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...three steps. According to-and this is per his request-the Brad Pitt of the Washington legal community, Phase 1 involves 30 to 50 potential candidates whose past public records and statements are researched. The people who make it through are then contacted by either the candidate or Mr. Pitt and asked if they want to be considered. Many say no, often because they know something will come out in the vetting process that they'd rather keep quiet. After a long pause, I said I'd like to continue...
...Mr. Pitt then ran me through an hour-long version of a process that would normally include a questionnaire and a request for my medical files, tax returns and financial-disclosure reports. He asked the Thomas Eagleton question about mental problems, which I passed. He asked the Zoë Baird question about employing illegal immigrants and not paying their taxes. I confessed I didn't know much about our gardener's citizenship status, given that I tape a $100 check to my door every month that is made out to simply "Rafael." It turns out I'm safely below...
...seemed as if I might have a real shot at getting tapped for the vice presidency. "So far, I haven't found anything," said Mr. Pitt. "You're like the last honest man in America." Then Mr. Pitt got very serious. "Is there anything that might come out that we should know about? What can't happen here is that the nominee reads something in the paper that you didn't disclose in the vetting process." After he says this to candidates, every one of them tells him something-from false accusations from old law partners to an uncaught drunk...
...intelligence briefing from CIA chief General Michael Hayden. Invariably, according to National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, the President asks, "How are we doing on No. 1 and No. 2?"--meaning Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. The answer, more often than not, amounts to "Same as last week, Mr. President." Despite a seven-year manhunt along the lawless frontier between Pakistan and Afghanistan, al-Qaeda's leader and his deputy remain at large, thanks to their superior knowledge of the terrain and the protection of local tribes. Now bin Laden and al-Zawahiri have an added advantage: the precarious...
...winner. But he reaped a bigger payoff politically. When he announced his plans to run for the U.S. Senate, his poker pals - white guys from small-town Illinois - were among his earliest supporters. Link says the Wednesday-night gang didn't realize how far Obama would go: "Nobody said, 'Mr. President, it's your deal.' " But Obama's risk-averse, methodical approach to five-card stud gives Link confidence in his potential governing style. "If he runs his presidency the way he plays poker, I'll sleep good at night," he says...