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...initially, was the crush of media that surrounded him - his handlers kept barking at the press to stop asking questions. And Thompson took 30 minutes to collect himself in private after his first hour at the fair. He was visibly relieved when he met up with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican who has yet to endorse a candidate and later showed him around the fair...
Thompson chatted amiably with Grassley about everything from sports to immigration to judicial nominees, pausing only at Grassley's urging to shake hands with fans. "We appreciate you sticking up for the U.S. We think you're right," one woman told Thompson. At the soapbox Thompson had voiced his impatience with the U.S. feeling that it has to apologize for every move in the world it makes. "This nation has shed more blood bringing peace to others," Thompson said. "I'm tired of apologizing for being the United State of America...
...time Thompson had finished with that group, Grassley had found other fans for Thompson to greet. "Run, Fred, run!" one group yelled. "You better get over there and shake hands with those folks if they're gonna yell at you like that," Grassley said in his typical Iowan twang. "These folks follow you on Law and Order," he said, referring to the NBC show Thompson appeared in from 2002 until recently where he played the New York District Attorney. "Nothing but reruns from now on in, I'm afraid," Thompson said, a little wistfully...
...service, in fact, is about all Thompson gave to the question of when he will formally enter the race. He himself summed up his day best when, looking mischievously at the press, he told Grassley: "They've been waiting all day for me to say something newsworthy and it hasn't happened...
...promised to follow up on implementing its key recommendations, including composing a comprehensive procedural investigative manual, similar to one used by U.S. Attorneys, to minimize discretionary abuse. Another recommendation: to keep reliable records of all external communication and to "generally discourage" communication with supervisors that excludes lead staff attorneys. Grassley praised Cox, a former Congressman, as a "model of transparency and accountability" and for "recognizing the value of Congressional oversight instead of resisting it like most other agencies do." As for the inspector general's office at the SEC, change is already happening; Walter Stachnik, the only inspector general that...