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...despite no evidence of ministerial misconduct. It was a complicated brief to try to implicate the government in the $300 million scam, especially as the company's executives were the focus. But the experience proved that Rudd and his young advisers were relentless. Month after month, Rudd had a staffer sitting in on the Cole Commission hearings; the boss might as well have been sitting there himself, such was the diligence of the field operatives. Rudd and his inner circle may be inexperienced campaigners, but their seven-day work habits and taste for political blood will take them a long...
...Still, it was surprising when Wolfowitz admitted this week that he had engaged in a little favoritism of his own, acknowledging that he was involved in salary negotiations on behalf of a World Bank employee with whom he has long been romantically linked. The communications staffer, Shaha Alia Riza, was transferred to the State Department after Wolfowitz moved to the Bank in 2005, in accordance with Bank conflict of interest rules. But Wolfowitz admitted this week that he had helped secure a salary bump for Riza when she made the move. A private watchdog group has estimated that Riza...
...Lescaze’s own terminal bout with cancer that’s more like a New York Times Sunday Styles “Modern Love” column than sex blog-cum-novel. Perhaps the time is ripe for this kind of thing: when even a lowly Senate staffer can get herself fired by blogging about her office trysts and then garner a reported six-figure book deal for the novelization, and when a compendium “Modern Love” has been released for “anyone who’s loved, lost, stalked...
...becomes crucial: how does he bear himself in public; what does he say to his backers in private; and can he give the impression of resolution in the face of adversity. His campaign says they intend to bounce back. "All campaigns are going to face challenges," one McCain staffer said. "We recognize ours, and we're taking steps to address them...
...investigators have pulled out one e-mail from the thousands provided by Justice wherein a staffer for Senate Republican Pete Domenici e-mails a Rove Deputy, Scott Jennings, the White House legislative liason, Candida Wolff, and someone identified only by their e-mail address kr@gwbush.com. The content of the e-mail itself is non-controversial--it refers to Domenici's suggestions for a replacement U.S. Attorney, standard practice in such appointments. But inclusion of the outside e-mail account opens the door for questioning Sampson on the use of such accounts by the White House and other administration officials...