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...terms of her arrival for several months. In exchange for her party's support, the president - whose recent election for a second term in office is still being debated by the supreme court, and is predicated on his promise to step down as army chief before taking the oath of office - has passed a bill that would grant her amnesty for the troubling corruption charges that forced her to flee in 1999, charges she denies. The Supreme Court is also debating the validity of Musharraf's amnesty offer...
...ambassador, which is why Crocker should be listened to more closely. When I asked Crocker directly, "What do we do now?" he laughed and said, "Well, I always say, 'When they're coming over the wire ... don't panic.'" Someone needs to ask him that same question under oath...
...barely see the words on a page anymore. We take them on knowing they won't pay a dime, knowing they're going to complain, knowing their prognosis stinks. We know how vulnerable patients are - that they literally lie open to us - and that our oath is to do for them what is best. And the best is often not that which "satisfies." To stop giving a narcotic, to do the bigger operation, to deliver devastating news - none of that is satisfying. It is not exactly a good business, selling painful best choices to customers...
...White House, in response, accused the committee of engaging in "political spectacle" and called for it to withdraw its subpoenas. Its repeated offers to make Miers and others available for private, non-transcribed interviews have been rejected by Democrats who prefer witnesses be under oath. "I can't think of a more confrontational approach than attempting to compel testimony through a subpoena," said White House spokesman Tony Fratto...
...were issued strict written instructions not to engage in illegal sexual activity. Indeed, Randall Tobias, the senior State Dept. official who admitted using the service and then resigned, has claimed that he only received "massage." Palfrey's lawyer says Vitter will be called as a witness to testify under oath in her court case...