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Washington's delegate, Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, says that even the GOP leadership is uninterested in making it an issue. "I don't think people are looking for a fight they're going to lose," she says. She predicts little fuss, except from "back benchers." How much of a political issue the bill will create won't be known for some time. Jennifer E. Duffy, political analyst and editor with the Cook Political Report, says any political grist for Republicans will probably depend on the level of opposition in Congress and how the issue is raised. Republicans could look...
...Kristin [Norton] played exceptionally well this weekend.” Green said. “She and Hideko [Tachibana] play well when it counts...
Leading the Harvard squad were freshmen Hideko Tachibana and Kristin Norton. Tachibana, who has been a major contributor for the team already and is still undefeated this season, won the B draw after defeating Anya Villanueva of the University of New Mexico (4-6, 6-1, 6-1), Erin Monson of the University of Utah (6-4, 4-6, 6-2), and Abbie Probert of the University of Colorado at Boulder...
...Kristin Norton took D draw by beating out Franzi Steinhardt of Illinois State University (7-5, 6-4), Michala Jensen of the University of Colorado at Boulder (5-1, ret.), and Pavlina Smatova of the University of Oregon...
...Until recently, the Air Force hierarchy had insisted that the men and women "flying" its MQ-1 Predator drones be full-fledged pilots, even as they kept their feet firmly on the ground in Nevada. But General Norton Schwartz, tapped as the service's chief of staff last year by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, felt assigning such rated pilots to drones made little sense after spending $1 million and up to 18 months to train each...