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Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman has vowed that he won't run for President in 2004 if Al Gore is a candidate. But Gore's former running mate is acting a lot like a man looking for a promotion to the top of the ticket. This week alone he is set to make a round of fund-raising stops including Tacoma, Wash., and Tucson, Ariz.; will talk high tech in Silicon Valley and Latino issues in L.A.; and will spend two days in New Hampshire...
...what is really winning Lieberman cheers among dispirited party activists is his new assertiveness in Washington. While other Democrats have been exercising caution in speaking against the policies of a popular President, Lieberman has launched a frontal assault. Last week he called for delaying major portions of the Bush tax cut (prominent Democrats like Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt have criticized the tax cut but stopped short of taking action against it). The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, which Lieberman chairs, issued the first congressional subpoenas to the Bush Administration, demanding records about its Enron dealings. Lieberman critics say the move...
...side, regaled booksellers at BEA with jokes about his reduced station in life. The Gores were talking up their two new books, "Joined at the Heart: The Transformation of the American Family" (Holt; November 12) and "The Spirit of Family" (Holt; November 12). In January, losing veep candidate Joseph Lieberman and wife Hadassah will share their observations about the 2000 campaign in "An Amazing Journey...
...music program is not without its deficiencies. The lesson subsidy provided by the college, for instance, is based solely on financial aid qualifications and can sometimes make it difficult for students to afford lessons regularly. Brooke Lieberman ’05, a soprano and Music concentrator, who received $100 last term, said that would pay for one lesson with her Boston Conservatory instructor. Like Lieberman, many students have to go outside of Harvard for music instruction because of limited availability or lack of specialized staff such as vocalists...
...formation of a Department of Homeland Security requires a major restructuring of the federal government’s public safety-related responsibilities,” said Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) in a statement to open yesterday’s hearing. “I know this will not be easy...We need such a change now to help us fight and win the war against terrorism, at home and abroad...