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...details poured out about the illegal and unseemly activities of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, White House officials sought to portray the scandal as a Capitol Hill affair with little relevance to them. Peppered for days with questions about Abramoff's visits to the White House, press secretary Scott McClellan said the now disgraced lobbyist had attended two huge holiday receptions and a few "staff-level meetings" that were not worth describing further. "The President does not know him, nor does the President recall ever meeting him," McClellan said...
...embezzling more than $300,000 from his tribe. Through his spokesman, Garza said that during the session, Bush talked about policy matters and thanked those present for supporting his agenda, then took questions from the audience of about two dozen people. Garza told TIME, "We were very happy that Jack Abramoff helped us to be with the President. Bush was in a very good mood--very upbeat and positive." No evidence has emerged that the Bush Administration has done anything for the Kickapoo at Abramoff's behest...
...Jack C. Megan, director of Harvard’s Office for the Arts, reacted enthusiastically to the news of Ma’s appointment, referencing Ma’s recent work on the Silk Road Initiative as an example of his commitment to promoting cross-cultural understanding through music...
...addition to The Game footage, the segment included interviews with historians, former players, Harvard coach Tim Murphy and Yale coach Jack Siedlecki, and New York governor George Pataki, Yale Class of 1967. It also touched on the rivalry aspect, with shots of both a “Yale Sucks” pep-rally flyer and students wearing “Huck Farvard” t-shirts. Distressingly for Harvard students, there was also mention of a now-infamous 2004 prank in which a group of Yale students tricked spectators on the Harvard side of the stadium into spelling...
...House Republicans at the same time are eager to get out a message that could be summed up as "We don't know Jack." Members are rushing to disavow any connection to Abramoff or stressing to reporters how little they knew him, and donating money he gave them to charity. When Hastert announced his plans for lobbying reform, Boehner initially suggested that no new rules were needed but quickly reversed course as members of Congress emphasized that he would have to support the reforms to get their votes in the leadership race. Both Boehner and Blunt are getting lots...