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...Amount the Justice Department has spent thus far on the custody battle over Elian Gonzalez...
...Justice Department's cell-phone bill, as of April 30, for Elian-related calls made by agents who specialize in mediating community conflicts...
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Last week, for the second time in 13 days, Washington was forced into a standoff on America's tropical fringe. But while the Elian raid has torn Miami asunder, the Vieques episode could help Puerto Rico unify. For the past century, the island has been a U.S. commonwealth--a hybrid that gives its 4 million people many of the benefits of Yankee citizenship, such as U.S. military protection, but without the full burdens of citizenship, such as federal income taxes. It has also left them with a murky political identity, fractured among those who want independence, statehood or the status...
These days, though, Coelho's ratio of mishaps to successes seems to be on the rise. Consider the Elian Gonzalez matter. Although Gore had distanced himself from the Clinton Administration from the outset of the controversy by saying it should be handled in family court, sources say his top advisers--primarily Coelho, but with backing from message gurus Carter Eskew and Bob Shrum--urged him to take a higher profile by calling for permanent residency for the Cuban boy. Coelho was out front in arguing that the move would bolster Gore's chances of carrying Florida--the nation's fourth...