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...about heavy drinking, womanizing and security lapses, Tower withdrew his name. Bush, who needed a new nominee who would get a quick confirmation from Congress, reached for Cheney, a popular Congressman. Cheney, who had little hope of reaching his dream of Speaker so long as the Democrats had a lock on the majority, quickly accepted. He was approved by a Senate vote...
...hire 50,000 more police officers --To hire 10,000 more prosecutors --To fund targeting of crime "hot spots" --To put law-enforcement funds in a "lock box" --To increase victims' rights (four pledges) --To get the Violence Against Women Act reauthorized...
COVENANT MARRIAGE: LOCK IN FOREVER, AND THROW AWAY...
...ticket, and is dignified enough to have begged out of this game early and reentered it gracefully (by winding up his Waco probe in prompt fashion, which is impressive enough in itself). He's got quiet, stately, non-stage-stealing veep written all over him. He could also lock down Missouri, which hasn't backed a loser since...
This time, though, a man named Don Sweeney got in the way. Sweeney, a civilian economist with the corps for 22 years, was asked to head a team to justify the cost of the new locks. He found that they would not be needed until 2040 and that any slowdowns would simply force shippers to shift to railroads or trucks. Sweeney's military bosses were not pleased, he alleges, and they booted him off the panel in 1998. "They told me to get the answer they wanted, or I'd be gone," says Sweeney. Then they used corps-friendly numbers...