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...recovered a month later, after one of the thieves called with a $1.7 million demand and the police tracked him down. But the theft sent a chilling message that nothing is sacred. Greece is known as a tomb raider's paradise, with thieves plucking archaeological treasures straight from the ground. And while this looting is still one of the biggest challenges for the country's art squad, the theft of religious art is eclipsing it. In 2005, 333 liturgical items were reported stolen in Greece, compared with only eight archaeological artifacts. "There's a fresh fad for Byzantine icons," says...
Clemons' hire was an important one for the Clinton campaign. Part of a prominent Democratic family from Nashua, he started building his political credentials at the ground level in his home town for the Clinton-Gore reelection campaign. He was also a field director in Al Gore's 2000 presidential bid, before signing on with Shaheen, who had herself had come up as a political operative and had put a strong emphasis on getting the fundamentals right...
...than the pundits did. I certainly know, talking to a lot of voters in New Hampshire as well. I talked to one woman who said she was planning to vote for Obama until she saw that debate and what she was most struck by was that you stood your ground. Yeah, you know, Karen, look, you have followed me a long time and I have known you over the years, and I am sure you understand I sometimes think that the media doesn't really follow what people are thinking and doing to the extent what I would like...
...what I thought and it's not what I planned for so we're going on as we had anticipated. It's a very challenging schedule for everybody. It's not something that I'm telling you that you don't know, I mean, trying to cover all this ground, give people a chance to see you there while still running a national campaign is going to be a hill to climb [laughs] but we're up to it and we're getting ready and prepared to go out and do it everywhere we need to to compete...
...really am facing the reality that despite the fact that it's been very costly to run this national campaign for a year, we didn't have enough people and we didn't have enough, you know, the breadth and depth to be able to cover all this ground that we have to cover. You know, just thinking about going from New York to California in three and a half weeks is [laughs] pretty daunting. So I'm thrilled to have so many of my long-time friends, people with lots of experience, coming forward and saying look...