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...ineptitude. The center's construction will cost at least $600 million and is at least three years behind schedule. It is now supposed to be finished by September 2008, but even that date will likely be pushed back. "This is a beautiful disaster," says Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schulz , a Florida Democrat and the chair of an ongoing House hearing on the center's progress. Quips Rep. Jack Kingston, a Georgia Republican who also chaired the hearings until 2004, "We will have Iraq figured out before the center is finished...
...lawmakers envisioned it as a modest structure to hold visitors waiting for tours of Capitol Hill. The project stalled during the '90s because of cost concerns, but Congress signed on to the project in 1998 after a lunatic gunman killed two Capitol police, according to Rep. John Mica, a Florida Republican and longtime CVC supporter. Construction began in 2000 with a budget of $265 million and a completion date of 2004. Then came September 11 and the Anthrax scare on Capitol Hill. More security measures were added to the CVC plans, causing immediate delays and a budget increase...
Described by ESPN.com as “shifty and quicker than fast,” he originally considered a number of I-A schools, including Iowa, Tennessee, and Florida, before choosing the Crimson for the next four years...
...players from the recruiting class call California home, with five from New Jersey, including fullback/linebacker Anthony Rotio from the Lawrenceville School, traditionally a hot-bed for lacrosse talent. Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Texas will each send three incoming freshman to the Crimson football program, while nine other states will each send a single player to Harvard...
...Chavez, who has used his petro-largesse to build a raft of global alliances, now exploiting the big screen to spread propaganda for his socialist revolution? Chavez critics in Washington, like Florida congressman Connie Mack, are blasting Glover for cutting "a sweetheart movie deal" with Chavez, whom they denounce as a protege of Cuba's communist comandante, Fidel Castro...