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...that all decisions remain with McCain and his senate staff. "Our counsel blessed him going to the hill." The campaign also pointed out that Obama's campaign spokesperson Robert Gibbs was giving statements to reporters at the Capitol Thursday, though there is no evidence that Gibbs or any other top-level Obama campaign adviser was meeting behind closed doors with House or Senate members. And having Davis - a former lobbyist who is already under the microscope because of his firm's previous work for Freddie Mac - meeting with House members could undercut McCain's stance as an honest broker, especially...
...During his first year in office, Paulson's most high-profile relationship-building efforts were with the Chinese government, in a series of top-level meetings in Beijing and Washington. These weren't a flop - Paulson proudly points to the failure of anti-China trade legislation in Congress and the 20% rise in the yuan vs. the dollar - but they weren't a dramatic success either. Then came trouble, which spread from subprime mortgages to financial markets in general in August 2007. The chief connection was that subprime loans - those sold to less qualified borrowers - were purchased and repackaged...
...done exactly the same thing, only this time he had prepared a written memorandum documenting his denials. So it was clearly a pattern on the Secretary's part, and now I recognized it. Bring in the top-level leaders. Profess total ignorance. Ask why he had not been informed. Try to establish that others were screwing things up. Have witnesses in the room to verify his denials. Put it in writing. In essence, Rumsfeld was covering his rear. He was setting up his chain of denials should his actions ever be questioned. And worse yet, in my mind...
...that favors reconciliation over the military force that was the hallmark of President Pervez Musharraf's strategy for the past several years. Western diplomats have watched from the sidelines with unease. While they encourage reconciliation with low-level militants and tribal leaders, when it comes to al-Qaeda and top-level commanders, "you have got to draw the line," says one. "We have lists of people that are probably irreconcilable...
...competitions continues fueling interest and participation as never before. In France, there has been an upsurge in youth and amateur squads way beyond French rugby's native, largely rural stronghold in the southwest, where its presence had long been a sign of English influence - France's new generation of top-level players is being drawn from youth squads in cities farther north. And, although less has been made of it than during France's victorious 1998 soccer World Cup campaign, the fact that the rugby team includes three African-born players and host of names resonant of Spanish, Italian...