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In her pleas for support and cooperation from top White House officials, Scott frequently invoked the First Couple, writing then deputy chiefs of staff Erskine Bowles and Harold Ickes, for instance, that her project "is the President's idea and it is a good one." Such heavy name-dropping has...
If this is a war, it has no generals, no strategy and no real fighting. The crackling of rifle fire and phantasmagoric skylines lit by tracer rounds coincided with scenes of civilians strolling normally or sitting in cafes. Scared politicians of assorted parties got together with Berisha to issue pleas...
TEL AVIV: Celebrations for the Jewish holiday Purim were marred today by a suicide bombing attack that killed three and injured 43, many of them children, at a downtown Tel Aviv cafe. The bomber, claimed as a member by Hamas, was also killed by the nail-studded explosive device. Israel...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Republicans are wasting little time in reopening the debate over partial-birth abortions after a prominent abortion-rights activist admitted he lied about how often the procedure is performed. GOP leaders are busy lining up votes as the House prepares to once again take up a bill banning...
Several weeks later, after pondering her options, Hoster complained to two male superiors and asked for a reassignment. In August, her pleas unanswered for two months, she retired to Texas after 22 years in uniform. She says she decided to file a formal complaint only recently, after Army Secretary Togo...