Word: congressmen
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Through the week Carter kept up a hectic pace. He flew to Atlanta and Washington, conferred with scores of businessmen, Congressmen, northeastern Governors; the future Commander in Chief also called on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, and toured the national military command center. On appointments, however, he remained intentionally slow and methodical. While flying on a chartered Boeing 727 from Atlanta to Washington, he told TIME Correspondent Stanley Cloud: "These may be the most important two months of my first term. I'm anxious to get people into their jobs so that...
Twenty-five newly elected congressmen cruised into Cambridge last Sunday wanting to find out how the American government gets things done, but they never made it to a single lecture...
Many of the seminars focused on the nuts-and-bolts" aspect of congressional activity, and the congressmen-elect had plenty of time to discuss practical political matters with veteran congressmen, former legislative aides, congressional committee counsels and other Washington types...
...fact, most of the congressmen said they got more out of the Institute's training program than simply a tour of Harvard and a bundle of free meals at the Faculty Club. Rep.-elect Thomas Corcoran (R-III.) yesterday praised the weeklong session as a valuable opportunity for new congressmen to "get a head start on their new jobs." And Hayakawa, speaking at another Institute of Politics reception yesterday, said the program was helpful for him in the hectic task of getting used to his "new trade...
...Many congressmen-elect pointed out their unique personal characteristics. At Quincy House, Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) stressed that he would be "the first ethnic Hawaiian on the floor of Congress...