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Makiya has been in contact with the department’s key Iraq policy advisor, Ryan Crocker, who has served as a U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Qatar...
...while Ansar may share Saddam's desire to destroy the Kurdish leadership--in April, Ansar unsuccessfully attempted to kill one faction's prime minister when Assistant Secretary of State Ryan Crocker was visiting the area--the Iraqi dictator does not appear to have direct control over the Kurdish militants. Both Saddam and al-Qaeda may find Ansar's activities useful, but there's no evidence that the group serves as a link between them...
...also a trend we'll be seeing more of) -looked well-crafted, almost movie-like, but also seemed to hit exactly every cliche note you expect from something set in the early '60s: the Cleaverish white kids discovering their rebellious souls to the tune of Motown, the repressed Betty Crocker mom and authoritarian dad (with a sweet streak, of course) and - there's an FCC regulation requiring this, I think - the Kennedy assassination playing a major role. "Boomtown," a cop show set in LA -sorry, according to the trailer, "the phrase 'cop show' doesn't apply" - is an enigma...
...Melissa K. Crocker contributed to the reporting of this story...
People are always stunned when widows arrive in Congress and know how to find the washroom, as if they hadn't been instrumental in getting their husbands elected in the first place. Carnahan may look like a grandmotherly Betty Crocker, but she has the steely resolve of Hillary Clinton coupled with the good sense not to have boasted about being a co-Governor. When her children were young and her husband was a municipal judge, she led drives for bond issues to raise money for parks and schools. As her husband worked his way up to Governor...