the most egregious involved Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) comparing George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler on the floor of the Senate, and Congresswoman Jean Schmidt (D-Ohio) calling Congressman John Murtha (R-Penn.), a decorated former Marine, a coward...
...charges in a May 21 affidavit, obtained by TIME, in which she describes a conference call on November 18, 2002, which involved a group of senior aides to Bob Riley, who had just narrowly defeated Siegelman in a bitterly contested election for governor. Though Republican Riley, a former Congressman, initially found himself behind by several thousand votes, he had pulled ahead at the last minute when disputed ballots were tallied in his favor. After the abrupt vote turnaround, Siegelman sought a recount. The Simpson affidavit says the conference call focused on how the Riley campaign could get Siegelman to withdraw...
...retooling of American auto plants. Some friends of the chairman believe that Dingell has chosen the toughest bill of his career to cap his historic tenure. If he survives this Congress and wins one more election, he will pass Mississippi's Jamie Whitten as the nation's longest-serving Congressman...
...TIME's interview with the Colorado Congressman continues. Read these extra questions with Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo...