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...Between swabbing a strep-ridden throat and assessing a jaundiced newborn, I was asked by my nurse how to counsel a parent who was upset by the sleeping habits of her six year old. For the last week, the child had refused to go to bed without his mom sleeping next to him and often awoke during the night, screaming for his mother to " kill it! " No amount of bribes had worked, and his lack of sleeping was affecting his days in kindergarten. He refused to go outside for recess and was withdrawn from his peers. After prescribing penicillin...
...White House on Tuesday and "sent a direct message" to Chief of Staff Andrew Card urging him to hire former Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee as a top adviser to help inject some new blood. Last July, Bush named Thompson - a lobbyist and former Law & Order actor - to counsel his first Supreme Court nominee, who turned out to be John Roberts, through the confirmation process. CBS quoted Baker, who has previously complained that the current West Wing doesn't listen to him, as saying, "I did not recommend firing anyone, just adding a new face." Baker's law office...
...rights activists focused on.“Jay Bybee helped formulate policies that have violated the fundamental rights of hundreds, if not thousands, of human beings,” Li said, referring to the August 2002 “torture memo” produced by the Office of Legal Counsel and signed by Bybee. The memo said that the torture of al Qaeda terrorists held abroad “may be justified” and that international covenants may be an unconstitutional violation of the president’s authority. Many legal experts have attacked the memo, and the Bush...
...allegations are true," Bush said Saturday morning, "Claude Allen did not tell my Chief of Staff and legal counsel the truth, and that's deeply disappointing. ... And my first reaction was one of disappointment, deep disappointment that-if it's true-that we were not fully informed. But it was also one-shortly thereafter, I felt really sad for the Allen family...
...Dejan Anastasijevic testified before the ICTY in the Hague in October 2002 and was cross-examined by Milosevic, who was acting as his own defense counsel. He has been TIME's correspondent in Belgrade since...