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DIED. Leslie C. Arends, 89, staunchly conservative Republican Congressman from the farm country of central Illinois for 40 years, the past 31 (1943-74) as whip, or deputy party leader, of the G.O.P.; in Naples, Fla. Arends was an unsung but consummate parliamentary tactician who could be counted on to hold Republican Representatives in line with his enthusiastic party loyalty tempered by good humor and unblustering honesty...
...Senate. "The biggest strength he has is that he always keeps his word," says liberal Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy. Reid keeps note cards in his coat pocket to jot down favors requested by colleagues who buttonhole him--and to record when they're done. A skilled legislative tactician who practically camps out on the Senate floor, Reid was Daschle's point man for secretly convincing Vermont's other Senator, James Jeffords, to ditch the Republican Party in 2001 and vote with Democrats as an independent. "He's a straight shooter, smart and easy to work with," says Senate Republican...
...with his venomous attack in the national spotlight as the keynote speaker says a lot about George W. Bush's campaign strategy. Lowell Klessig Amherst Junction, Wisconsin, U.S. I support Kerry but have trouble with those who are advising him. Karl Rove, Bush's strategist, is a master political tactician, and the Democrats are kidding themselves if they think the Republican campaign team will play fair. Kerry's advisers must remember the attacks on John McCain in 2000 and Max Cleland in 2002, and they should not forget what Lee Atwater did to Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential campaign...
...Keyser had built a name at the State Department as a brilliant analyst and diplomatic tactician. Under Bill Clinton he was an emissary to the war in the former Soviet province of Nagorno-Karabakh, and served as No. 2 in the Department of State's bureau of intelligence and research. In the Bush Administration he was named deputy to Kelly in the Asia bureau, where he had a top-secret security clearance. But his career was not free of scandal. Clinton's Secretary of State Madeleine Albright suspended him and five colleagues after the disappearance of a computer containing classified...
...battle raged, Bush Administration officials played down expectations. Officials said U.S. intelligence could not confirm reports of al-Zawahiri's whereabouts. But the possibility that he might be cornered sent pulses racing. Since the late '90s, the Egyptian has served as bin Laden's chief tactician, personal doctor and spiritual guide. His elimination would mean the al-Qaeda command structure that plotted the 9/11 attacks would be almost completely wiped...