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...North's transparent method of keeping supplies flowing to the contras after the congressional ban. Although North had met regularly with contra leaders in El Salvador and Honduras, he withdrew from this visible activity after the military ban. Instead he dispatched Robert Owen, 33, a former congressional aide to Indiana Senator Dan Quayle, to maintain these contacts. In November 1985, U.S. embassy personnel in Honduras introduced Owen to high Honduran military officials as a White House envoy. In fact, Owen had no official Government position. Last year North got Owen a job as a consultant at the State Department office...
...melt away and bet that the U.S. will pull back again. It's not a bad gamble: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says the surge isn't likely to last past August, in part because of waning public support for the war. On a just-completed trip to Baghdad, Indiana Senator Evan Bayh told al-Maliki that Americans won't tolerate seeing U.S. lives wasted. "I don't want your soldiers to die either," al-Maliki said. "Give us the weapons, and let us do what we need to do." For better or worse, he may eventually get his wish...
...issue is getting a lot of attention this year, in part because women like Stein have been elevated to powerful positions within the state legislatures. Wells said newly elected majority floor leaders in both the Indiana and Illinois senates have made women's health care - and cervical cancer prevention - priorities...
...general election? In fact, it's Obama, not Clinton, who seems to have struck the most fear in potential Presidential rivals: Edwards' staff has watched the Obama boomlet rise with particular trepidation, and it's a safe bet that the enthusiasm Obama drew in New Hampshire helped seal Indiana Senator Evan Bayh's decision...
...many families are enthusiastic. Jana Wilson, 50, a Bloomington university administrator, joined the Indiana Compact, whose participants are networking to set up resale shops. She asked her kids not to buy her anything new for Christmas. The result: a hand-made wooden trophy from her 10-year-old son inscribed "Best Mom 2006," and a book of coupons for household chores from her 14-year-old daughter. "Those were two of the nicest things I have ever gotten," Wilson says...