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...have anthrax. How does he know that? They must have tested him, but they're not testing us." People understand that there are some things health officials don't know, and others that they can't say. But the failure to protect mailmen as vigilantly as anchormen and Congressmen looked negligent on its face. Postal workers were furious that congressional aides--and even Capitol police dogs--who might have been exposed to the Daschle letter received immediate treatment, while mail handlers were left in the dark for days. But in fact some congressional aides shared their complaint. An aide says...
...guys in the Congress just never got the word. When buildings in New York City were targeted and ablaze, the fire fighters ran into them. Last week, when buildings in Washington were targeted, the House members left town. While Senators camped in cubby holes and went about their business, Congressmen called it a day and adjourned. They forgot that in wartime, symbols have substance: no war--not World War II, not World War I, not the Civil War, not even the War of 1812, when British forces burned the White House--has forced the U.S. Congress to evacuate. But that...
...These same reforms were brought up after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, where one perpetrator was here on an expired visa," says Steven Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies. "We lacked the sustained political will to put these things in place." Indeed Congressmen from Texas-border districts are already carping about loss of business. Worse, the INS is losing agents at the very moment it is supposed to button down the borders, because hundreds are seeking better-paying jobs as air marshals...
...guys in the Congress just never got the word. When buildings in New York City were targeted and ablaze, the fire fighters ran into them. Last week, when buildings in Washington were targeted, the House members left town. While Senators camped in cubby holes and went about their business, Congressmen called it a day and adjourned. They forgot that in wartime, symbols have substance: no war?not World War II, not World War I, not the Civil War, not even the War of 1812, when British forces burned the White House?has forced the U.S. Congress to evacuate. But that...
...morning, as the Fed chairman settled into his usual bob-and-weave under oft-vapid questioning from senators and congressmen, that stability was falling away under his feet. Stock markets had opened with the bulls Wednesday after Intel and IBM met lowered Wall Street expectations and signaled that tech life was indeed going on. Big Blue didn?t even change its fourth-quarter outlook...