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...Conor took these pointers to heart, and his game began to show it. In high school, he played two seasons for the Salmon Arm SilverBacks of the British Columbia Hockey League, where he tied for the league-lead in points per game, finishing with 84 points and 39 goals...
...success gained him notice in both Canada and the United States, leaving Conor with a choice. He could take the Major Junior route that his dad and grandfather took on their way to the NHL and begin playing professionally in Canada, or he could go to college...
...look for any major changes that might restore Pentagon spending to its more modest Cold War levels. Defense Secretary Robert Gates took a good whack at unneeded weapons systems in last year's budget, killing the F-22 fighter and other programs of dubious merit. Unfortunately, his minions seem to believe that this one-time slice is sufficient. Ashton Carter, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer, said Feb. 17 that he believes last year's cuts mean that additional program cancellations "won't be necessary...
...destruction in the run-up to the 2003 war in Iraq, Congress launched a three-phase investigation into the intelligence screwup. But Republicans accused Democrats of going on a politically motivated witch hunt, and Democrats said Republicans were complicit in a cover-up of Administration mishandling of intelligence. It took years to get through the first two phases of the investigation. By the time the third got under way, few were paying attention anymore and the conclusions were watered down by committee...
...better - and probably worse - at overseeing itself. Democrats promised to overhaul ethics oversight in Congress, but failed to deliver. Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, championed limits on lobbying by family members of members of Congress when Democrats were out of power in 2005, but once they took over in 2007 the promised restrictions never materialized...