Word: congressmen
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...work for an NGO. Somehow, I finagle myself into a party at the ambassador’s residence. There, I meet the members of a congressional committee and, more importantly, their military escorts. Impeccably mannered, neatly dressed, well-spoken military men and women flood the patio while the congressmen swill rum punch. A naval attaché takes me under her wing and introduces me to all the “right people” as I marvel at her grace, strength, presence and poise. Later in the summer, I wait by the side of the road for a bus back...
...Texas for picking and choosing his fights, and backing off when he knew a cause was lost. He is following the same strategy in Washington, but congressional Republicans grumble that he is often too choosy. House Speaker Hastert was quietly enraged last month when Bush all but abandoned G.O.P. Congressmen battling campaign-finance reform. (During the 2000 campaign, Bush frequently suggested the reform bill was unconstitutional but has since signaled that he will sign it. "How can he sign a bill he believes is illegal?" asks one Republican.) Bush barely tried to rescue Pickering's nomination at the 11th hour...
...Washington from a speech in Charleston. The lawmakers spent the flight in the plane's conference room, waiting for Bush to stop by. Inside his office, aides kept reminding Bush, who was in the middle of giving an interview, that he needed to pay a visit to the Congressmen and Senator who were aboard, but the President kept putting it off. Finally, as the plane landed, Bush turned to his chief of staff, Andy Card, laughed and said, "Forget Congress." --With reporting by John F. Dickerson/Washington
...want to do whatever I can to help particularly those Republican freshmen congressmen like Rob Simmons and Mark Kirk and others who had the courage to vote for CFR. They obviously would be my highest priority. I really owe them...
...outside world.” Second, students could get firmly behind the proposal to list the average grade for every course on their transcripts. Third, students could recognize that they can either do outstanding academic work or engage in more extracurricular activities than a yacht-load of Congressmen, but probably not both. Harvard students are incredibly bright, but there is only so much time, energy and attention to go around...