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...British or American former soldier or policeman would get. The highest-paid independent contractors are known as tier-1 personnel. These are the former U.S. special-forces soldiers. On Helvenston's tour in Iraq, he was making about $600 a day. He was on a 60-day rotation and stood to make some $36,000 in two months...
Even close families have favored sons and daughters. Rove has that status with Bush, which may explain why, in the official explanation of what had happened, he emerged the least tainted. A little less firmly, Bush also stood by Gonzales, even as Senator John Sununu (R.-N.H.) joined Democratic calls for his resignation...
...Gonzales stood by the decision to fire the eight U.S. attorneys and repeated his claim that politics was not a factor in the dismissals. In an apparent attempt to shield the White House, Gonzales' aides protrayed the firings as a largely DOJ operation...
...immigrants stood handcuffed in front of a New Orleans federal courthouse. They weren't on trial, but rather launching a suit against their employer, Decatur Hotels, and its owner, local magnate F. Patrick Quinn III. Brought to the U.S. to fill post-Katrina vacancies, the guest workers claim that their pre-signed contracts are all but fiction, and they are demanding compensation. The handcuffs - along with enlarged copies of their visa papers strung around their necks - were symbolic...
...Tehran was outraged. Everywhere I went yesterday, the talk vibrated with indignation over the film 300 - a movie no one in Iran has seen but everyone seems to know about since it became a major box office surprise in the U.S. As I stood in line for a full hour to buy ajeel, a mixture of dried fruits and nuts traditional to the start of Persian new year festivities, I felt the entire queue, composed of housewives with pet dogs, teenagers, and clerks from a nearby ministry, shake with fury. I hadn't even heard of the film until that...