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TIME What will it mean to be the first woman Speaker of the House...
...Rumsfeld's spokesman at the time, Lawrence DiRita, called the case a "a big, big problem." U.S. officials made clear the case could adversely impact U.S.-Germany relations, and Rumsfeld indicated he would not attend a major security conference in Munich, where he was scheduled to be the keynote speaker, unless Germany disposed of the case. The day before the conference, a German prosecutor announced he would not pursue the matter, saying there was no indication that U.S. authorities and courts would not deal with allegations in the complaint...
...Pelosi bow to the Republican bullies who think there is only one true value system? No way. This woman is tough. She has dismissed the Bush administration as a “freak show” and called Bush incompetent. She can handle the criticism and backbiting that the Speaker of the House will encounter under a (really) lame duck president...
...audience member then asked about a Navajo legend stating that life originated in space. Speaker and professor of astronomy, Dimitar Sasselov, answered “the sky is a big place,” eliciting laughter from the crowd...
...With House Speaker Dennis Hastert deciding to leave his post after the party's defeat, a fierce campaign is already under way for top slots in the House G.O.P. leadership for next year. The candidates have a lot in common - and not just because most of them are middle-aged white men. Nearly every member vying for party power in the new Congress is offering the same description of what ails Republicans and how it can be remedied. It goes something like this: "After 1994, we were a majority committed to balanced federal budgets, entitlement reform and advancing the principles...