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...Senate’s leading members, having served for longer than all but two other individuals in that body’s history. The current chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, a former majority whip, and a former presidential candidate, he is widely respected on Capitol Hill. Known for his outspokenness in the Senate, he has earned a moniker as the chamber’s “liberal lion.” But he has also shown an assured pragmatism and a willingness to reach across the aisle—including on a sweeping immigration reform...
...Clinton's brief departure from the campaign trail up to Capitol Hill last week was a jarring reminder of what awaits her if, as most expect, she fails to win the Democratic nomination. As she weighs her return to the Senate, Clinton is in the uncomfortable position of being the focus of even more scrutiny and speculation than when she entered the chamber in 2001. Still relatively junior in terms of party seniority and with no committee chairmanship power base in sight, Clinton must adjust to a deliberative body where 17 of her colleagues openly supported her rival - and still...
...health care in America would be a natural for her," said Stephen Schneck, a political science professor at Catholic University in Washington. "Given her skills and organization on health care, it is easy to imagine that she'd be able to build a strong coalition of support on the Hill for this and within the Washington policy environment - even possibly bringing in some Republicans...
...Jerusalem Post reported that a senior U.S. advisor on the trip had told Israeli officials that Bush was prepared to attack Iran, but that Gates and Rice were blocking the way. It was a second-hand report that White House Press Secretary Dana Perino strongly denied. On the Hill Thursday, Petraeus listed Iran as key to the top two security concerns facing Central Command, and mentioned nuclear worries in particular. "The lack of transparency in efforts by countries such as Iran and Syria to develop their nuclear programs is a major concern," he said...
...that kind of talk that has people in Washington worried. Aides to Democratic leaders on the Hill fear that Bush may be planning to bomb Iran between November and January, after the political cost goes down and when he may feel he is doing his successor a favor. Dan Senor, former military spokesman and foreign policy advisor to the Bush Administration, says he finds that scenario highly unlikely, because he believes it would provoke numerous resignations from the intelligence community and the armed services, both of which groups feel burned from the Iraq experience. Senor may be right, but there...