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Cheney is the most powerful deputy ever, and he is also very much Bush's subordinate; this is not a contradiction so much as a cause and effect. Bush trusts Cheney because he is loyal, discreet and very clear about who is in charge; that trust in turn is Cheney's trophy, up on the mantel for all to see. They have more than that weekly private lunch that Al Gore insisted on when Bill Clinton recruited him. They are together every day, sometimes for most of the day; Cheney attends any important meeting and then often stays behind with...
...allowing al-Hakim's brother to attend a meeting of opposition groups in Washington on Aug. 9. "The sending of Hakim was hugely important to us," says this source. On the other hand, says another official, Tehran was burned by the Bush Administration's reaction to Iran's discreet help in the war against the Taliban. "In Afghanistan," says this official, "the U.S. proved to be unreliable, because Iranian cooperation was rewarded with 'the axis of evil...
While making discreet diplomatic overtures to Iran, the U.S. is more openly safeguarding its relations with other nations that have a stake in Iraq's future. On the margins of the NATO summit in Prague last week, Bush met with Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer to confirm that the U.S. did not want to see Iraq's borders changed. The Turkish government is worried that Iraqi Kurds will be so overjoyed if Saddam is defeated that their mood will infect the Kurds in Turkey, rekindling demands for autonomy from Ankara. As sweeteners, Bush reaffirmed American backing for Turkey...
...matchbook, but as thin as a piece of tape, that delivers the same estrogen and progestin found in a standard birth-control pill. The hormones pass from the patch through the skin and into the bloodstream. It's waterproof and won't fall off; just find a discreet place to stick it on your body, and change it once a week. If only it were invisible. INVENTOR Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical AVAILABILITY Now, $25 to $40 a month TO LEARN MORE www.orthoevra.com...
During his college years, Ford converted to Islam. He was initially discreet about his newfound faith, though it gradually began to take over his life. In 1998 he returned to China for more studies, enrolling at the prestigious Hopkins center in Nanjing. There he met local journalist Xie Chunlin, whom he brought back to the U.S. and married in 2000. Ford briefly interned in the office of Portland Mayor Vera Katz but otherwise supported his family by selling cell phones. He became more serious about his faith, letting his beard grow, wearing a Muslim cap and studying Arabic. Friends...