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Garza, the bolo-wearing former chairman of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, has fond memories of his session with Bush, which he said was held in 2001 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House. According to e-mails in the hands of investigators, the meeting was arranged with the help of Abramoff and Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. In an April 18, 2001, e-mail to Abramoff, Norquist wrote that he would be "honored" if Abramoff "could come to the White House meeting...
...fund raising while Congress is in session. Instead of dropping by two fund raisers a night in Washington, lobbyists would have to wait until recesses, making it harder to convert last night's donation into tomorrow's amendment. By lightening schedules, a ban would improve lawmakers' lives but flatten the capital's vast catering and events economy. Still, quipped a Midwestern lawmaker, "it would be the best airline bailout we could ever pass," since more fund raisers would take place out of town. Chance of passage...
During a training session at Colorado's Snowmass Mountain, near Aspen last week, a group of élite snowboarders who call themselves the Collection swooshed, spun and flipped over a curved channel, or half-pipe, changing the way their sport is played...
...strategy session in Summers’ office, one of at least a dozen that would occur over the following three months, the president was dismissive of Faculty members who had criticized his remarks and said he thought the issue would soon blow over, according to the two individuals briefed on the meeting...
...move as crossing a red line, forcing them to respond. The three European countries with which Iran had been negotiating - Britain, France and Germany - agreed Thursday that there was no purpose in further negotiations as long as Tehran holds its current course, and they called for an emergency session of the IAEA board to refer the matter to the U.N. Security Council. A decision along those lines is expected either at an emergency session held later this month, or else at the next IAEA board meeting in March...