Word: gordon
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...That's not the 'right stuff' as far as I'm concerned.' BART GORDON, U.S. Representative and chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee, on a recent report revealing that NASA astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk...
...should acknowledge the debt the world owes to the United States for its leadership in this fight against international terrorism.' GORDON BROWN, British Prime Minister, who had warm words for the U.S. involvement in Iraq before meeting with President George W. Bush at Camp David...
...have in a relatively short time acquired the necessary skills for political success: constant partisan bickering, numerous vacations, a short workweek, regular salary increases and no accomplishments. If successful, Bush would be justified in once again declaring "Mission Accomplished." With victory in hand, he can bring the troops home. Gordon Bacon, PHENIX, ARIZ...
...largest peacekeeping force will be enough to end the conflict in Darfur already have their answer - from the people who created it. The new force, a hybrid U.N.-African Union contingent, was approved by the U.N. Security Council Tuesday, and one of its key backers, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, told the Council that the plan was to "achieve a cease-fire, including an end to aerial bombings of civilians; drive forward peace talks and, as peace is established, offer to begin to invest in recovery and reconstruction." Simultaneously, however, officials accompanying him were briefing reporters that the new force...
...What is clear, though, is that Brown is playing to distinct audiences at home and abroad, and each demands a different tune. For the moment, the White House is unfazed. "There seems to be no daylight there," says White House National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe, when asked if the Bush Administration was concerned about a change in tone. If anything, the klieg lights on the U.S.-British relationship could mean that little will change on the surface even if there is a shift behind closed doors. "Everyone will be looking for those small signs," says the Brookings Institution...